Supported Assistant Practitioner/Assistant Practitioner 8039

Supported Assistant Practitioner/Assistant Practitioner 8039| Permanent contract | £27,711 to £32,654 per annum (Scale F/G) | 37 hours per week | Dereham Hospital

We are seeking an enthusiastic community Assistant Practitioner to join our highly motivated, innovative team of Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Assistant Practitioners. It is an exciting time to join our team of dedicated and passionate workers in embracing our Living Well agenda and supporting people to be independent, resilient and well. We are proud of our multi-disciplinary working environment and positive working relationships with our Health colleagues.

Our team values good listening skills, flexibility, adaptability to new ways of working and a commitment to supporting people to maintain their independence. Workers in our team are open to change, innovative and confident with a focus on strengthening social care across Norfolk. They build strong partnerships with service users and their families, are ambitious about what people can achieve and explore ideas for positive outcomes that are fit for purpose and best value for money.

Our team is experienced with working with complex cases, have a sound knowledge of the Care Act (2014), Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Safeguarding, as well as excellent time management and IT skills. Any new staff are supported to develop a thorough working knowledge of Norfolk County Council processes and procedures. Covering South Norfolk, our team of Social Workers, Assistant Practitioners and Occupational Therapists use the Care Act (2014) to assess and provide support to adults living in the community.

We are investing in people who can take us forward on our journey to embed our vision. As an Assistant Practitioner within this team, you will undertake assessments, service commissioning and reassessment work. These will be carried out via video/telephone and/or face to face.

You will have excellent communication, record-keeping and keyboard skills, along with experience of working with vulnerable people. In addition, you should have a commitment to excellent customer service and be familiar with the Departments' eligibility criteria.

In return, we can offer you the opportunity to work in an exciting and challenging area of Social Care, where you will be supported to develop into the role with regular supervision, training and peer support.

All our office-based roles are currently hybrid as part of our Smarter Working plans and to support the health and safety of all our colleagues. We anticipate that working remotely will be a key feature of this role however your office base will be Dereham Hospital when office working is required. Our technology platform and equipment is first class enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

Please ensure you include a statement in your application to demonstrate why you feel you meet the person specification and job description for this post. CVs submitted without a supporting statement about this post will not be accepted.

For an informal discussion regarding this vacancy, please contact Team Manager Louise Haverson 01603 306534.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
• ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out. 
• A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
• Relocation expenses (where applicable)
• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
• Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
• Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

We're looking to appoint either a Supported Assistant Practitioner (Scale F) or an experienced Assistant Practitioner (Scale G) and require a CV and Supporting Statement from you. In this, you should set out how you meet the essential and desirable criteria of each of the roles, so we advise reading the full Job Description and Person Specification for each first before applying:

Supported Assistant Practitioner : Job Description and Person Specification

Assistant Practitioner :Job Description and Person Specification

Our Supported Assistant Practitioners (Scale F) join our 9-month, bespoke support programme, enabling you to progress to an Assistant Practitioner role (Scale G) subject to satisfactory programme completion. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 10 June 2025 at 23:59

All other applicants closing date: 18 June 2025 at 23:59