About this role
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, inclusive and Disability Confident Employer, welcoming applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
If you are a disabled candidate and wish to be considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this within your application. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment journey.
We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from serving personnel, veterans, reservists and military families.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the LGBTQ+ community, or are disabled. These groups are currently underrepresented in our workforce, and we are committed to better reflecting the communities we serve.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and encourage candidates to discuss this with us during the recruitment process.
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £37,563 (Level one) rising to £40,444 (Level four) 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.
About the Role
To work collaboratively with partners agencies to promote, implement, and embed the Team around the Family (TAF) approach as a graduated response to need, in line with the continuum of need. This includes supporting partner agencies to identify and implement effective early help strategies that meet the needs of children and families through a holistic, strength based approach.
About You
The ideal candidate will have
- Dip SW/CQSW or equivalent level degree in a relevant children service (e.g., education, health, youth work, youth justice)
- Minimum 5 years post qualifying experience within children’s services or a related field
- Knowledge and understanding of multi-agency & partnership working and the variety of services available to families.
- Sound knowledge and experience of safeguarding issues and experience of applying legislation, policy and procedure to practice, including the relevant assessment framework and integrated working.
- A good knowledge of current legislation and Government guidance, particularly with regard to multi-agency duties in safeguarding, and Family Help
- A good knowledge of the risks and vulnerabilities applicable to children and those that work with children
- Ability to influence and develop strategy and practice across a range of disciplines
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- Experience of working with vulnerable children, young people and families, from a variety of backgrounds, in an outcome focused way.
- 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 Charlotte Idigo TAF Team Manager/ Simone Ellis by email at
Closing Date: 20th November 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
If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
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