Assistant Practitioner/Supported Assistant Practitioner 8998

Norfolk County Council; Holt; Hybrid; GBP 28,598 - 33,699; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and Wellbeing services

Flexible working opportunities

Employee discounts programme

Relocation expenses

Local Government Pension Scheme

Job summary

A local government authority in Holt is seeking an Assistant Practitioner / Supported Assistant Practitioner for a maternity cover role. This full-time position involves supporting safe hospital discharges and planning patient care. The ideal candidate will have experience in Health or Social Care, good educational background, and excellent IT skills. The role offers flexible working including hybrid options and a competitive salary ranging from £28,598 to £33,699 per annum.

Qualifications

• Experience in Health or Social Care sector is required.
• Ability to work at pace in a responsive environment.
• Professional curiosity around information and resources.

Responsibilities

• Support hospital discharge for community and acute hospitals.
• Conduct face-to-face assessments.
• Assist in planning ongoing care and support needs.

Skills

Health and Social Care experience

Excellent IT skills

Organisational skills

Listening skills

Analytical skills

Education

Good standard of education

Job description

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Supported Assistant Practitioner/Assistant Practitioner 8998| Maternity cover contract | £28,598 to £33,699 per annum (Scale F/G) | 37 hours per week | Kelling Hospital - Simpson Centre

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 Norfolk and Community Care (NCH&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 new, developing team committed to supporting people to return home, access reablement opportunities and plan their ongoing care and support needs once discharged.

As a Supported Assistant Practitioner (Scale F) you would join our 9-month bespoke support programme, enabling you to progress to an Assistant Practitioner role (Scale G) subject to satisfactory programme completion.

You will possess experience in the Health or Social Care sector, 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 but also have the opportunity to work remotely for some of the time so require good broadband connectivity. 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.

Benefits

• 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

Job Description

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.

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: Thursday 11 December 2025 at 23:59

All other applicants closing date: Thursday 18 December 2025 at 23:59

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Health Care Provider, Government Administration