Job Summary
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 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 in South Birmingham. You'll work closely with schools, 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 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, stay connected to direct practice, and influence wider systems through collaboration with Team Leaders, senior mental health leads, and the wider Compass team. 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, we’d love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
You care deeply about children and young people's mental health and are ready to bring your knowledge, empathy and guidance into a role where you can truly make a difference. You are someone 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 with 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 we are more interested in how you think, lead and show up for others than ticking every box.
About Us
Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. Established for over 30 years, Compass is a national charity with services across the UK including prevention, early interventions for vulnerable young people, school-aged health programmes and related initiatives. All Compass posts are subject to appropriate level DBS checks. We positively encourage applications from all members of the community and support reasonable adjustments in recruitment and 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
Requirements & Criteria
Essential
* 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
* Planning workload, time management
* Work under pressure and able to manage changing priorities
* Understand need for evidence and statistical data collection, and achieving targets
* IT skills
* 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
* Strong degree of personal integrity
* Ability to work all year round
* Travel to individual schools; driving license and access to a vehicle
* Ongoing commitment to maintain registration in core profession
Desirable
* Additional CPD and supervision training
* Leadership experience within Children and Young People clinical service areas
* Mentorship and team-induction experience
* Experience in community and/or educational settings
* Experience of working in a skill-mix team
Additional Information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a DBS disclosure check. UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For more information see NHS Careers.
Employer details
Employer: Compass
Address: Offices 101 - 106, 509 Aldridge Road, Birmingham, Staffordshire, B448NA
Employer's website: https://www.compass-uk.org/
Job specifics
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Information Services
Closing date: 2nd Nov
Posting date: 03 October 2025
Additional notes: The description includes multiple sections repeated across the original text; this refined version consolidates the core information without altering the stated requirements and responsibilities.
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