Assistant Practitioner (9215)

Norfolk; Dereham; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A local children’s support organization in Dereham is seeking an Assistant Practitioner to support children with disabilities. The role involves developing and delivering creative intervention plans alongside social workers and occupational therapists, requiring a passion for helping children overcome barriers. This position offers benefits such as a generous pension scheme and travel expenses. Applicants must be ready to work in various local settings and demonstrate qualifications in child support.

Benefits

Relocation expenses for eligible individuals

Advance of expenses for work-related travel

Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic individual passionate about supporting children with disabilities.
• Motivated to work with children and families across home and school settings.
• Experience in social care or support for children preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside Social Workers and Occupational Therapists on intervention plans.
• Ensure a creative approach tailored to each child's needs and abilities.
• Travel within the West and Breckland locality as required.

Skills

Passion for working with children

Ability to overcome barriers in children's daily activities

Creative approach to developing intervention plans

Physical stamina for moving therapy equipment

Job description

Assistant Practitioner | 9215 | Permanent Contract |37 hours per week | £31,537 to £33,699 per annum | Grade G | West & Breckland

Our Children with Disabilities service provides support to children and young people with substantial and permanent disabilities 0-18 years of age. We have 3 teams which cover Norfolk and they are multi-disciplinary consisting of social workers, occupational therapists, occupational therapist assistant practitioners and assistant practitioners. We maintain strong links with internal and external partners to ensure a holistic response to the needs of the children and families we are working with.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a passion for working with Children that have additional needs and who are driven to help children to overcome barriers that may be preventing successful engagement within their daily activities. The individual must also be motivated to work directly with children and their families across home and school settings.

The individual would work within a Social Care team alongside Social Workers and Occupational Therapists to develop and deliver intervention plans.

This job requires a creative approach to develop plans appropriate to the child’s level of ability and their interests. This job involves some tasks that are physically strenuous such as the moving of therapy equipment and direct therapeutic work with children.

The office base is Elizabeth House but the successful candidate would need to be prepared to travel anywhere within the West and Breckland locality and occasionally beyond this depending on requirements.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

Benefits

• Fire Service and Social Care Workers relocation expenses (where applicable)
• 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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Redeployment closing date : 02 December 2025 at 23 : 59

All other applicants closing date : 09 December 2025 at 23 : 59