Service Manager

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 MHSTs. We will begin the implementation of Compass Birmingham Wave 12 MHSTs 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 Peoples Mental Health Care Provision: A Green Paper (2017)., 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.

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