Team Leader- Jeff Project - Grimsby, United Kingdom - Compass-uk

Compass-uk

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Grimsby, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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About The Role:

Please note this is a 12 month fixed term contract.
Are you looking for a role where you can make a real difference to the lives of children and young people across North East Lincolnshire?

We are looking for a Team Leader to help support a new project for the Youth Justice service sitting within our Mental Health Support Team.

You will have all the skills you would expect from a Team Leader but most importantly, you will care about children and young people and want to make a difference.

North East Lincolnshire Mental Health Support Teams ensures CYP access the right help, at the right time, in the right setting, MHST teams 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 part of the MHST trailblazer project enabling us to develop innovative methods to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and families in North East Lincolnshire.

About You:

The Team Leader will lead on the delivery of support to Children and Young People (CYP) in contact with Youth Justice Services to access the right mental health and emotional wellbeing services at the right time and to promote mental health and emotional wellbeing.

They will manage a small team of Youth Justice Health and Wellbeing Workers who will be engaging with CYP in the community through the delivery of mental health and emotional wellbeing outreach activities.

The vision of the service will be to;

Increase Children and Young People's awareness of the impact of mental wellbeing
Divert 'at risk' children and young people away from offending
Positively contribute to the reduction of offending/reoffending
Improve young offenders' emotional wellbeing and outcomes

The Team Leader will take a lead role in developing a range of interventions and brief intervention packages to meet the needs of the children and young people accessing the service.

The Team Leader will contribute to the service to ensure that young people consistently receive high quality services that adhere to the best practice guidelines and achieve high professional standards.

Responsible for contributing to the overall performance of the service to ensure that contractual output targets are achieved.

The Children and Young Peoples Criminal Justice Emotional and Mental Health and Wellbeing Service uses a hub and spoke model and has co-location within North East Lincolnshire Youth Justice Service.

About Us:

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: