Job summary
Compass is delighted to have been selected to provide Mental Health Support Teams (Wave 12) in education settings across Birmingham (Locality TBC) working in partnership with other health and care providers across Birmingham.
If you have the passion and drive to manage a team delivering evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and the community read on
The Opportunity
We are seeking to appoint a SM to implement, develop and lead our new Birmingham MHSTs. We will begin the implementation of Compass Birmingham Wave 12 MHSTs from 01 January 2025 but hope to appoint the SM ahead of implementation to begin to bring shape and influence to the service as soon as possible.
The service will be made up of 6 Mental Health Support Teams and a small specialist team adding value in such areas as digital intervention and equalities and engagement
Compass Birmingham MHST (Wave 12) is a new early intervention and preventative mental health and emotional wellbeing service. The service delivers evidenced based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs.
The service is part of the national MHST Programme, which has been commissioned following the Transforming Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Care Provision: A Green Paper (2017).
Compass are delighted to offer a flexible work approach in relation to the post advertised.
Main duties of the job
You will be a values-driven (integrity, valuing each individual, solution focused, consistent and reliable) leader with a passion for supporting children, young people and families mental health and wellbeing. You will also have:
- Relevant degree (e.g. in health / social care), or equivalent
- A management/Leadership qualification e.g. NVQ Level 5 or equivalent experience.
- Previous experience leading a service comprised of clinicians delivering evidence-based interventions in a community service
- Have experience of leading and directing a skill mix team that is made of different roles and competency requirements.
Due to the nature of the role there is a need to travel to individual schools, which will require a driving license and access to a vehicle (for individuals who cannot drive due to a disability, we can consider accessibility options i.e. provided via Access to Work etc).
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.
About us
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 performance / salary review
www.compass-uk.org/work-for-us/rewards-and-benefits/ For more information and to apply visit: www.compass-uk.org/work-for-us. If you would like more information or to discuss the role further please contact either Sue Berry, Assistant Director on 07442773722 or e-mail sue.berry@compass-uk.org or Arjan Bains, Senior Operations Manager on 07425 776957 or email arjan.bains@compass-uk.org
We are holding an online information sharing event on Wednesday 18th September at 5pm. The event is an opportunity for candidates to find out more about Compass, the new service and role.
If you are interested in attending the event please express your interest by emailing siobhan.kearney@compass-uk.org
Closing date: 22nd September 2024
Interviews will be held on: 3rd October 2024
We may close the advert early if sufficient application are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Compass is delighted to have been selected to provide Mental Health Support Teams (Wave 12) in education settings across Birmingham (Locality TBC) working in partnership with other health and care providers across Birmingham.
If you have the passion and drive to manage a team delivering evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and the community read on
The Opportunity
We are seeking to appoint a SM to implement, develop and lead our new Birmingham MHSTs. We will begin the implementation of Compass Birmingham Wave 12 MHSTs from 01 January 2025 but hope to appoint the SM ahead of implementation to begin to bring shape and influence to the service as soon as possible.
The service will be made up of 6 Mental Health Support Teams and a small specialist team adding value in such areas as digital intervention and equalities and engagement
Compass Birmingham MHST (Wave 12) is a new early intervention and preventative mental health and emotional wellbeing service. The service delivers evidenced based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs.
The service is part of the national MHST Programme, which has been commissioned following the Transforming Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Care Provision: A Green Paper (2017).
Compass are delighted to offer a flexible work approach in relation to the post advertised.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Compass is delighted to have been selected to provide Mental Health Support Teams (Wave 12) in education settings across Birmingham (Locality TBC) working in partnership with other health and care providers across Birmingham.
If you have the passion and drive to manage a team delivering evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and the community read on
The Opportunity
We are seeking to appoint a SM to implement, develop and lead our new Birmingham MHSTs. We will begin the implementation of Compass Birmingham Wave 12 MHSTs from 01 January 2025 but hope to appoint the SM ahead of implementation to begin to bring shape and influence to the service as soon as possible.
The service will be made up of 6 Mental Health Support Teams and a small specialist team adding value in such areas as digital intervention and equalities and engagement
Compass Birmingham MHST (Wave 12) is a new early intervention and preventative mental health and emotional wellbeing service. The service delivers evidenced based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs.
The service is part of the national MHST Programme, which has been commissioned following the Transforming Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Care Provision: A Green Paper (2017).
