Supervising Practitioner

Compass; Leyland; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Life assurance

Pension scheme

EAP

Learning & development

Salary review

Job summary

Compass is seeking a Supervising Practitioner to guide a team delivering early intervention mental health support to children and young people in partnership with schools. You will supervise a small caseload and provide day-to-day guidance to colleagues while promoting evidence-based practice.

As you study for a postgraduate Supervising Practitioner qualification, you’ll help embed high standards of care, support professional development, and drive quality across the service.

Qualifications

• Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner with at least 2 years’ experience.
• Experience supervising others or leading colleagues.
• Strong knowledge of CBT-based approaches, especially in early intervention/school settings.
• Clear, confident communication with diverse stakeholders.
• Safeguarding and risk management knowledge; calm handling of uncertainty.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical supervision and reflective spaces for colleagues.
• Work with young people on mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions in schools and promote whole-school approaches.
• Support practitioners and contribute to service development and quality.
• Maintain high standards of care and safeguarding practices.

Skills

Experience supervising others

CBT-based approaches knowledge

Clear communication

Safeguarding & risk management

Driving licence

Education

Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner with 2+ years experience

Postgraduate Certificate in Supervision

Job description

Ready to use your expertise to guide and support a team delivering early intervention mental health support to children and young people?

As a Supervising Practitioner, you'll be part of our Compass Bloom Mental Health Support Team, working alongside schools to deliver evidence based interventions and promote whole school approaches to mental wellbeing, while ensuring practitioners feel supported and safe in their practice.

As part of this role, you`ll undertake a postgraduate Supervising Practitioner qualification. You'll study alongside your role, developing the knowledge, skills and confidence to provide high quality clinical supervision.

You`ll hold a small caseload and work directly with young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, while providing clinical supervision, reflective spaces and day to day guidance to colleagues. You`ll play an important role in embedding good practice, supporting professional development and maintaining high standards of care.

Working closely with schools, Team Leaders and the wider Compass team, you`ll help drive quality and consistency across the service, supporting practitioners and contributing to service development.

About You

You care deeply aboutyoung people`s mental health, and you're ready to bring your experience, empathy and leadership into a role where you can really make a difference. You're someone whopeople turn to for support, direction and reassurance – and you know how to hold that space with care and confidence.

You`ll bring:

• A Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner qualification with at least 2 years` experience.
• Experience supervising others or supporting colleagues in a leadership or mentorship role
• Strong knowledge of CBT-based approaches , especially in early intervention or school settings
• Clear, confident communication and the ability to work with a wide range of people – young people, families, schools, and professionals
• A solid grasp of safeguarding and risk management , and a calm, measured way of responding when things feel uncertain
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle

You might also bring aPostgraduate Certificate in Supervision,training in low-intensity CBT, orexperience working in a skill-mixed teambut we`re more interested in theway you think, lead and show up for othersthan in ticking every box.

If you`re someone who believes in doing the right thing, even when it`s hard and you`re excited to support others to do their best work then this could be exactly the role you`ve been looking for.

About Us

Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people & 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 & rehabilitation, early interventions for vulnerable young people, school-aged health programmes & 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, & encourage applications from people who have experiences in life which enrich skills & empathy. This is part of our commitment to equality and developing a truly inclusive & representative workforce.

We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments you 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 salary review

Help us to make a positive change to the lives of children and young people!