Assistant Practitioner 11139

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and wellbeing services

Flexible working (hybrid/remote)

Blue Light card

Job summary

Norfolk County Council is seeking a Supported Assistant Practitioner to join the Home First Hub in Norwich. This temporary maternity cover role is 37 hours per week, with a hybrid pattern including hospital visits and remote work.

The post sits at Grades F/G and offers progression opportunities through the Assistant Practitioner Development Programme. You will support safe hospital discharge, assess needs, and coordinate community care, using your health or social care background and

Qualifications

• Experience in health or social care is essential.
• Good IT and organisational skills are required.
• Ability to work at pace in a responsive environment.
• Professional curiosity around information exchange and community resources.

Responsibilities

• Support discharge planning and safe home transitions.
• Visit hospitals and conduct face-to-face assessments.
• Work in a hybrid model with office visits and remote/desk work.
• Contribute to the Discharge to Assess transformation journey.

Skills

Health/Social Care experience

IT skills

Organisational skills

Analytical skills

Team working

Fast-paced environment

Good listening

Tools

IT systems

Job description

Supported Assistant Practitioner/Assistant Practitioner | 11139 | temporary contract to cover maternity leave for 12 months/secondment opportunity | 37 hours per week | £30,023 to £32,046 (F) or £33,119 to £34,811 per annum (G) | Grade F/G | Norwich Community Hospital

Could you support the communities of Norfolk using your previous Health or Social Care experience? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We have a full-time opportunity in our Home First Hub, which is an integrated team working closely with our East of England Community Health & Care (EECH&C) and NHS colleagues to ensure safe and timely hospital discharge for those in community and acute hospitals across the Central Area of Norfolk.

This is a developing team committed to supporting people to return home, access reablement opportunities and plan their ongoing care and support needs once discharged.

You will possess experience in the Health or Social Care sector and have a good standard of education along with excellent IT and organisational skills. You will be competent at working at pace in a responsive fast-paced environment, with a positive can-do attitude. You will use your professional curiosity around information exchanging and community resources, possessing the ability to work independently or as part of a team.

Along with good listening and analytical skills, you will be flexible and adaptable to new ways of working and committed to supporting people to leave hospital safely. In return, we will offer a well-planned induction, the opportunity to learn new skills and a supportive working environment while making a difference to the communities of Norfolk you work with.

This is a hybrid role. You will be required to visit hospitals, complete face-to-face assessments as well as attending your office base at least three times a week. You will also have the opportunity to work remotely for some of the time so require good broadband connectivity.

Adult Social Services in Norfolk is on an ambitious, exciting transformation journey. We're redesigning how we work to create a system that is flexible, human, and focused on better outcomes. As part of this journey, you'll contribute to an environment where learning is continuous, insight is shared, and innovation is encouraged. We support flexible and hybrid working, with a minimum expectation of two days per week spent in a community or office setting, helping you stay connected with colleagues, communities and the people we support.

As part of a large-scale transformation in support of the Discharge to Assess model and to optimise the experience for our service recipients/patients, your role may stay in The Hub or move to assessing people in their own homes.

Some weekend working will be required.

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.

• 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

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

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: 17 September 2026

All other applicants closing date: 24 September 2026

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.

We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county. We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation. We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.