Job summary
Are you ready to lead a vibrant, values-driven team who are transforming young people's access to mental health support? This is your chance to step into a leadership role that blends purpose, influence and people-first practice. As our Team Leader, you'll provide day-to-day leadership to a talented team within our Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in schools across the Derby area. You'll support practitioners to deliver safe, effective interventions, while also shaping how we collaborate with schools and partners to meet local needs. This is a role for someone who thrives on variety and challenge. You'll guide clinical decision-making, oversee risk management, and help embed inclusive, evidence-based practice in everything we do. You won't just manage, you'll mentor, develop and champion the people around you. You'll be joining a service that listens, adapts and stays focused on what really matters- supporting children and young people to feel safe, supported and empowered. If you want to grow your leadership career, inspire a passionate team and help shape the future of children and young people's mental health, this is the role to do it.

Main duties of the job
You're a confident, compassionate leader who brings energy, insight and integrity to everything you do. You care about getting things right for children and young people, and you know how to support others to deliver safe, effective and meaningful mental health support. You'll bring: A recognised qualification in a relevant area such as social work, nursing or psychology. Registration with a professional body (e.g. NMC, HCPC). Experience delivering CBT and working with children and young people with complex needs. A supervision qualification or willingness to complete one. Experience leading or managing teams in a multi-agency setting. Strong understanding of safeguarding, risk management and mental health legislation. Analytical skills with confidence using data, systems and digital tools to improve services. Excellent communication, planning and workload management skills. You might also bring BABCP accreditation, experience supporting inclusive practice, or involvement in service improvement work. But most of all, you bring the values, resilience and drive to lead with purpose and empathy.

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.

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 & development opportunities and career progression
• Annual salary review

Job responsibilities
Are you ready to lead a vibrant, values-driven team who are transforming young people's access to mental health support? This is your chance to step into a leadership role that blends purpose, influence and people-first practice. As our Team Leader, you'll provide day-to-day leadership to a talented team within our Mental Health Support Team (MHST) in schools across the Derby area. You'll support practitioners to deliver safe, effective interventions, while also shaping how we collaborate with schools and partners to meet local needs. This is a role for someone who thrives on variety and challenge. You'll guide clinical decision-making, oversee risk management, and help embed inclusive, evidence-based practice in everything we do. You won't just manage, you'll mentor, develop and champion the people around you. You'll be joining a service that listens, adapts and stays focused on what really matters- supporting children and young people to feel safe, supported and empowered. If you want to grow your leadership career, inspire a passionate team and help shape the future of children and young people's mental health, this is the role to do it.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Relevant professional qualification (for example Social Work, Psychology, Psychotherapy or Nursing) or equivalent.
• Registration with the appropriate professional body (where applicable), such as the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), with a commitment to maintaining registration.

Desirable

• Supervision qualification or willingness to complete a Postgraduate Certificate in Supervision.
• Accredited training in evidence based psychological therapies, ideally BABCP Accreditation.
• Certificate in CBT Supervision.
• Master's level qualification in a relevant discipline.
• Mentorship qualification or equivalent.
• Level 3 (or above) Leadership or Management qualification, or equivalent.

Experience
Essential

• Experience of leading and managing a team.
• Experience of providing evidence based psychological therapies, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
• Experience of working with children and young people with mild to moderate and complex mental health needs.
• Experience of providing clinical or practice leadership within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of working collaboratively with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and other partner agencies.
• Experience of working within community based mental health services.
• Experience of managing complex casework and making autonomous professional decisions.
• Experience of working in partnership with health, education, social care and voluntary sector organisations.

Desirable

• Experience of working with looked after children.
• Experience of working within education settings.
• Experience of delivering CBT informed supervision.
• Experience of research, audit and service evaluation.
• Experience of service development and quality improvement.
• Experience of working in partnership with schools, pupil referral units, special schools, further education colleges and statutory services.

Additional Criteria
Essential

• Knowledge of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and evidence based mental health interventions.
• Knowledge of current legislation relating to children and young people, including safeguarding, the Children Acts, Mental Health legislation, the Mental Capacity Act and the Human Rights Act.
• Knowledge of risk assessment and the management of safeguarding concerns and self harming behaviours.
• Knowledge of a range of mental health models and child development.
• Knowledge of clinical governance, professional standards and best practice.
• Knowledge of outcome measures, data collection and performance monitoring.
• Knowledge of equality, diversity and inclusion and the application of anti discriminatory practice.
• Working knowledge of health, education, social care and voluntary sector services, with the ability to work effectively in partnership across organisations.
• Demonstrates effective leadership and the ability to motivate, supervise and develop others.
• Ability to provide professional and practice supervision.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to establish effective relationships with children, young people and families.
• Ability to apply therapeutic skills when supporting children and young people with complex needs.
• Ability to build productive partnerships across multidisciplinary and multi agency teams.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and manage competing demands.
• Ability to analyse information and make sound professional judgements.
• Ability to recognise, assess and appropriately escalate risk.
• Ability to work under pressure and respond positively to changing priorities.
• Positive, flexible, adaptable and solution focused approach.
• Ability to use initiative and work autonomously.
• Strong IT skills.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.
• Demonstrates the Compass values of Acting with Integrity, Valuing Each Other, Being Solution Focused and Being Consistent and Reliable.
• Access to transport, or the ability to travel efficiently between community venues.

Desirable

• Knowledge of service development methodologies.
• Knowledge of research, audit and quality improvement.
• Ability to influence others and support innovation, service improvement and organisational change.

Additional information
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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Compass
Address: 2nd Floor St Katherine's House, St Mary's Wharf, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 3TQ, United Kingdom