Education Mental Health Practitioner - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Compass

Compass

Verified Company

Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About The Role:

Compass is the provider of Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in education settings in the city of Birmingham.

We have an opportunity for a Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner or Mental Health Practitioner to join our Birmingham Team.

Compass Birmingham MHST ensures Children and Young People (CYP) access the right help, at the right time, in the right setting, MHST's 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 Birmingham.

About You:

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 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:

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: