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Contract Type: Fixed Term for 12 months.Working Hours: 37 hours a weekWorker Type: Hybrid WorkerSalary: Starting Salary is £30,296 (Level one) rising to £33,024 per annum (pro rata for part-time)Location: Southglade Access Centre, Southglade Road, Nottingham, NG5 5GUWe’ve got an exciting opportunity available for 4 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 .About the roleWe invite you to consider being involved in this exciting opportunity as an MHST Family Support Worker within the MHST Improving Attendance Team (MIAT). Section 19 of the Education Act 1996 places a duty on Local Authorities to make suitable alternative education for children of compulsory school age who cannot attend school because of illness, exclusion or for any other reason and therefore the team’s key aims are to support Children and Young People and the families whereby a child/ young person cannot attend school because of health needs, including mental health. The team will play a crucial role in supporting families within Nottingham City by providing intensive support and coaching aimed at improving attendance and reducing persistent and severe absence rates. We are looking for 4 x Family Support Workers who have the ability to work systemically with a wide range of families, with the ability to offer creative solutions to barriers alongside clients, with a strong work ethic and can do approach. The ideal candidate will have: Extensive experience of working with CYP and their families offering holistic (MIAT) partnership assessments focussed around challenges impacting school attendance that are primarily as a result of mental health needs or systemic environmental factors. Partake in the delivery of training to education staff and partner agencies. Work Flexibly in a range of settings that includes schools, education provisions, community hubs across Nottingham City and client’s homes. A commitment to additional training that will inform the applicants abilities to deliver therapeutic interventions in Mental Heath. A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.You can find the job description for this post 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 for applicants page.For informal enquiries please contact Maddi Popoola or Corina Benjamin, by email By applying to this job, you agree to our