Children In Care (CIC) Emotional Health and Wellbeing Practice Supervisor

Are you ready to lead, inspire, and make a lasting impact?

If you are then we are looking for a dedicated Practice Supervisor on a 6 Month Fixed Term basis, you’ll play a crucial role in transforming the emotional wellbeing of children and young people. Working within the Coventry RISE Emotional Health & Wellbeing Team, you’ll be at the heart of delivering life-changing support, ensuring every child receives the right care, at the right time.

This is your opportunity to shape the future of mental health support. You’ll design and deliver dynamic, evidence-based interventions, working directly with children, young people, families, and professionals to create real, meaningful change. Whether through one-to-one support, group sessions, or collaborative work with partner agencies, you’ll be a driving force in improving emotional wellbeing outcomes.

As a clinical leader, you’ll mentor, guide, and inspire Emotional Health and Wellbeing Practitioners and Counsellors, ensuring they thrive and grow in their roles. Your expertise in psychological interventions and adolescent mental health will influence best practices, professional development, and service excellence. You’ll also provide specialist training and consultation, shaping the way mental health support is delivered across the sector.

If you’re passionate about leading with purpose, making an impact, and supporting young people to thrive, this is the role for you.

Join us and be part of something truly transformational!

You're an experienced, values led & dynamic leader with a passion for improving children and young people’s emotional wellbeing. With a strong clinical background, you’re confident in delivering evidence-based interventions and guiding multidisciplinary teams to achieve the best outcomes. Your ability to supervise, mentor, and inspire practitioners ensures high-quality care across the service.

Essential:

• A core professional and/or clinical qualification (e.g. EMHP, CWP, PMHW, mental health nursing, social work, occupational therapy).

• 2-4 years of experience working therapeutically with children and young people.

• Experience in line management, supervision, and clinical leadership.

• Ability to assess, plan, and deliver interventions while managing risk effectively.

• Strong communication, collaborative working, and IT skills.

• A UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Having a postgraduate qualification in supervision or low-intensity CBT, experience in mentorship, leadership within CYP services, and expertise in multi-agency collaboration will also be a benefit to you in this role but aren’t dealbreakers.

If you're ready to lead, inspire, and create change, we want to hear from 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!