Mental Health Practitioner

We are looking for a passionate, driven professional ready to make a meaningful impact on the mental health and well-being of children and young people (CYP). You bring expertise, empathy, and enthusiasm to this vital role.

Essential Criteria:

• A relevant qualification as an Education Mental Health Practitioner or a Young Persons Mental Health Practitioner.

• Experience delivering therapeutic interventions such as CBT or solution-focused brief therapy.

• Knowledge of safeguarding, capacity, and consent, including Gillick competence.

• A track record of working with children, young people, and their families in educational or healthcare settings.

• Effective communication, time management, and organisational skills to navigate multi-agency collaboration effectively.

• Access to your own transport to enable you to commute efficiently between community locations.

Your ability to assess mental health needs, manage risk, and deliver evidence-based interventions will be crucial to this role.

If you have experience with vulnerable groups, such as looked-after children or those facing social and emotional challenges, we’d love to hear from you. We'd also like to receive applications from those who are a Mental Health nurse with Young Person experience, Qualified Social Worker with Mental Health experience or counsellor.

You’ll share our commitment to professional development and embody Compass’ values. 

If you’re ready to empower young people and make an impact, this is the role for you!

Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. 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.

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, 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:

• 27 days holiday + bank holidays, rising to 32 days over time (pro rata)
• Life assurance at 2 x basic salary
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and OH service
• Enhanced sick pay
• Excellent learning & development opportunities and career progression
• Annual performance/salary review

Help us to make a positive change to the lives of children and young people!