Supervising Practitioner

Compass; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health support organization in Birmingham is looking for a Supervising Practitioner to improve the emotional wellbeing of children and young people. The role involves delivering evidence-based interventions, supporting Educational Mental Health Practitioners, and creating a culture of reflective practice. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and at least two years of experience in therapeutic interventions. Join us to make a positive change to the lives of children!

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Life assurance at 2x basic salary

Competitive contributory pension scheme

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• At least two years of experience delivering therapeutic interventions for children and young people.
• Experience in providing supportive clinical supervision or mentoring.
• Confidence in safeguarding and working across agencies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based interventions and provide consultation.
• Provide supervision and reflective spaces for EMHPs and trainees.
• Collaborate with Team Leaders to influence wider systems.

Skills

Empathy

Communication skills

Team leadership

Education

Core qualification in mental health or related field

Post Graduate Certificate in Supervision

Job description

Ready to use your skills to guide and support others while making a real difference to children and young people\'s mental health?

As a Supervising Practitioner, in our amazing North & West Birmingham Mental Health Support Team (MHST) you\`ll play a key role in improving the emotional wellbeing of children and young people with mild to moderate needs. Working closely with schools, you\`ll deliver evidence-based interventions, provide consultation and training, and support link meetings and audits that strengthen whole-school approaches to mental health.

You\`ll also provide supervision, reflective spaces, and day-to-day guidance for Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and trainees, helping them to feel skilled, supported and safe in their practice. Your role will be central in creating a culture of reflective practice, ensuring safe and effective care, and driving quality across the team. You\`ll hold a small caseload yourself, ensuring you stay connected to direct practice, while also influencing wider systems through collaboration with Team Leaders, senior mental health leads, and the wider Compass team. Whether shaping interventions, embedding good practice, or building staff confidence, your guidance will have a lasting impact across schools and communities.

If you believe every child should feel safe, supported and able to thrive, and you are ready to stand alongside the people making that happen, then we\`d love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You care deeply about children and young peoples mental health, and you\`re ready to bring your knowledge, empathy and guidance into a role where you can truly make a difference. You\`re someone who colleagues trust for support, direction and reassurance and you hold that space with care and confidence. To thrive in this role, you\`ll bring:

A core qualification in mental health, nursing, social work, education mental health practice or a related field Registration with a relevant professional body if required

At least two years experience delivering therapeutic interventions or mental health support for children and young people Knowledge of CBT-informed or other evidence-based approaches to supporting young people

Experience in providing supportive clinical supervision or mentoring others

Confidence in safeguarding, risk assessment and working across agencies

Clear, confident communication and the ability to work with a wide range of people including families, schools and professionals

A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle (or equivalent)

It would also be great if you bring a postgraduate qualification in supervision or low-intensity CBT, or experience in skill-mixed teams but were more interested in the way you think, lead and show up for others than in ticking every box.

If you\`re ready to support others to do their best work and make a lasting impact, we\`d love to hear from you.

About us

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.

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
• 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!

Job responsibilities

Ready to use your skills to guide and support others while making a real difference to children and young peoples mental health? As a Supervising Practitioner, in our amazing North & West Birmingham Mental Health Support Team (MHST) youll play a key role in improving the emotional wellbeing of children and young people with mild to moderate needs. Working closely with schools, youll deliver evidence-based interventions, provide consultation and training, and support link meetings and audits that strengthen whole-school approaches to mental health. Youll also provide supervision, reflective spaces, and day-to-day guidance for Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and trainees, helping them to feel skilled, supported and safe in their practice. Your role will be central in creating a culture of reflective practice, ensuring safe and effective care, and driving quality across the team. Youll hold a small caseload yourself, ensuring you stay connected to direct practice, while also influencing wider systems through collaboration with Team Leaders, senior mental health leads, and the wider Compass team. Whether shaping interventions, embedding good practice, or building staff confidence, your guidance will have a lasting impact across schools and communities. If you believe every child should feel safe, supported and able to thrive, and you are ready to stand alongside the people making that happen, then wed love to hear from you.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Core professional and/or clinical qualification (e.g. EMHP,
• PMHW, nursing with specialism in mental health or learning disability nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work) and must be committed to maintaining registration if applicable
• Post Graduate Certificate in Supervision (EMHP supervisor course) or Two years post qualification experience of working therapeutically with children and young people and willingness to undertake a PG Certificate in Supervision.
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Management / supervision training
• Therapeutic post graduate qualification or equivalent experience ideally in low intensity CBT.

Experience

• Two years post qualification experience of working therapeutically with children and young people e.g., as an EMHP/CYP-IAPT practitioner
• Experience of line management and/or delivery of clinical supervision
• Experience of delivering CBT informed supervision, ideally of practice related to education settings
• Experience of working in a community and/or educational
• Experience of effective engagement with CYPF
• Risk assessment and management in the delivery of clinical services (including
• safeguarding)
• Experience of leadership within Children and Young People clinical service areas
• Experience of providing mentorship
• Experience of organising team duties
• Experience of inducting staff members
• Experience of working in a community and/or educational environment
• Experience of working in a skill mix team

Additional Criteria

• Leadership and the ability to delegate and supervise staff
• Ability to analyse, evaluate and rationalise data and enable progressive models of delivery and intervention
• Recognition and escalation of risk, contributing to control measures
• Work under pressure and able to manage changing priorities
• Understand need for evidence and statistical data collection, and achieving targets
• Team player and a dynamic personality
• Multi-agency/disciplinary working
• Excellent communication skills and ability to form positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
• Innovative practice and ability to influence others
• Positive attitude; flexible and adaptable; solution focused; and tenacious.
• Has a strong degree of personal integrity
• Ability to work all year round
• 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.).
• Ongoing commitment to maintain registration in core profession
• Ability to analyse, evaluate and rationalise data and enable progressive models of delivery and intervention

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.