MST Can Therapist
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Job Description
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hour per week
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is Starting Salary is 39513 rising to 42708 per annum (prorata for parttime)
Location:Loxley House Station St Nottingham NG2 3NG
Weve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce perhaps this is the opportunity youve 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.
About the Role
Nottingham City Councils Multi Systemic Therapy Child Abuse and Neglect (MST CAN Team are looking for the ideal candidate to join or team as an MST CAN Therapist 1 post)
MST CAN is a homebased intensive treatment for families with children and young people subject to a Child Protection Plan under the category of neglect or physical harm. It is an evidenced based treatment that has been developed to work with families with complex needs in order to increase safety and keep children at home. MST CAN works to address specific problems and risk factors that brought the family to the attention of Childrens Social Care. The major goals are to keep families together assure that children are safe prevent abuse and neglect and reduce mental health difficulties experienced by adults and children and increase natural support networks.
MST CAN adopts an intensive approach (numerous sessions per week) and works with families in their natural ecology (their home school and wider community) rather than in a clinical setting. Appointments are made to meet the familys needs and an MST CAN practitioner is available 24/7 to all families in treatment through an on call facility.
You will have a professional qualification in a relevant field e.g. in Social Work Mental Health and also have experience and knowledge of CognitiveBehavioural Therapist and/or pragmatic behavioural interventions. Full training and continuous professional development in the MST CAN model will be provided. Therapist receive weekly supervision from the MST CAN Manager and clinical consultation from MST Services.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Qualified to post graduate level in relevant field e.g. social work mental health nursing clinical/forensic psychology health specialism or relevant equivalent.
- Strong Understanding and practical experience of the case management process including assessment analysis planning and intervention and review and how it promotes good outcomes for the children and families.
- Significant experience of family based interventions with young people.
- Experience of direct use of a therapeutic model of working with families e.g. CBT SFBT systemic family therapy or behavioural approaches.
- Sophisticated understanding and demonstrable experience of all aspects of safeguarding and management of risk to children and young people as they relate to the work of the team.
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 informationfor applicants page.
For informal enquiriesplease contact Angela Cheadle MST CAN Supervisor by telephone onor by email at
Closing Date: 6th May 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:15/16th May 2025
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Employment Type
Full-Time
