Assistant Practitioner - Attleborough, United Kingdom - Norfolk County Council

Norfolk County Council

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Attleborough, United Kingdom

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**Permanent contract | £29,269 to £31,364 per annum (Scale G) | 37 hours per week | Attleborough Enterprise & Community Centre
**Assistant Practitioner : £29,269 to £31,364 per annum (Scale G)

We are looking for an Assistant Practitioner to join our Follow On Team, this will be primarily working closely with patients who have been discharged from hospital by our 'Home First Hub' but require long term care planning.

It is an exciting time to join our team of dedicated and passionate workers in embracing our Living Well agenda and supporting people to be independent, resilient and well.

We are proud of our multi-disciplinary working environment and positive working relationships with our Health colleagues.

Our team values good listening skills, flexibility, adaptability to new ways of working and a commitment to supporting people to maintain their independence.

Workers in our team are open to change, innovative and confident with a focus on strengthening social care across Norfolk.

They build strong partnerships with service users and their families, are ambitious about what people can achieve and explore ideas for positive outcomes that are fit for purpose and best value for money.

Our team is experienced with working with complex cases, have a sound knowledge of the Care Act (2014), Mental Capacity Act and Safeguarding, as well as excellent time management and IT skills.

Any new staff are supported to develop a thorough working knowledge of Norfolk County Council processes and procedures.

Covering South Norfolk, our team of Social Workers, Assistant Practitioners and Occupational Therapists use the Care Act to assess and provide support to adults living in the community.

We are investing in people who can take us forward on our journey to embed our vision. As an Assistant Practitioner within this team you will undertake assessments, service commissioning and reassessment work. These will be carried out via video/telephone and/or face to face.

You will have excellent communication, record-keeping and keyboard skills, along with experience of working with vulnerable people. In addition, you should have a commitment to excellent customer service and be familiar with the Departments' eligibility criteria.

In return, we can offer you the opportunity to work in an exciting and challenging area of Social Care, where you will be supported to develop into the role with regular supervision, training and peer support.

For an informal discussion regarding this vacancy, please contact Team Manager Natasha Mee , Karen Gray or Jenny Watson

Interviews to take place week commencing 18/03/24.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

Competitive salary
Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
Health and Wellbeing services including fasttrack physiotherapy and a free counselling service
Flexible working opportunities including flexitime, 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 paid upfront (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.
A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job. Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.

Depending on your skills and experience, you may be offered the post of
Supported Assistant Practitioner (Grade F)
and you would be expected to complete our ' Assistant Practitioner development programme' **in an agreed timescale.

The programme objective is to support you to learn your role, develop your knowledge and skills further. Satisfactory completion of the programme would enable your role to progress to Assistant Practitioner (Grade G)

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full:

Assistant Practitioner :
Job Description and Person Specification**
Supported Assistant Practitioner: Job Description and Person Specification

Closing date: 7 March 2024 at 23:59

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