All Locations
Birmingham
All Departments
Birmingham MHST
Advertising Salary
£54,267 to £61,057
Vacancy Type
Permanent
Hours Per Week
37

About The Role

Compass is delighted to have been selected to provide Mental Health Support Teams (Wave 12) in education settings across Birmingham (Locality TBC) working in partnership with other health and care providers across Birmingham.

If you have the passion and drive to manage a team delivering evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and the community read on…

The Opportunity

We are seeking to appoint a SM to implement, develop and lead our new Birmingham MHST’s.  We will begin the implementation of Compass Birmingham Wave 12 MHST’s from 01 January 2025 but hope to appoint the SM ahead of implementation to begin to bring shape and influence to the service as soon as possible.

The service will be made up of 6 Mental Health Support Teams and a small specialist team adding value in such areas as digital intervention and equalities and engagement

Compass Birmingham MHST (Wave 12) is a new early intervention and preventative mental health and emotional wellbeing service. The service delivers evidenced based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs.

The service is part of the national MHST  Programme, which has been commissioned following the ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Care Provision: A Green Paper’ (2017).  Compass are delighted to offer a flexible work approach in relation to the post advertised.

About You

You will be a values-driven (integrity, valuing each individual, solution focused, consistent and reliable) leader with a passion for supporting children, young people and families mental health and wellbeing. You will also have:

  • Relevant degree (e.g. in health / social care), or equivalent
  • A management/Leadership qualification e.g. NVQ Level 5 or equivalent experience.
  • Previous experience leading a service comprised of clinicians delivering evidence-based interventions in a community service
  • Have experience of leading and directing a skill mix team that is made of different roles and competency requirements.

Due to the nature of the role there is a need to travel to individual schools, which will require a driving license and access to a vehicle (for individuals who cannot drive due to a disability, we can consider accessibility options i.e. provided via Access to Work etc).

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.

About Us

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
 
For more information and to apply visit: www.compass-uk.org/work-for-us.
 
If you would like more information or to discuss the role further please contact either Sue Berry, Assistant Director on 07442773722 or e-mail [email protected] or Arjan Bains, Senior Operations Manager on 07425 776957 or email [email protected]
 
We are holding an online information sharing event on Wednesday 18th September at 5pm. The event is an opportunity
for candidates to find out more about Compass, the new service and role.

If you are interested in attending the event please express your interest by emailing [email protected]    

Closing date: 22nd September 2024

Interviews will be held on: 3rd October 2024

We may close the advert early if sufficient application are received.

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