Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

Supporting young people and changing futures.

Youre someone who cares deeply about making a difference, not just today, but for a young persons future.

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, youll join our Early Intervention and Targeted Support Service in North Derbyshire, providing prevention, early intervention and targeted mental health and emotional wellbeing support across community and education settings.

Youll support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties, carrying out assessments, managing a caseload and delivering structured, evidence based and therapy informed interventions.

Youll use outcome measures to inform clinical decisions, respond to risk and safeguarding concerns, and help children, young people and families access the right support at the right time.

As a senior practitioner, youll also provide specialist advice, consultation and training, alongside clinical supervision and professional support to colleagues.

Ready to use your experience to make a real difference? Wed love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Youre an experienced practitioner with a genuine passion for improving outcomes for children and young people.

Youll bring:

A relevant professional or clinical qualification - EMHP, CWP, PMHW, Senior EMHP, Mental Health Nursing, Learning Disability Nursing, Occupational Therapy or Social Work.

At least two years experience of working therapeutically with children and young people, with experience of clinical development and engaging effectively with families and carers.

Experience of risk assessment, risk management and safeguarding within clinical services.

Experience of line management and/or clinical supervision, with a postgraduate certificate in supervision or equivalent, or willingness to undertake this.

Strong leadership, communication and organisational skills, with the ability to manage changing priorities, plan and prioritise your workload and support colleagues.

A collaborative and adaptable approach, with the ability to build positive relationships with children, young people, families, education settings and partner agencies.

A solution focused, reflective and resilient approach, with a strong sense of personal integrity and commitment to your professional development.

Experience of supervision or management training, a relevant postgraduate or mentorship qualification, CBT informed supervision, inducting new staff, or working within community or education settings would be welcomed.

If this sounds like you, take the next step and apply today.

About us

Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. For 40 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.

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, 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 (pro rata)
• Life assurance at 2 x basic salary
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and OH service
• Enhanced sick pay
• Excellent learning & development opportunities and career progression
• Annual salary review

Help us to make a positive change to the lives of children and young people!

Job responsibilities

Supporting young people and changing futures.

Youre someone who cares deeply about making a difference, not just today, but for a young persons future.

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, youll join our Early Intervention and Targeted Support Service in North Derbyshire, providing prevention, early intervention and targeted mental health and emotional wellbeing support across community and education settings.

Youll support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties, carrying out assessments, managing a caseload and delivering structured, evidence based and therapy informed interventions.

Youll use outcome measures to inform clinical decisions, respond to risk and safeguarding concerns, and help children, young people and families access the right support at the right time.

As a senior practitioner, youll also provide specialist advice, consultation and training, alongside clinical supervision and professional support to colleagues.

Ready to use your experience to make a real difference? Wed love to hear from you.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Core professional and/or clinical qualification, for example EMHP, CWP, PMHW, Senior
• EMHP, Mental Health Nursing, Learning Disability Nursing, Occupational Therapy or
• Social Work.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Postgraduate certificate in supervision or equivalent, or willingness to undertake.

Desirable

• Management or supervision training.
• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline.
• Mentorship qualification.

Experience

Essential

• At least two years' experience of working therapeutically with children and young people.
• Evidence of clinical development in practice.
• Experience of effectively engaging with families and carers.
• Experience of risk assessment and management in the delivery of clinical services,
• including safeguarding.
• Experience of line management and/or delivery of clinical supervision.

Desirable

• Experience of delivering Cognitive Behavioural Therapy informed supervision.
• Experience of inducting new staff members into the service or area.
• Experience of working within a community and/or education environment.
• Experience of organising team duties.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of risk assessment and risk management within clinical
• services, including safeguarding.
• Understanding of the importance of evidence, data collection and achievement of service
• targets.
• Leadership skills with the ability to delegate appropriately and support colleagues.
• Ability to effectively plan and prioritise workload and manage time.
• Ability to manage changing priorities.
• Good IT skills.
• Able to work effectively as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to relate effectively to children and young
• people.
• Positive, flexible and adaptable approach.
• Solution focused and tenacious.
• Demonstrates a strong degree of personal integrity.
• Able to work flexibly as part of a team to meet service and business needs.
• Ongoing commitment to maintaining relevant professional registration requirements.

Desirable

• Ability to analyse, evaluate and rationalise data and use this to support progressive
• models of service delivery and intervention.