Duty Co-Ordinator

Compass Changing Lives MHSTs is an 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.

Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) and Early Intervention and Targeted Support Service (EITSS) are a prevention and early intervention service designed to promote good mental health and wellbeing, and to provide support to meet the mild to moderate mental health needs of children and young people (CYP) in education and community settings.

The services increase the CYPs mental health workforce and increase capacity to support pupils and students. The team works alongside education staff to develop and embed a Whole School Approach (WSA) to mental health and wellbeing at all levels in a fully integrated model with the Compass Changing Lives MHST and provides for a single point of access duty system for the county.

The service develops and delivers innovative methods to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and families.

Working as an autonomous and accountable practitioner within a skill mix team, you will provide daily oversight including, Clinical and safeguarding decision making, safety planning and risk assessment oversight, direct and manage daily throughput of screenings to meet KPI targets. You will be responsible for daily oversight of the duty system, including oversight of all incoming referrals and progress, supporting staff, liaising with external agencies, in addition to providing advice and guidance. 

The Duty Co-ordinator is responsible for supporting the development/management of the MHST/EITTS Duty system and will work alongside the Operations Manager, Clinical Operations Team and Team Lead.   

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 22 September 2024

Interview date: W/C Monday 23 September 2024