Living Well Officer - Norwich, United Kingdom - Norfolk County Council

Norfolk County Council

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Norwich, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

**Permanent and Fixed term contract available | 37 to 18.5 hours per week (Scale E) | £12.59 to £13.47 per hour (Scale E) | Various locations

It is an exciting time to join the Business Support Living Well Officer Teams as we roll out our Living Well offer.

We are looking for several proactive and hardworking Living Well Officers to join our Teams in both temporary and permanent positions.

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Permanent contract, 37 hours per week, County Hall, Norwich and Attleborough:

Fixed term contract until 31 May 2025, 37 hours per week, County Hall, Norwich:

- **Permanent contract, 18.5 hours per week, Rebecca House

The role of Living Well Officer is customer focused, with the expectation to deliver a full range of administrative and support services directly to the Locality Teams, and the service users they support.

This is an exceptionally varied role with involvement in daily tasks such as, answering phones as the first point of contact, sourcing grants or community activities, booking respite, minuting meetings, paying invoices, or organising food parcels.

In addition, you will be expected to maintain a list of local resources that you can draw upon when considering requests for support from practitioners.

You will also make some visits to support the operational team so you will need to be able to drive and have access to a car.

The Living Well model seeks to embed our vision to support people to be independent, resilient, and well in the community.

The role of Living Well Officer is key to the delivery of our objectives so you will be busy and will need to be able to manage competing priorities.

Closing date: 29 November 2023

Interview to take place week commencing 12 December 2023

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.

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

You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Please state within your CV/Personal statement the location you would like to be considered for
**Closing date: 29 November 2023
at 23:59