Assistant Practitioner 10973

Norfolk County Council; Norwich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Health and wellbeing

Pension scheme

Relocation expenses

Blue Light card

Job summary

Norfolk County Council is recruiting for an Assistant Practitioner to join Central neighbourhood teams in Norwich, working with a Social Worker in a multi-disciplinary setting to support people in the most deprived areas.

You will provide safety, wellbeing support, advice and signposting, and build relationships with local organisations and residents to identify at-risk individuals and offer preventative help.

Qualifications

• CV and Supporting Statement are required for application.
• Experience in building relationships with organisations and residents is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside an allocated Social Worker in a multi-disciplinary team and with community resources to support people in Norwich.
• Help ensure the safety and wellbeing of people at immediate risk; provide advice, guidance and signposting.
• Build relationships with organisations and residents to assess at-risk individuals and consider preventative support.
• Have direct contact with people and families in the community at St. Saviours Yard, GP surgeries and during home visits.
• Be creative and flexible as the role develops in response to local needs.

Skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Community engagement

Signposting

Job description

Assistant Practitioner | 10973 | permanent contract | 37 hours per week | £33,119 to £34,811 per annum (G grade) or £30,023 to £32,046 per annum (F grade) | Norwich

We are recruiting an Assistant Practitioner to join Central neighbourhood working with Caste Partnership and the St. Saviours Yard project. You will be working alongside an allocated Social Worker in a multi-disciplinary team and with community resources to support people in the most deprived areas in Norwich.

You will support in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of people at immediate risk, provide advice, guidance and signposting.

You will building relationships with organisations and residents in the area to assess the most at risk people and consider preventative support.

You will have direct contact with people and families in the community at St. Saviours Yard, GP surgeries and home visits.

We are developing this role as we learn more about the local area therefore you will need to be creative and flexible.

We'relooking 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. Inyour application, you should set out how you meet the essential and desirable criteria of each of the roles, so weadvisereading 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 (The Assistant Practitioner Development Programme), enabling you to progress to an Assistant Practitioner role (Scale G) subject to satisfactory programme completion.

For further information, please contact recruiting manager Megan Tilbury at: [e-mail]

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 – dependent 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

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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: Thursday 1 October 2026 at 23:59

All other applicants closing date: Thursday 8 October 2026 at 23:59