Job summary
If you have the passion and drive to be part of a team who deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and the community? Are you a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner looking for your next step?
Compass Bloom are an innovative Mental Health Support Team, supporting 64 schools across Central and West Lancashire. We are now recruiting for the post of Trainee Supervising Practitioner, who will join us and help deliver evidence-based, high-quality and responsive services. To help us meet the mental health and emotional wellbeing needs of children, young people and families in our partner education settings and local communities in Central & West Lancashire.
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.
Main duties of the job
You will have at least 1 years post qualification experience working therapeutically within a CYP mental health setting. In the role of Trainee Supervising Practitioner, you would be delivering training, evidenced based interventions and consultation to children, young people, families and educational staff.
You will also be supported by the service to learn and develop new skills in delivering CBT informed supervision. Once you have reached the required minimum competencies defined by HEE you will be required to undertake a PG Certificate in Clinical Supervision. On acceptance on to the training programme the post holder will progress to Band F which currently attracts a salary range of £37,092 - £45,347 pa.
You must possess a full driving licence and have access to your own transport.
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. Benefits
We offer a range of benefits including:
1. 27 days holiday + bank holidays, rising to 32 days over time
2. Life assurance at 2 x basic salary
3. Competitive contributory pension scheme
4. Family-friendly policies
5. 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and OH service
6. Enhanced sick pay
7. Excellent learning & development opportunities and career progression
8. Annual performance / salary review If you are interested in this role, please apply as soon as possible as we may decide to close this vacancy once sufficient applications have been received
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you have the passion and drive to be part of a team who deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and the community? Are you a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner looking for your next step?
Compass Bloom are an innovative Mental Health Support Team, supporting 64 schools across Central and West Lancashire. We are now recruiting for the post of Trainee Supervising Practitioner, who will join us and help deliver evidence-based, high-quality and responsive services. To help us meet the mental health and emotional wellbeing needs of children, young people and families in our partner education settings and local communities in Central & West Lancashire.
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
9. Core professional qualification relevant to mental health nursing with specialism in mental health or learning disability nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, CWP, EMHP and must be committed to upholding registration if applicable
10. Evidence of continued professional development
11. Willingness to complete post Graduate Certificate in Supervision
Desirable
12. Therapeutic post graduate qualification (preferably in CBT)
13. Post Graduate qualification in a relevant discipline
Experience
Essential
14. One year post-qualification experience of working therapeutically with children and young people, as an EMHP/ CYP-IAPT practitioner
15. Experience of working in a community and/or educational environment
16. Evidence of clinical development
17. Collaborative working
18. Experience of effective engagement with families and carers
19. Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
20. Experience of leadership within Children and Young People clinical service areas
21. Experience of providing mentorship
22. Experience of delivering CBT informed supervision, ideally of practice related to education settings
Additional Criteria
Essential
23. Recognition and escalation of risk, contributing to control measures
24. Planning workload, time management
25. Work under pressure and able to manage changing priorities
26. Understand need for evidence and statistical data collection, and achieving targets
27. Excellent communication skills and able to relate to children and young people
28. Access to own transport or evidence of ability to commute efficiently between community venues.
29. Ongoing commitment to maintain registration in core profession