Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent - There are 6.5 posts available.

Working Hours: 37 hours per week - 9am - 5pm (Monday to Friday) and a requirement to working evenings and weekends and some public holidays as per a rota, over 7 days, to provide a flexible and responsive service, including on-call arrangements

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting salary £32,597 (Level One) rising to £35,412 (Level Four) on the first year anniversary, subject to satisfactory completion of a probation period (pro rata for part-time) (Pay award pending)

Location: Citywide

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

Thank you for your interest in joining Nottingham City Council. We have already launched an exciting period of transformation across the Council, aligned to our recent Improvement Plan.

We are committed to overcoming the challenges of recent years whilst setting an ambitious, forward-thinking course for the city’s future.

With a clear vision and a strong resolve, we are committed to creating an aspirational environment where every child and young person in Nottingham has the opportunity to achieve, learn, and be safe in their family environment.

Nottingham Children’s Services are at a critical point in our transformation journey. We are transforming our approach to delivering early help, we have taken on board learning from recent inspections and the national Care Review and are focused on embedding continuous improvement across our services.

About the Role

You will be providing targeted support and direct 1:1 interventions for adolescents and their families to address their unique developmental needs and challenges. You will foster positive relationships, with a focus on family networks, working to prevent escalation of need, the admission of children into the care of the Local Authority, and preventing involvement with the Criminal Justice System.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Direct experience of completing assessments and analysing findings to formulate action plans, and the ability to produce high quality written records and reports. This will include doing so with children at risk of becoming involved with, or those already within the Criminal Justice System.
• Direct experience of working in partnership with children, families and communities to shape and enhance service provision.
• Ability to demonstrate a solution-focused approach that will give confidence to children and their families.
• Sound knowledge of risk management and safeguarding issues and experience of applying legislation and policy and procedure to practice, including the relevant assessment framework and integrated working. This includes legislation around Youth Justice.

- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

- The role requires you to participate in the on-call rota.

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 Zoë Henstock, Adolescence and Youth Justice Supervisor, on mobile phone 07484 989458 or by email at zoe.henstock@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Closing Date: 7th June 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: Weeks commencing 18th and 25th June 2026.

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.

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.