Qualified Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

Nottingham City Council; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 26+ days

Generous pension scheme

Smart working

Wellbeing benefits

Discounts & memberships

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is seeking a qualified Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) to join the Citywide Targeted CAMHS Team. You will deliver high-quality, evidence-based interventions, undertake assessments, and work with families to promote resilience and positive outcomes.

The role involves one-to-one and group work, risk management including safeguarding, and collaboration with schools and partner agencies in a hybrid working model in multiple Nottingham locations.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering evidence-based interventions to children, young people and families.
• Experience identifying, assessing and managing risk including safeguarding and self-harm.
• Knowledge of safeguarding processes, risk assessment and early intervention approaches.

Responsibilities

• Deliver one-to-one and group mental health interventions for children and young people.
• Provide consultation, advice and psychoeducational training to professionals and partner agencies.
• Collaborate with schools, health services, social care and community organisations.

Skills

Child & family interventions

Risk assessment & safeguarding

Education

Child development

Neurodevelopment

Job description

Qualified Children's Wellbeing Practitioner - CWP

Contract Type: Fixed term (March 2027)

Working Hours: 37 Hours per week, 2 posts available

Worker Type: Hybrid worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £33,673 (Level one) rising to £36,581 (Level four) per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location: Multiple Nottingham City Locations, predominantly Loxley House and Bulwell Riverside.

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

We are looking for a motivated and skilled Qualified Children and Young People's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) to join our Citywide Targeted CAMHS Team. Working within a supportive multi-disciplinary service, you will deliver high-quality, outcome-focused and evidence-based interventions to children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, including anxiety, low mood, behavioural difficulties and presentations where neurodevelopmental differences may be impacting emotional wellbeing. You will undertake assessments, screening and formulation-informed intervention planning, delivering structured therapeutic interventions that support children, young people and families to achieve positive outcomes. You will work collaboratively with children, families and professional networks to promote resilience, wellbeing and meaningful change.

The role includes delivering one-to-one and group interventions, providing consultation, advice and training to partner agencies, and working closely with schools, health services, social care and community organisations to improve understanding of children's mental health and increase access to support. You will be expected to identify, assess and manage appropriate levels of risk, including safeguarding concerns, self-harm and emerging mental health difficulties. Working within clinical governance arrangements, you will communicate risk effectively and ensure children and young people with increasing complexity are escalated appropriately and supported to access the most suitable pathway for their needs. We offer a supportive learning environment with regular clinical supervision, opportunities for professional development and the chance to make a meaningful difference to the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children, young people and their families.

About You

Essential Experience

• Experience of assessing and delivering evidence-based interventions to children, young people and families presenting with a range of emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties, including anxiety, low mood, behavioural difficulties and presentations where neurodevelopmental differences impact emotional wellbeing.
• Experience of identifying, assessing and managing risk appropriately, including safeguarding concerns and self-harm, whilst working collaboratively with partner agencies and escalating complexity when required.

Essential Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of child development, neurodevelopment, child wellbeing and child and adolescent mental health, including factors that contribute to emotional, social and behavioural difficulties.
• Knowledge of evidence-based interventions, safeguarding processes, risk assessment and early intervention approaches within children and young people's mental health services.

Essential Skills and Competencies

• Ability to undertake mental health assessments and deliver structured evidence-based interventions to children, young people and families, adapting approaches to meet diverse needs and deliver both individual and group interventions.
• Ability to assess, communicate and appropriately manage risk, alongside delivering consultation, advice and psychoeducational training to professionals, parents and partner agencies.

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 Kirandip Gill, by email at [e-mail]

Closing Date: 28th September 2026

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: TBC

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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.

• 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, inclusive and Disability Confident Employer, welcoming applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

If you are a disabled candidate and wish to be considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this within your application. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment journey.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from serving personnel, veterans, reservists and military families.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the LGBTQ+ community, or are disabled. These groups are currently underrepresented in our workforce, and we are committed to better reflecting the communities we serve.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and encourage candidates to discuss this with us during the recruitment process.