Contract Type: Fixed Term (until 31/03/2027)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Hybrid
Salary: Starting Salary is £40,777 (Level one) - £44,075 (Level four) per annum (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 .
About the Service
Our Targeted CAMHS service provides early intervention and evidence-based psychological therapies to children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. We work closely with schools, GPs, social care, and voluntary sector partners to support young people and families within their communities.
We are seeking a qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team and deliver high-intensity CBT interventions to children and young people.
About The Role
As a Qualified CBT Therapist, you will deliver evidence-based CBT interventions to children, young people, and their families presenting with difficulties such as anxiety disorders, low mood, and trauma-related presentations. You will hold a clinical caseload, cocomplete assessments, work collaboratively with partner agencies, and support service development within Targeted CAMHS.
This is an exciting opportunity for a therapist who is passionate about early intervention, collaborative working, and improving outcomes for young people.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
1. Post Graduate Diploma Hi-intensity CBT qualification
2. Clinical experience working with children and young people within a mental health setting
3. Knowledge of core CBT models and techniques, including formulation, behavioural experiments, cognitive restructuring and graded exposure
4. Experience of delivering evidence-based CBT interventions to support a range of mental health presentations
5. Have an excellent knowledge of UK safeguarding legislation, guidance and responsibilities
6. Competence in identifying, assessing, and managing clinical risk, including self‑harm and safeguarding concerns
7. Ability to deliver inclusive and culturally sensitive practice
8. Demonstrate compassionate, caring, and empathetic approach when working with children, young people, and famalies.
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
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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 Sharon O'Love (CAMHS Team Manager), by email at
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