Compass are delighted to offer a flexible work approach in relation to the post advertised.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree (e.g. in health / social care), or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Management/Leadership qualification e.g. NVQ Level 5, or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Qualified in core profession such as Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Mental Health Practitioner, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapy, Social Work or creative therapies e.g. Art Therapy
- Relevant masters or post graduate qualification
- Project Management or business qualification e.g. PRINCE 2
- Relevant post graduate qualification in Mental Health related field
- Level 4 or above qualification in CBT
- Certificate in supervision
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post qualification experience
- Previous experience leading a service comprised of clinicians delivering evidence-based interventions in a community service
- Significant experience of working within services which provide psychoeducational and psychological interventions to CYP
- Experience of working in partnership with education (schools, PRUs, Special schools, FE colleges) and/or statutory services
- Knowledge of national policy and guidance relating to public health and early intervention such as Future in Mind
- Experience of working within quality assurance and clinical governance frameworks to ensure services, systems, standards of care and practice are safe and effective
- Implementing new models of delivery/products/initiatives and dissemination of learning and best practice
- Experience of delivering evidence-based interventions and approaches with children and young people across a variety of care settings
- Understanding and practical application of the safeguarding agenda via policy, procedure, supervision and practice
- Experience of leading on developing, delivering and evaluating evidence-based holistic care packages
- Evaluating and analysing activity data to develop future service delivery and planning
- Managing effective contractual and partner relationships
- Working with service users and key stakeholders to shape design, delivery, development and ensure continuous improvement
- Effective budget and resource management
- Experience of meeting targets and deadlines within financial and contractual constraints
Desirable
- Previous experience leading a service comprised of clinicians and mental health professionals delivering evidence-based interventions in a community mental health service
- Experience of implementing a new commissioned service
- Experience of leading a service/team of people as part of a wider system change
- Managing teams on a multi site/remote basis
- Creating an environment and culture of experiential learning and innovation
- Experience in coaching and/or mentoring
- Evidence of experience in completing specialist mental health assessments and formulation
- Experience of facilitating reflective practice teaching and training
- Experience of working with children and young people, families and carers within a mental health setting
- Experience in the delivering and facilitation of specialist 1:1 and group supervision supporting the delivery of evidence-based assessment and approaches
- Experience of working within an environment that drives forward continuous improvement
- Experience of managing and/or leading on service developments
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Demonstrate leadership and the ability to delegate and supervise staff whilst being an effective role model
- 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
- Ability to write formal performance monitoring reports
- IT skills
- Team player and a dynamic personality
- Multi-agency/disciplinary working
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) and inter-personal skills
- 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
- Self-aware; positive attitude; flexible and adaptable; solution and business focused; and tenacious
- Has a strong degree of personal integrity
- Ability to assertively engage young people, families and carers
- Ability to work all year round
- Due to the nature of the role there is a need to travel to individual schools, which will require a driving license and access to a vehicle (for individuals who cannot drive due to a disability, we can consider accessibility options i.e. provided via Access to Work etc).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree (e.g. in health / social care), or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Management/Leadership qualification e.g. NVQ Level 5, or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Qualified in core profession such as Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Mental Health Practitioner, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapy, Social Work or creative therapies e.g. Art Therapy
- Relevant masters or post graduate qualification
- Project Management or business qualification e.g. PRINCE 2
- Relevant post graduate qualification in Mental Health related field
- Level 4 or above qualification in CBT
- Certificate in supervision
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post qualification experience
- Previous experience leading a service comprised of clinicians delivering evidence-based interventions in a community service
- Significant experience of working within services which provide psychoeducational and psychological interventions to CYP
- Experience of working in partnership with education (schools, PRUs, Special schools, FE colleges) and/or statutory services
- Knowledge of national policy and guidance relating to public health and early intervention such as Future in Mind
- Experience of working within quality assurance and clinical governance frameworks to ensure services, systems, standards of care and practice are safe and effective
- Implementing new models of delivery/products/initiatives and dissemination of learning and best practice
- Experience of delivering evidence-based interventions and approaches with children and young people across a variety of care settings
- Understanding and practical application of the safeguarding agenda via policy, procedure, supervision and practice
- Experience of leading on developing, delivering and evaluating evidence-based holistic care packages
- Evaluating and analysing activity data to develop future service delivery and planning
- Managing effective contractual and partner relationships
- Working with service users and key stakeholders to shape design, delivery, development and ensure continuous improvement
- Effective budget and resource management
- Experience of meeting targets and deadlines within financial and contractual constraints
Desirable
- Previous experience leading a service comprised of clinicians and mental health professionals delivering evidence-based interventions in a community mental health service
- Experience of implementing a new commissioned service
- Experience of leading a service/team of people as part of a wider system change
- Managing teams on a multi site/remote basis
- Creating an environment and culture of experiential learning and innovation
- Experience in coaching and/or mentoring
- Evidence of experience in completing specialist mental health assessments and formulation
- Experience of facilitating reflective practice teaching and training
- Experience of working with children and young people, families and carers within a mental health setting
- Experience in the delivering and facilitation of specialist 1:1 and group supervision supporting the delivery of evidence-based assessment and approaches
- Experience of working within an environment that drives forward continuous improvement
- Experience of managing and/or leading on service developments
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Demonstrate leadership and the ability to delegate and supervise staff whilst being an effective role model
- 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
- Ability to write formal performance monitoring reports
- IT skills
- Team player and a dynamic personality
- Multi-agency/disciplinary working
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) and inter-personal skills
- 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
- Self-aware; positive attitude; flexible and adaptable; solution and business focused; and tenacious
- Has a strong degree of personal integrity
- Ability to assertively engage young people, families and carers
- Ability to work all year round
- Due to the nature of the role there is a need to travel to individual schools, which will require a driving license and access to a vehicle (for individuals who cannot drive due to a disability, we can consider accessibility options i.e. provided via Access to Work etc).
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).
