Job summary
Team Leader
Compass Birmingham Mental Health Support Team
Permanent, 37 hours per week Starting Salary 41,595 - 50,869
Compass are delighted to offer a flexible approach to the posts advertised; whilst it is important to recognise that our work with children, young people and families is largely on site we can provide hybrid, part-time and term time only opportunities for the right candidates. To discuss this further please contact jan.smith@compass-uk.org.
Compass is delighted to be selected as a new provider of Mental Health Support Teams in education settings in Birmingham North (Great Barr) working in partnership to meet the emotional health and wellbeing needs of children and young people across the North of the City. We will be working in partnership with health, care and education in the local area from September 2023.
Team Leaders will commence in our Mental Health Support Team from 4/09/23
This role is an 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.
The Team Leader role works alongside new and existing colleagues to develop MHSTs with focus on building partnerships with education settings in North/North East of the City to drive the implementation of highly effective and CYPF focussed mental health and wellbeing services in line with the national MHST framework; managing supervising and innovating with practitioners.
Main duties of the job
Compass Birmingham, 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 (2017).
You will need to demonstrate in your application that you have a degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant field such as a nationally recognised, broadly-based, health or social work qualification which must be registered with the appropriate governing body, e.g. BABCP or NMC or an equivalent extensive experience in leading emotional health, wellbeing or pastoral services for children and young people. Clinical qualification and a developed knowledge of CBT is advantageous.
Candidates will either have a Post Graduate qualification in supervision and/or management or ability and willingness to undertake further training.
Applicants must have excellent communication skills and be able to network with other agencies as central to the role.
You must possess a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle. An enhanced level DBS check is required for this role.
About us
Closing date: 17th August 2023 Interviews will be held on 23rd August 2023 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 - 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
- Eye Care vouchers
- Learning & Development/ Career Progression Opportunities
We are holding an online information sharing event for anyone interested in this exciting new role on 15/08/23 at 5pm. The event is an opportunity for you to find out more about us, the new service and role If you are interested in attending the event please express interest by emailing birminghammhst@compass-uk.org In the meantime you can find out more about joining one of our MHSTs by visiting: https://www.compass-uk.org/joining-a-compass-mhst/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Team Leader
Compass Birmingham Mental Health Support Team
Permanent, 37 hours per week Starting Salary 41,595 - 50,869
Compass are delighted to offer a flexible approach to the posts advertised; whilst it is important to recognise that our work with children, young people and families is largely on site we can provide hybrid, part-time and term time only opportunities for the right candidates. To discuss this further please contact jan.smith@compass-uk.org.
Compass is delighted to be selected as a new provider of Mental Health Support Teams in education settings in Birmingham North (Great Barr) working in partnership to meet the emotional health and wellbeing needs of children and young people across the North of the City. We will be working in partnership with health, care and education in the local area from September 2023.
Team Leaders will commence in our Mental Health Support Team from 4/09/23
This role is an 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.
The Team Leader role works alongside new and existing colleagues to develop MHSTs with focus on building partnerships with education settings in North/North East of the City to drive the implementation of highly effective and CYPF focussed mental health and wellbeing services in line with the national MHST framework; managing supervising and innovating with practitioners.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Team Leader
Compass Birmingham Mental Health Support Team
Permanent, 37 hours per week Starting Salary 41,595 - 50,869
Compass are delighted to offer a flexible approach to the posts advertised; whilst it is important to recognise that our work with children, young people and families is largely on site we can provide hybrid, part-time and term time only opportunities for the right candidates. To discuss this further please contact jan.smith@compass-uk.org.
Compass is delighted to be selected as a new provider of Mental Health Support Teams in education settings in Birmingham North (Great Barr) working in partnership to meet the emotional health and wellbeing needs of children and young people across the North of the City. We will be working in partnership with health, care and education in the local area from September 2023.
Team Leaders will commence in our Mental Health Support Team from 4/09/23
This role is an 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.
The Team Leader role works alongside new and existing colleagues to develop MHSTs with focus on building partnerships with education settings in North/North East of the City to drive the implementation of highly effective and CYPF focussed mental health and wellbeing services in line with the national MHST framework; managing supervising and innovating with practitioners.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in relevant field - nationally recognised, broadly-based, health or social work qualification which must be registered with the appropriate governing body, e.g. BABCP or NMC.
- Supervision qualification, or willingness to complete.
- Accredited training in evidence based psychological treatment, ideally BABCP Accreditation
- Certificate in Supervision - CBT
- Masters level qualification in relevant discipline.
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent.
- Level 5 or above Leadership or management qualification or equivalent.
Desirable
- Accredited training in evidence based psychological treatment, ideally BABCP Accreditation
- Certificate in Supervision - CBT
- Masters level qualification in relevant discipline.
