Support for Success Clinicians (8142)

Adult Learning; England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading local authority in England seeks part-time Support for Success Clinicians to join their dedicated team. This role involves providing critical support to social work professionals and developing tailored care plans for young people. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in psychology or social work, along with the ability to foster collaborative relationships and reflective practices.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and Wellbeing services

Flexible working opportunities

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee discounts programme

Qualifications

• Experience working with looked after children and young people.
• Ability to develop bespoke packages of support.
• Strong reflection and supervision skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical support to teams handling cases for young people.
• Develop intervention plans and proposals based on assessments.
• Engage in reflective supervision with practitioners.

Skills

Communication

Reflection

Curiosity

Education

Relevant professional qualification in clinical psychology or social work

Job description

Job Description

2 posts | Support for Success Clinicians | 8142 | permanent contracts | part-time 22.2 hours per week | £42,463 to £46,732 per annum pro rata | Grade K | North, East and Broadland/Countywide

Hi, I am Suzie Stephens, Team Manager Support for Success Team. We have been a ‘live’ service since April 2021, and we are now one service supporting social work teams across the county.

We have established a good reputation and great working relationships with Team Managers and Social Work Teams across the county, as well as Foster Carers, Supervising Social Workers and professionals from a wide range of disciplines.

We work in the In Care and Life Beyond Care teams with young people aged 0-25 years who are looked after or previously looked after. We also sometimes provide direct intervention with Looked After Children in the Family Help service and UASC (Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children) service.

Clinicians attend social work group supervisions to help the professionals thinking about all the young people and help to develop ideas for where the unmet needs could be met with support. The Clinician role is key to help identify where more discussion and thinking would help the network to provide greater support to the young person, facilitating a consultation with key people, to explore these unmet needs. This process leads to a written proposal of intervention for the case holder to accept, leading to work being allocated to a worker from the team.

The Clinicians in the service develop bespoke packages of support for young people, families and professional ‘teams around the child’. They help the thinking to identify needs; those presented and the possible underlying causes, so that curiosity and reflection aids shared understanding. It can also lead to agreed intervention plans to help the stability, emotional wellbeing and mental health or reunification plans for the young person.

Clinicians undertake some direct intervention work themselves, for about 10% of their hours, they provide reflective supervision to Practitioners and help the whole Support for Success service to remain curious and interested in ‘understanding why’ children and adults are behaving as they are, and what interventions could alleviate difficulties. They have Clinical Supervision from a systemically trained supervisor, and case management and support from myself, the Team Manager.

This is a very supportive countywide team, with 3 patches (sub teams) all working together, full of passionate people, keen to be helpful to one another and support learning, thinking and development of all our skills across all the teams we work with.

If you’d like an informal discussion about the role, please get in contact with me via email [e-mail] to arrange a time to talk.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

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 flexitime, 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: 03 June 2025

All other applicants closing date: 10 June 2025

About Us

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.