Multisystemic Therapy Manager
Newcastle City CouncilNewcastle Upon Tyne, North East
Overview
This is a local council role (fixed term, full time) with Newcastle City Council based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. The advertised salary is £51,928 - £56,293 per annum, pro rota. Applications close on 11 September 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
This post is Fixed term - 2 years
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We are recruiting a Multisystemic Therapy Manager, within our Safeguarding Service.
Are you passionate about helping children and young people successfully return home from care?
Newcastle City Council is committed to providing the right support at the right time to enable children and young people to thrive within their families and communities. As part of our continued investment in evidence-based services, we are establishing a new Multisystemic Therapy (MST) Return Home Team and are seeking an exceptional practitioner and leader to join us as a Multisystemic Therapy Manager.
We already have well established MST Standard and MST CAN Teams and you would work closely with, and be supported by, the managers for these teams.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the development and delivery of a pioneering service that will support children and young people returning home from residential or foster care. The MST Return Home model provides intensive, family-centred intervention designed to improve reunification outcomes, reduce re-entry to care, and help families build sustainable change. The model works closely with families and wider systems including social care, education, health and community networks to support successful transitions home.
As a Multisystemic Therapy Manager, you will provide clinical, operational and strategic leadership to a team of MST practitioners, ensuring fidelity to the evidence-based model whilst promoting excellent outcomes for children and families.
- Lead and supervise a team of MST Return Home therapists.
- Ensure high-quality delivery of the MST Return Home model through regular supervision, consultation and performance monitoring.
- Develop effective partnerships with Children's Social Care teams, health services, education providers and other key stakeholders.
- Promote a strengths-based, restorative and relationship-focused approach.
- Support staff learning, development and wellbeing.
- Work closely with MST consultants and national programme leads to maintain model fidelity and achieve service objectives.
- Participate in the supervisor on-call rota in line with programme requirements.
We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced professional with:
- A recognised professional qualification in Social Work, Clinical Psychology, Mental Health Nursing, Systemic Practice or another relevant discipline.
- Significant experience working with children, young people and families with complex needs.
- Extensive experience of systemic, family-based and behavioural interventions.
- Demonstrable experience of supervising, coaching and developing practitioners.
- Strong understanding of safeguarding, child protection, children in care, and statutory children's services.
- Experience of working effectively in multi-agency environments.
- Excellent leadership, communication and relationship-building skills.
- A commitment to evidence-based practice and achieving positive outcomes for children and families.
Experience of delivering or supervising MST or other intensive family intervention programmes would be advantageous, although training in the MST Return Home model will be provided.
At Newcastle City Council, we are committed to supporting our workforce to excel.
- Comprehensive MST Return Home training and ongoing consultation.
- A unique opportunity to establish and shape an innovative new service.
- Regular professional supervision and development opportunities.
- Generous annual leave entitlement.
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Flexible and supportive working arrangements.
- A strong organisational commitment to workforce wellbeing.
This is a rare opportunity to play a leading role in establishing an innovative and evidence-based service that will help children safely return home and remain with their families. If you are an experienced leader who is passionate about improving outcomes for children and delivering meaningful change, we would love to hear from you.
Apply online at www.northeastjobs.org.uk, select 'Apply Now' and complete our online application form. Before completing the form please ensure you read the supporting documents. Any communication sent to you regarding your application will be sent to the email address you have set up on your Northeast Jobs account, so you will need to ensure that you check your inbox.
For an informal conversation, please email Andrew Burden, Service Manager at andrew.burden@newcastle.gov.uk
Interviews for this role will take place in person on 22 and 25 September 2026 and due to a two stage interview process you may be required to attend on both dates.
We are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is working in regulated activity. If you are successful we will undertake additional recruitment checks which will include a check to see if you have had any criminal convictions, a check of police information and we will check the barred list(s). It is a criminal offence for a barred individual to apply for a job in regulated activity.
How this role compares
We hold 350 council vacancies in North East that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £33,699. This role pays more than about 91% of them.
There are 4,945 council roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 555 of them in North East.
You have 12 days left to apply. Council adverts we hold typically run for around 26 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
Newcastle City Council has 55 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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