Compass Changing Lives
Team Leader
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About The Role
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.
About You
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.
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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.
If you’re ready to lead a team who care deeply and deliver constantly, we’d love to meet 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.
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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
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 salary review
Help us to make a positive change to the lives of children and young people!
Closing Date: 27th Aug
Interview Date: 17th Sept
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