Job Description
Contract Type: Fixed Term until 31st March 2026,
Working Hours: 37 hours per week - Monday to Friday
Worker Type: Hybrid
Salary: Starting Salary is £31,586 rising to £34,314 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here .
About The Role
The role will be within our single point of access team (SPA), providing brief assessments and short-term evidence-based interventions to children, young people, and families (main communication for this role will be virtual using MS Teams and telephone. The successful applicant will be part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering high-quality, brief outcome-focused, evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, including anxiety, low mood and behavioural difficulties.
There are two full-time positions and one part-time position (18.5 hours a week). The role is Hybrid, based across our office base (around 3 days a week, which could increase with service needs) and working remotely from home.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Undergraduate degree in Psychology or related subject, or Successful completion of Certificate in Children’s Wellbeing Practice (CWP), with post qualification experience as a CWP ( Qualification for PWP or equivalent will be considered.
- Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others in educational and health settings with mild to moderate mental health problems
- Strong understanding of how to work with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
- Ability to make an assessment of risk and to record and communicate it appropriately, and to take appropriate action to mitigate or manage
- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
You can find the job description for this post
here
At Nottingham City Council, we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the
additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Leanne Lowe SPA Manager, by telephone on 0115 8764000 or by email at
[email protected]Closing Date: 24th July 2025
Please note that there may be occasions when we close the advert before the closing date, and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: To be considered
If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.
About Us
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
- Smart Working – to support your work life balance
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
