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Assistant Practitioner
11144
Temporary contract to cover maternity leave for 12 months/secondment opportunity
37 hours per week
£32,061 to £33,699 per annum
Grade G
Norfolk & Norwich University 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, 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 new, developing team committed to supporting people to return home, access reablement opportunities and plan their ongoing care and support needs once discharged.
- Experience: You will have experience in the Health or Social Care sector and a good standard of education, along with excellent IT and organizational skills.
- Competencies: You will be competent working in a responsive fast-paced environment, with a positive can-do attitude.
- Skills: You will use your professional curiosity around information exchanging and community resources, possessing the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- Qualities: 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 could also work remotely for some of the time, so you will 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.
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.
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Some weekend working will be required.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Team Manager, Abbey Cummings 01603 365797 or via Teams.
Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification [https://nccjoblibrary-buhfawbxbxb6brdj.a03.azurefd.net/Assistant%20Practitioner_ASSD.docx] to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.
Benefits of 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’ [https://norfolk.rewardgateway.co.uk/Authentication/Start] 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 [https://www.bluelightcard.co.uk/] 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 [https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/jobs-training-and-volunteering/work-at-norfolk-county-council/vacancies/recruitment-information-for-candidates] here.
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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 organization or are in a redeployment position.
- Redeployment closing date: 03 September 2026
- All other applicants closing date: 09 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 is 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 organizations, and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.
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