Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner

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

This role is a real opportunity to help shape the services we provide with children, young people, families and educational settings and to develop your career in mental health support to children, young people and families.

Successful candidates will be a qualified Mental Health Practitioner and will have experience of working with children and young peoples mental health and emotional wellbeing services., You will need to demonstrate in your application that you have a core MHP qualification relevant to mental health, alongside post graduate experience working with children and young people and an understanding of the principles and practice of CBT and clinical supervision.

You will be knowledgeable and experienced in working with CYP with mental health needs; completing mental health assessments, providing practice supervision and support as well as providing specialist care directly to children and young people and families

Applicants must have excellent communication skills and be able to network with other agencies as central to the role.

You must possess a full driving licence and have access to your own transport.

Compass Bloom MHST is an early intervention mental health and emotional wellbeing service covering Central & West Lancashire. The service delivers evidenced based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs.

It is part of the MHST Programme, which has been commissioned following the Transforming Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Care Provision: A Green Paper (2017)., Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and you should share our commitment. 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, 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. 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


• Generous contributory pension scheme (14.3% employer contribution)


• 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