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    Mental Health Practitioner - Chesterfield, United Kingdom - Compass

    Compass
    Compass Chesterfield, United Kingdom

    1 week ago

    Compass background
    Permanent
    Description

    Job summary

    Compass is the provider of Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in education settings in the city of Derby and Derbyshire, and recently expanding the service into new areas with two new MHSTs in January 2024. We have an opportunity for a Mental Health Practitioner to join our Bolsover MHST.

    Compass Changing Lives ensures Children and Young People (CYP) access the right help, at the right time, in the right setting, MHSTs 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 a trusted MHST provider enabling us to develop innovative methods to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and families in Derby & Derbyshire.

    Main duties of the job

    The service supports CYP and families providing extra capacity for early intervention support within school and college settings in three core areas:

  • Providing evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing issues
  • Supporting designated senior mental health leads in each setting
  • Providing timely advice to school and college staff and parents as required

    • You will need to demonstrate in your application that you have a core MHP qualification relevant to mental health, alongside post graduate experience working with children and young people and an understanding of the principles and practice of CBT and clinical supervision.

    You will be knowledgeable and experienced in working with CYP with mental health needs; completing mental health assessments, providing practice supervision and support as well as providing specialist care directly to children and young people and families.

    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 : 31st May 2024

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Compass is the provider of Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in education settings in the city of Derby and Derbyshire, and recently expanding the service into new areas with two new MHSTs in January 2024. We have an opportunity for a Mental Health Practitioner to join our Bolsover MHST.

    Compass Changing Lives ensures Children and Young People (CYP) access the right help, at the right time, in the right setting, MHSTs 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 a trusted MHST provider enabling us to develop innovative methods to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and families in Derby & Derbyshire.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • Core professional qualification relevant to mental health CWP IAPT, PMHW, nursing with specialism in mental health or learning disability nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work or Professional qualification relevant to mental health CBT therapist.
  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Teaching qualification
  • Youth Mental Health First Aid trained
  • Therapeutic post graduate qualification (preferably in CBT).

    • Desirable

  • Teaching qualification
  • Youth Mental Health First Aid trained
  • Therapeutic post graduate qualification (preferably in CBT).

    • Experience

    Essential

  • Knowledge of educational environments
  • 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 ( CBT, solution focused brief therapy

    • Desirable

  • Knowledge of the functional operation of specialist Children and Young Peoples Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing services teams
  • Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting
  • Experience of working with children and their families in an education setting
  • Experience of monitoring and recording outcome measures for childrens emotional wellbeing
  • Experience of navigating complex social systems and environments, who may have conflicting priories 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 work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within staff group
  • 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
  • Access to own transport or evidence of ability to commute efficiently between community venues
  • Ongoing commitment to maintain registration in core profession
  • Willingness to study further if required

    • Desirable

  • Ability to teach others about mental health issues
  • Ability to conduct other group therapeutic interventions with children and their families
  • Proven commitment to continuous professional development
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