Description Contract Type: Permanent Working Hours: 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 £31,586 (Level One) rising to £34,314 (Level Four) on the first year anniversary, subject to satisfactory completion of a probation period per annum (pro rata for part time) 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. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applicants. Early application is encouraged. 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 a key worker and Lead Professional for children, young people and families with a range of needs. You will facilitate Early Help Assessments and plans, deliver appropriate interventions as well as coordinating interventions delivered by other agencies, while supporting children subject to Team around the Family, Child Protection, Child in Need, and Youth Justice Plans. You will support and offer professional challenge to agencies and families to bring about lasting change, to increase the resilience of the family and decrease dependencies on public services. Focus will be on delivering quality personal and social development interventions for children and families and support young people 0-19, to move successfully through education into adulthood through targeted interventions. About You The ideal candidate will have: Ability to conduct assessments and analyse findings to formulate action plans, and the ability to produce high quality written records and reports. Experience of effectively using a range of preventative and early intervention theories and models when working with children, young people & families to prevent the need for escalation to specialist services. Ability to build good working relationships with families and over-come barriers to them engaging. Ability to demonstrate a solution-focused approach that will give confidence to children, young people and their families. Sound knowledge of safeguarding issues and experience of applying legislation and policy and procedure to practice, including the relevant assessment framework and integrated working. - 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 James Roberts, Adolescence Team Manager, by telephone on 07939986740 or by email at james.robertsnottinghamcity.gov.uk Closing Date: 30 th March 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: Week commencing 7th April 2025. 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.