About The Role
Compass Be Mental Health Support Teams (MHST’s) and Specialist Team ensure 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 Barnsley.
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
About You
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic person who has a good knowledge of educational environments, experience of working with CYP and their families, and experience of delivering specific therapeutic interventions to children (e.g. CBT, solution-focused brief therapy).
You will have the ability to conduct mental health assessments of children and young people, assessing risk, and provide formulation for interventions. We are looking for someone with excellent oral and written skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of our wider team.
The Specialist Mental Health Practitioner role will be delivering interventions to CYP who have been referred in with SEN or Adverse childhood experiences. The support requires extra considerations, such as time to build relationships, adapted working to meet goals, and additional support to families and professionals involved in their care.
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: Sunday 1 December 2024
Interview date: Thursday 5 December 2024
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