Families Practitioner - Derby, United Kingdom - Compass-uk

Compass-uk

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Derby, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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About The Role:

Compass is the provider of Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in education settings in Derby & Derbyshire, and expanded into new areas in January 2024 with 2 new teams.

If you have the passion and drive to deliver evidence-based support for parents/carers with low level emotional health needs which are directly impacting on their child's wellbeing and working across both educational settings and the community read on.

This role is a real opportunity to help shape the services we provide with children, young people, families and educational settings and to develop your career in mental health support to children, young people and families.

About You:

Derby & Derbyshire MHST is an early intervention mental health and emotional wellbeing service. The service delivers evidenced based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs.

It is part of the MHST Trailblazer Programme, which has been commissioned following the Transforming Children and

Young Peoples Mental Health Care Provision:
A Green Paper

You will be knowledgeable and experienced in working with CYP and/or families with mental health needs; completing mental health assessments, engaging with families and communities as well as providing time limited psycho-social interventions directly to parents, carers and families.

Applicants must have excellent communication skills and be able to network with other agencies as central to the role.

About Us:

About Compass / service here...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: