Assistant Practitioner

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire); Norwich; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust in Norfolk is seeking a Band 4 practitioner to support the integrated 0-19 Healthy Child Service. The role involves working with school nurses, families and young people across Norfolk, delivering evidence-based health advice and coordinating care.

Applicants should have NVQ level 3 or Foundation degree and be prepared to travel. Flexibility and commitment to safeguarding are essential; driving license and own transport are required.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 in health, social care, education or an equivalent.
• Foundation degree in a relevant area.
• Recent experience with children and families preferred.
• Ability to travel across Norfolk as part of the role.

Responsibilities

• Assist the School Nurses in the management and delivery of care to clients.
• Engage with young people in homes, schools, and venues across the collaborative localities.
• Receive referrals, triage and use appropriate sign posting.
• Work jointly with School Nurse for Specialist families and coordinate tasks using System One.
• Maintain and write clinical records concisely and accurately.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

IT skills

Public health knowledge

Assessment tools experience

Education

NVQ level 3 in health, social care, education or an equivalent

Foundation degree in relevant area

Tools

Systm1

Job description

Employer East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire) Employer type NHS Site Various Across Norfolk Town Norfolk Salary £28,392 - £31,157 per annum, pro-rata Salary period Yearly Closing 13/09/2026 23:59 Interview date 20/09/2026

Band 4

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust delivers expert healthcare in people’s homes, community hospitals and local settings across the East of England.

Our nurses, therapists, clinicians, support teams and partners work together to provide coordinated care that supports independence, recovery and wellbeing. We believe people are best cared for close to home, in the communities where they live and belong.

By combining professional expertise with strong local relationships, we help people stay well, feel supported and access the right care at the right time. Expert healthcare, close to home, trusted by our communities.

Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed. Our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is committed to creating a modern and inclusive work environment. We actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce and maintain and improve their wellbeing. We also offer flexible working patterns and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.

We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.

Before applying for this vacancy, please make sure you’re familiar with ongoing GOV.uk sponsorship eligibility criteria which will impact the organisations ability to provide sponsorship, whether this is currently or in the future.

Please note, our selection processes are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills. Please be advised that the use of AI in applications is monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

Please note all new starters will be subject to a 6 month probationary period.

Job overview

To support the integrated 0-19 Healthy Child Service (HCS) in providing an innovative and high quality service to improve health outcomes for children, young people and their families

To support the assessment and review of clinical needs

To work without direct supervision to support clients as part of the universal and Targeted aspects of the service provision

To liaise with colleagues within the clinical team to assist in the coordination and development of the service.

To develop specialist interest areas in order to enrich the knowledge and skills set within the Norfolk Children & Young People's Health Service.

Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert after 4th September 2026

Interviews may be held on 20th or 21st September.

Main duties of the job

To assist the School Nurses in the management and delivery of care to clients. Duties may include:

Contacts with young people will be delivered in a variety of ways such as families homes, and venue based such as schools at a variety of locations across the collaborative localities

Building on existing assessment of families’ needs and deliver evidenced based health advice without direct supervision.

Receiving referrals, triaging and using appropriate sign posting.

Working jointly with School Nurse for Specialist families. This may include:

• Communicating complex information with other agencies such as social care staff regarding work HCS are delivering to the young person.
• Support to clients with more complex needs.
• Completing Duty – reviewing waiting lists, triaging tasks, booking in contacts and running reports within system one.
• Working jointly with outside agencies who may also be supporting a young person.

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To support the integrated 0-19 Healthy Child Service locality team in providing an innovative and high-quality service in an environment that enhances client care and promotes child and family wellbeing.

To support the assessment and review of clinical needs in the 5-19 Team.

To work both as a team and without direct supervision to support clients as part of the universal and targeted aspects of the service provision.

To support the assessment and review of clinical needs.

The post will be working over collaborative localities but will need to have flexibility to support other localities as needed to ensure that service delivery is equitable.

To liaise with colleagues within the clinical team to assist in the co-ordination and development of the service.

To develop specialist interest areas in order to enrich the knowledge and skills set within the Norfolk Children & Young People’s Health Service.

Maintain continued development and learning to ensure that practice remains current, evidenced and of high quality for the children, young people, and families we support.

To assist in the prioritisation of referrals and booking appointments.
To engage in team and locality meetings.

To offer an inclusive service that is accessible to all recognising individuals’ equality, diversity and rights.

Assist in the delivery and planning of programmes/activities of care that may be with individuals or to groups such as parents/carers.

To provide targeted packages of care under the supervision of a registered case holder. Use goal setting to support the service user to identify their own needs and empower them to make sustainable healthy choices.

To write clinical records in a concise, accurate and timely manner in line with East Of England Community Health and Care record keeping policy.
To promote the use of digital resources on Just One Norfolk, to enhance self-care skills for children, young people and their families.

To confidently utilise virtual platforms in assessments, interventions, training, and networking to support effective practice and partnership working.

To support Duty in localities on a rotational basis.

Within this role you will need to travel as an independent practitioner on a daily basis, across Norfolk which involves both rural and urban travel. The nature of our work does result in travel arrangements changing at short notice.

Due to the large geography our service covers and the limitations of sufficient public transport to undertake this role you must hold a full and current driving licence and have access to your own transport. This is subject to the provisions of the Equality Act 2010, and therefore if the postholder requires a reasonable adjustment due to a disability then this will be considered.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 in health, social care, education or an equivalent.
• Foundation degree in relevant area.

Experience

• Recent experience of working with children and young people and families.
• Building professional relationships with parents/carers
• Demonstrates the ability to safeguarding children.
• Experience of working with families in the community
• Planning and facilitating groups to deliver health promotion messages

Skills

• Good communication skills and have the ability to change communication style depending on audience.
• Ability to analyse information and use reasoning skills to assess clients needs.
• Robust IT skills and clear record keeping.
• Understanding of the public health agenda and national and local policies relating to Children and Young People’s health and wellbeing, including Working Together to Safeguard Children.
• Understanding key public health resources to support the children and families of Norfolk.
• Ability to apply and use assessment tools to support a childs developmental assessment and identify need
• Knowledge of Systm1
• Experience in or knowledge of child development

Equal Opportunities - We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Additionally, people with disabilities that fall under the Disability Confident Scheme will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). All sites are Smoke Free.

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Immigration Status – East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is a diverse employer and welcomes all job applications. However, potential applicants should note that although the Trust is registered with the Home Office as a sponsor organisation for migrant workers, sponsorship can only be offered against eligible roles. If you are an applicant from outside the UK and do not already hold a self-gained right to work, we recommend you check the Home Office eligibility requirements before making an application.

Please note: Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.

Our safe recruitment pre-employment checks are undertaken before an appointment is confirmed and may include a DBS check. Where the role requires you to drive, we'll ask you to validate your driving licence online via the DVLA.

Redeployment - Please note that in the first instance priority for this vacancy will be given to staff who are on the Trusts Redeployment Register.
Closing and Interview Dates -This vacancy may close early if sufficient applicants are received.

Data Protection - A privacy notice detailing how we will handle your data is attached to this advert as a document. Your application will be transferred to our recruitment management system (Trac) once the advert has closed and you will receive notification then detailing how Trac will handle your data.

ALL CORRESPONDENCE will be via the e-mail address on your application form. If you have not been invited to interview within 2 weeks of the closing date, you unfortunately haven’t been successful on this occasion, but keep an eye on our vacancies as a job that’s just right for you may appear!

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.