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent.
- Level 5 or above Leadership or management qualification or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Significant and relevant experience of:
- Working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team including provision if clinical/practice leadership.
- Working in community with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
- Working with children and young people with moderate /severe complex mental health needs.
- Working with young people and/or adults of all ages with behavioural and/or mental health issues and/ or learning disabilities.
- Experience of operationally managing teams.
- Working knowledge of health, education, social services and the voluntary sector and have the ability to work in partnership with other professionals from a range of multi-disciplinary backgrounds.
- Must demonstrate knowledge of current legislation including the Children Act 1989, 2004, the Human Rights Act 1998, safeguarding of children and adults, Mental Health law and policy and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
- Demonstrate the application of values in mental health practice including the ability to identify, challenge and where possible redress discrimination and inequality.
- Knowledge of safety factors in the management of self-harming behaviours and safeguarding issues and have the skills to be able to apply knowledge appropriately with complex cases.
- Knowledge of a range of models of behavioural and mental disorder including the contribution of social, physical and developmental factors, the social perspective on mental disorder, and the implications of mental disorder and treatments for clients, their relatives and carers
- Must be experienced in and able to demonstrate proficiency in case management responsibility including making properly informed independent decisions and communication
Desirable
- Experience of working with looked after children.
- Experience of working in an educational setting.
- Experience of delivering CBT informed supervision.
- Research and/or audit experience.
- Experience of developing services.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Demonstrates leadership and the ability to delegate and supervise staff.
- Recognition and escalation of risk, contributing to control measures.
- Planning workload, time management.
- Works effectively under pressure and able to manage changing priorities.
- Understands need for evidence and data collection and achieving targets.
- Ability to apply therapeutic skills with young people with complex needs.
- Ability to establish effective relationships with CYPF.
- Ability to provide supervision to less experienced colleagues.
- IT skills
- Innovative and ability to engage and influence others.
- Positive attitude; flexible and adaptable; solution focused; and tenacious.
- Able to work all year round and flexibly as part of a team to best meet business need
- Possession of full UK driving licence and access to vehicle
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in relevant field - nationally recognised, broadly-based, health or social work qualification which must be registered with the appropriate governing body, e.g. BABCP or NMC.
- Supervision qualification, or willingness to complete.
- Accredited training in evidence based psychological treatment, ideally BABCP Accreditation
- Certificate in Supervision - CBT
- Masters level qualification in relevant discipline.
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent.
- Level 5 or above Leadership or management qualification or equivalent.
Desirable
- Accredited training in evidence based psychological treatment, ideally BABCP Accreditation
- Certificate in Supervision - CBT
- Masters level qualification in relevant discipline.
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent.
- Level 5 or above Leadership or management qualification or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Significant and relevant experience of:
- Working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team including provision if clinical/practice leadership.
- Working in community with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
- Working with children and young people with moderate /severe complex mental health needs.
- Working with young people and/or adults of all ages with behavioural and/or mental health issues and/ or learning disabilities.
- Experience of operationally managing teams.
- Working knowledge of health, education, social services and the voluntary sector and have the ability to work in partnership with other professionals from a range of multi-disciplinary backgrounds.
- Must demonstrate knowledge of current legislation including the Children Act 1989, 2004, the Human Rights Act 1998, safeguarding of children and adults, Mental Health law and policy and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
- Demonstrate the application of values in mental health practice including the ability to identify, challenge and where possible redress discrimination and inequality.
- Knowledge of safety factors in the management of self-harming behaviours and safeguarding issues and have the skills to be able to apply knowledge appropriately with complex cases.
- Knowledge of a range of models of behavioural and mental disorder including the contribution of social, physical and developmental factors, the social perspective on mental disorder, and the implications of mental disorder and treatments for clients, their relatives and carers
- Must be experienced in and able to demonstrate proficiency in case management responsibility including making properly informed independent decisions and communication
Desirable
- Experience of working with looked after children.
- Experience of working in an educational setting.
- Experience of delivering CBT informed supervision.
- Research and/or audit experience.
- Experience of developing services.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Demonstrates leadership and the ability to delegate and supervise staff.
- Recognition and escalation of risk, contributing to control measures.
- Planning workload, time management.
- Works effectively under pressure and able to manage changing priorities.
- Understands need for evidence and data collection and achieving targets.
- Ability to apply therapeutic skills with young people with complex needs.
- Ability to establish effective relationships with CYPF.
- Ability to provide supervision to less experienced colleagues.
- IT skills
- Innovative and ability to engage and influence others.
- Positive attitude; flexible and adaptable; solution focused; and tenacious.
- Able to work all year round and flexibly as part of a team to best meet business need
- Possession of full UK driving licence and access to vehicle
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
