Title: Senior Mental Health Practitioner
Location: Derby
Department: Derby EITSS
Advertising salary: £39,351 - £48,108
Contract: Permanent
Hours per week: 37

Supporting young people and changing futures.
You are someone who cares deeply about making a difference, not just today, but for a young person's future.

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, you will join our Early Intervention and Targeted Support Service in North Derbyshire, providing prevention, early intervention and targeted mental health and emotional wellbeing support across community and education settings.

You will support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties, carrying out assessments, managing a caseload and delivering structured, evidence based and therapy informed interventions.

You will use outcome measures to inform clinical decisions, respond to risk and safeguarding concerns, and help children, young people and families access the right support at the right time.

As a senior practitioner, you will also provide specialist advice, consultation and training, alongside clinical supervision and professional support to colleagues.

Ready to use your experience to make a real difference? We would love to hear from you.

About you
You are an experienced practitioner with a genuine passion for improving outcomes for children and young people.

You will bring:

• A relevant professional or clinical qualification - EMHP, CWP, PMHW, Senior EMHP, Mental Health Nursing, Learning Disability Nursing, Occupational Therapy or Social Work.
• At least two years' experience of working therapeutically with children and young people, with experience of clinical development and engaging effectively with families and carers.
• Experience of risk assessment, risk management and safeguarding within clinical services.
• Experience of line management and/or clinical supervision, with a postgraduate certificate in supervision or equivalent, or willingness to undertake this.
• Strong leadership, communication and organisational skills, with the ability to manage changing priorities, plan and prioritise your workload and support colleagues.
• A collaborative and adaptable approach, with the ability to build positive relationships with children, young people, families, education settings and partner agencies.
• A solution focused, reflective and resilient approach, with a strong sense of personal integrity and commitment to your professional development.

Experience of supervision or management training, a relevant postgraduate or mentorship qualification, CBT informed supervision, inducting new staff, or working within community or education settings would be welcomed.

If this sounds like you, take the next step and apply today.

Benefits

• 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 and development opportunities and career progression
• Annual salary review

Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. 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. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, on commencement, or once in post.

Closing Date: 28.10.2026
Interview Date: 09.11.2026 in Derby