Mental Health Practitioner � Bakewell

East of England, East of England

Permanent

£28,395 to £35,126

Social Worker

Mental Health Practitioner � Bakewell

Job summary

Compass is the provider of Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in education settings in the city of Derby and Derbyshire, and is expanding the service into new areas from January 2024.

Compass Changing Lives ensures Children and Young People (CYP) access the right help, at the right time, in the right setting, MHSTs will remove duplication and avoid CYP/families being bounced in between services.

Compass has a successful track record in early intervention health and wellbeing services for children and young people. We use a wide range of creative and dynamic methods of engagement, including digital interventions, across community and educational settings.

Adopting a values-based approach is at the heart of what we do; through collaboration and coproduction with stakeholders our services continually evolve, directing resources based on evidenced need. We are incredibly excited and proud to be a trusted MHST provider enabling us to develop innovative methods to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and families in Derby & Derbyshire.

The service supports CYP and families providing extra capacity for early intervention support within school and college settings in three core areas:

Providing evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing issues
Supporting designated senior mental health leads in each setting
Providing timely advice to school and college staff and parents as required

Main duties of the job

You will have experience or a passion to work with children with adverse childhood experiences. You will be an experienced professional with a passion for supporting children and young people's emotional wellbeing and mental health looking for a new challenge. The post holder will be responsible for supporting service development and embedding services within education settings in Derby & Derbyshire. The post holder will hold a caseload for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems in educational settings. This involves the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care for the parent or carer of the child or young person.

The post holder is also responsible for developing and disseminating packages of care. The care may include a variety of evidenced based interventions to children and young people and work with parents and teaching staff on an individual and in a group setting. Theyalsooffer specialist support, consultation and training to staff within the service and other agencies where appropriate.

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.

Established for over 30 years, Compass is a national charity which works in communities across the UK providing services spanning substance misuse treatment and rehabilitation, early interventions for vulnerable young people, school aged health programmes and associated prevention as well as treatment and health promotion initiatives.

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

The post will close once sufficient applicant's have been received.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Compass is the provider of Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in education settings in the city of Derby and Derbyshire, and is expanding the service into new areas from January 2024.

The service supports CYP and families providing extra capacity for early intervention support within school and college settings in three core areas:

Providing evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing issues
Supporting designated senior mental health leads in each setting
Providing timely advice to school and college staff and parents as required

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Be a suitably qualified CYP Mental Health practitioner for example:
Qualified EMHP
CYP IAPT Qualification
Registered Social Worker
Registered Mental Health Nurse

Desirable

A further relevant degree qualification.
Teaching qualification.
Youth Mental Health First Aid trained

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others.
Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders.
Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.
Experience of working with anxiety disorders.
Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders.
Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy.

Desirable

Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting.
Experience of working with children and their families in an education setting.
Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for
childrens emotional wellbeing.
Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priories or agendas.
Experience of working with looked after children.
Experience of working with other vulnerable groups.

Additional Criteria

Essential

Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with children.
Ability to carry out 1:1 therapeutic mental health interventions with families.
Ability to conduct group parenting programmes.
Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within staff group.
Ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people.
Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately.
Ability to take appropriate action to mitigate or manage risk.
Knowledge of educational environments.
Knowledge of safeguarding issues.
Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence
Full enhanced and current satisfactory DBS disclosure for the role.
Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Willingness to study further if required Self-motivated
Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post.
Team player.
Excellent time management and organisational skills.
Able to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for any illness or disability.

Desirable

Ability to teach others about mental health issues.
Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families.
Knowledge of the functional operation of specialist Children and Young
Peoples Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing services teams.
Proven commitment to continuous professional development.

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.