Senior Wellbeing Practitioner

Are you ready to use your skills not just to care, but to lead, mentor and shape the future of mental health support in education?

This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in delivering the single point of access for Children and Young People Emotional Health and Wellbeing Services in Wakefield, working in partnership with CAMHS. You will ensure children, young people and families receive the right support, at the right time, in the right setting.

You will carry out comprehensive assessments, respond thoughtfully to risk and make confident, evidence informed decisions that keep the voice of the child at the centre. You will provide advice, guidance and targeted interventions in one to one, group, virtual and face to face settings, and ensure clear and supportive pathways into specialist services where this is needed.

Alongside clinical work, you will play a key leadership role within Compass Rise. You will provide supervision and peer support to Emotional Wellbeing Practitioners, contribute to quality assurance and promote continuous improvement. Safeguarding is central to this role and you will actively contribute to multi agency processes to protect and promote welfare.

We are looking for someone who brings together clinical expertise, leadership skills and a passion for supporting children and young people. To thrive in this role, you will need:

• A recognised Education Mental Health Practitioner or Children`s Wellbeing Practitioner qualification
• Post Graduate Certificate in Supervision or willingness to undertake this
• Experience of working therapeutically with children and young people in education or community settings
• Competence in delivering low intensity interventions for mild to moderate needs
• Experience of clinical supervision or line management
• Strong skills in risk assessment, safeguarding and multi agency collaboration
• Ability to travel across Wakefield and work flexibly

It would be great if you also bring experience of leading projects, mentoring colleagues or delivering training, but what matters most is that you are values led, compassionate and resilient. 

This is your chance to lead with purpose, support with compassion and make your mark where it matters most. Sounds like you? If it does, we’d love to see you apply.

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!