Job summary
If you have the passion and drive to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and the community read on
Compass Bloom are the Mental Health Support Team across Central and West Lancashire and we have an opportunity arise for a Supervising Practitioner.
This role is a real opportunity to help shape the services we provide with children, young people, families and educational settings and to develop your career in mental health support to children, young people and families.
Successful candidates who do not already possess the post graduate certificate in supervision will be supported in undertaking a year in part-time study at university.
Main duties of the job
Compass Bloom MHST is an early intervention mental health and emotional wellbeing service covering Central and West Lancashire. The service delivers evidenced based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health need and helps support schools with a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing.
It is part of the MHST Trailblazer Programme, which has been commissioned following the Transforming Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Care Provision: A Green Paper (2017).
You will need to demonstrate in your application that you have the ability to study at degree level and have a core professional qualification relevant to mental health, for example mental health nursing, cognitive behavioural therapy, EMHP or equivalent. You should also have post graduate experience working with children and young people and an understanding of the principles and practice of CBT and clinical supervision.
Candidates will either have a Post Graduate Certificate in Supervision or ability and willingness to attain PG Cert. within the first year of employment.
You will be knowledgeable and experienced in working with CYP with mental health needs; completing mental health assessments, providing practice supervision and support as well as providing specialist care directly to children and young people and families.
Applicants must have excellent communication skills and be able to network with other agencies as central to the role.
About us
Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and you should share our commitment. All Compass posts are subject to appropriate level DBS checks.We positively encourage applications from all members of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, gender reassignment, age or sexual orientation and encourage applications from people who have experiences in life which enrich skills and empathy. This is part of our commitment to equality and developing a truly inclusive and representative workforce. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, on commencement, or once in post.
Benefits:
We offer a range of benefits including:
- 27 days holiday + bank holidays, rising to 32 days over time
- Life assurance at 2 x basic salary
- Competitive contributory pension scheme
- Family-friendly policies
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and OH service
- Enhanced sick pay
- Excellent learning & development opportunities and career progression
- Annual performance / salary review
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you have the passion and drive to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and the community read on
Compass Bloom are the Mental Health Support Team across Central and West Lancashire and we have an opportunity arise for a Supervising Practitioner.
This role is a real opportunity to help shape the services we provide with children, young people, families and educational settings and to develop your career in mental health support to children, young people and families.
Successful candidates who do not already possess the post graduate certificate in supervision will be supported in undertaking a year in part-time study at university.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Core professional qualification relevant to mental health e.g. nursing with specialism in mental health or learning disability nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work. Experience at a senior level (either management or clinical)
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Willingness to complete post Graduate Certificate in Supervision at University of Sheffield as required
Desirable
- Supervisor training (preferably in CBT)
- Management training
- Therapeutic post graduate qualification (preferably in CBT)
- Post Graduate qualification in a relevant discipline
- Mentorship qualification
Experience
Essential
- 2-4 years working therapeutically with children and young people
- Experience of line management and/or clinical/practice leadership
- Experience of delivering CBT informed supervision, ideally of practice related to education settings
- Experience of working in a community and/or educational environment
- Evidence of clinical development
- Collaborative working
- Experience of effective engagement with families and carers
- Experience of organising team duties
- Experience of inducting staff members to the area with confidence
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
- Experience of leadership within Children and Young People clinical service areas
- Experience of providing mentorship
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Skills and Attribute
- Leadership and the ability to delegate and supervise staff
- Recognition and escalation of risk, contributing to control measures
- Planning workload, time management
- Work under pressure and able to manage changing priorities
- Understand need for evidence and statistical data collection, and achieving targets
- IT skills
- Team player and a dynamic personality
- Multiagency/disciplinary working
- Excellent communication skills and able to relate to children and young people
- Innovative practice and ability to influence others
- Ability to analyse, evaluate and rationalise data and enable progressive models of delivery and intervention
- Visionary approach to managing change and transition
- Positive attitude; flexible and adaptable; solution focused; and tenacious
- Has a strong degree of personal integrity
- Able to work all year round and flexibly as part of a team to best meet business need
- Possession of full UK driving licence and access to vehicle
- Ongoing commitment to maintain registration in core profession.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Compass
Address
Unit 8, Balfour Court
Off Hough Lane
Leyland
Lancashire
PR25 2TF