Qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapist - CBT

Posting date:	27 April 2026
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	27 May 2026
Location:	nottingham, ng2 3ng
Company:	Nottingham City Council
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7500

Summary

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 here.

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:

• Post Graduate Diploma Hi-intensity CBT qualification
• Clinical experience working with children and young people within a mental health setting
• Knowledge of core CBT models and techniques, including formulation, behavioural experiments, cognitive restructuring and graded exposure
• Experience of delivering evidence-based CBT interventions to support a range of mental health presentations
• Have an excellent knowledge of UK safeguarding legislation, guidance and responsibilities
• Competence in identifying, assessing, and managing clinical risk, including self‑harm and safeguarding concerns
• Ability to deliver inclusive and culturally sensitive practice
• 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.

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 Sharon O'Love (CAMHS Team Manager), by email at sharon.o'love@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Closing Date: 27th May 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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