Qualified Children's Wellbeing Practitioner - CWP

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.

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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

The ideal candidate will have

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.

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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 [email hidden]

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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