Job summary
Compass delivers community Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing (MH&EW) services and Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) across a wide range of geographical locations, including North Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire, Barnsley, Wakefield, Coventry, Central & West Lancashire, Derby & Derbyshire & Birmingham.
Our services ensure Children and Young People (CYP) access the right help, at the right time, in the right setting, helping to 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 3rd Sector provider enabling us to develop innovative methods to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and families.
The role will support CYP and families providing extra capacity for early intervention support within all our Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing (MH&EW) services and Mental Health Support Teams (MHST).
Main duties of the job
You will work autonomously under indirect supervision within multidisciplinary teams. This involves the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of person-centred care for the child or young person. This role will be fully remote. Interventions, including group work will be delivered through digital means with children, young people and families.
You will work collaboratively with young people and their families incorporating the use of outcome measures for the intervention provided.
You will engage in activities that will utilise your skills, knowledge and abilities to deliver evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild mild/moderate emotional wellbeing needs remotely and support children and young people who present with more severe difficulties rapidly access more specialist services.
You will hold a core professional and/or clinical qualification e.g. EMHP, CWP, PWP, Senior EMHP alongside post graduate experience working with children and young people and an understanding of the principles and practice of CBT and clinical supervision.
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.
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.
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
Closing date: 17th March 2024
Interview date: 22nd March 2024
Job description
Job responsibilities
Compass delivers community Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing (MH&EW) services and Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) across a wide range of geographical locations, including North Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire, Barnsley, Wakefield, Coventry, Central & West Lancashire, Derby & Derbyshire & Birmingham.
Our services ensure Children and Young People (CYP) access the right help, at the right time, in the right setting, helping to 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 3rd Sector provider enabling us to develop innovative methods to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and families.
The role will support CYP and families providing extra capacity for early intervention support within all our Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing (MH&EW) services and Mental Health Support Teams (MHST).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Compass delivers community Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing (MH&EW) services and Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) across a wide range of geographical locations, including North Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire, Barnsley, Wakefield, Coventry, Central & West Lancashire, Derby & Derbyshire & Birmingham.
Our services ensure Children and Young People (CYP) access the right help, at the right time, in the right setting, helping to 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 3rd Sector provider enabling us to develop innovative methods to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and families.
The role will support CYP and families providing extra capacity for early intervention support within all our Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing (MH&EW) services and Mental Health Support Teams (MHST).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Core professional and/or clinical qualification e.g. EMHP, CWP, PWP, Senior EMHP.
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- Youth Mental Health First Aid trained.
Experience
Essential
- 2 years working therapeutically with children and young people
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues
- Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence
- 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.
Desirable
- Experience of working remotely and virtual delivery of evidence-based interventions.
- Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for childrens emotional wellbeing
- Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priorities 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 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
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Able to work all year round and flexibly as part of a team to best meet business need.
- Ongoing commitment to maintain professional registration requirements.
Desirable
- Ability to analyse, evaluate and rationalise data and enable progressive models of delivery and intervention
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Core professional and/or clinical qualification e.g. EMHP, CWP, PWP, Senior EMHP.
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- Youth Mental Health First Aid trained.
Experience
Essential
- 2 years working therapeutically with children and young people
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues
- Knowledge of capacity and consent issues including Gillick competence
- 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.
Desirable
- Experience of working remotely and virtual delivery of evidence-based interventions.
- Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for childrens emotional wellbeing
- Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priorities 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 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
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Able to work all year round and flexibly as part of a team to best meet business need.
- Ongoing commitment to maintain professional registration requirements.
Desirable
- Ability to analyse, evaluate and rationalise data and enable progressive models of delivery and intervention
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
