Job Description

Job Category: Non-Teaching
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Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hour per week
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is Starting Salary is 40,777 rising to 44,075 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Location: Loxley House, Station St, Nottingham, NG2 3NG
Closing Date: 5th November 2025
Make a Real Difference in Nottingham - Join Our MST CAN Team
Are you passionate about supporting families, reducing harm, and helping children thrive in their homes and communities? Then this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for.
We're hiring an MST CAN Therapist to join out Multi-Systemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect (MST CAN) Team.
At Nottingham City Council, we're proud to do things differently. We're committed to innovation, inclusion, and improvement - not just for our city, but for the people who work with us too. From competitive pay and generous leave to an excellent pension scheme and a real sense of purpose, we offer more than just a job - we offer the chance to build a career that matters.
Now, we're looking for someone who shares our values - someone driven, compassionate and ready to create lasting change for Nottingham's families.

• You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council .

About the Role
Our MST CAN team works intensively with families where children are subject to Child Protection Plans for neglect or physical abuse. This evidence-based programme is designed to reduce risk, keep families safely together, and improve long-term outcomes for both children and parents.
As an MST CAN Therapist, you'll deliver targeted, home-based interventions (not in a clinical setting) tailored to each family's unique needs. This includes multiple weekly sessions, flexible scheduling, and 24/7 on-call support during active treatment phases.
Your work will help:

• Keep children safely at home
• Prevent abuse and neglect
• Reduce mental health difficulties for both children and adults
• Build stronger, more resilient family and community support networks

You'll receive comprehensive MST CAN training, regular supervision, and ongoing clinical support to ensure you thrive in your role.
About You
We're looking for someone with a strong professional background and the passion to make a real impact.
You'll need:

• A postgraduate qualification in a relevant field (e.g. social work, mental health nursing, clinical psychology)
• Solid experience in family-based interventions with young people
• Practical knowledge of therapeutic models such as CBT, SFBT, systemic or behavioural approaches
• A deep understanding of safeguarding and risk management
• Experience of managing complex cases and driving positive outcomes

You'll also need to be willing to take part in our on-call rota, and an enhanced DBS check for regulated activity is required.
Alongside the chance to change lives, you'll also benefit from:

• Full MST CAN model training and CPD
• Weekly clinical supervision and consultation
• Flexible, family-centred working
• A culture that values your wellbeing and professional growth

You can find the job description for this post
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 for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Angela Cheadle, MST CAN Supervisor, by telephone on 07947198863 or by email at
Closing Date: 5th November 2025
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: Friday 14th & 21st November 2025
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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.

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