Practice Consultant Sw - Norwich, United Kingdom - Norfolk County Council

Norfolk County Council

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Norwich, United Kingdom

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**Permanent contract | £39,248 to £43,517 per annum (Scale K) | 37 hours per week | County Hall - Southern Locality

We offer a £2000 welcome payment for qualified and experienced Social Workers/Occupational Therapists (grade J and above), Practice Consultants and Team Managers new to Norfolk County Council.

Who Cares? We do.
An exciting development opportunity has arisen for a Practice Consultant - Social Worker in Southern Locality. We require an experienced and HCPC registered Social Worker with three years post qualifying employment as a Social Worker.

You will be responsible for the oversight of a Community Team which comprises of Social Workers (SW), Occupational Therapists (OT) and Assistant Practitioners (AP).

If you are motivated and have a passion for supporting adults in need of care and support at a time of crisis, if you want to take the next step in your career - you are the type of practitioner we are looking for.

You will take a lead role in the operations of the team including managing workflow and providing casework consultancy to SWs and APs.

You will be expected to chair Safeguarding and Best Interest meetings and ensure practice is legally and procedurally compliant. You will undertake formal supervision of SWs and APs and encourage staff development. Another key aspect to this role is working collaboratively with partners and providers. Especially as we move towards greater working partnerships with our PCN.

Who are we?
Integrated Community Teams Care incorporating Older People and People with Physical Disabilities

Our teams work with older people and adults with a physical disability.

Our teams of social workers, assistant practitioners, Occupational Therapists and reablement staff from Norfolk First Response work across all five localities.

In the east we work closely with colleagues from East Coast Community Health Care.

Our senior management teams are made up of Operational Directors and Heads of Integrated Care who either work for Norfolk County Council or Norfolk Community Health & Care (NCHC).

It's a really integrated environment.

We work as part of the Integrated Care System and are also aligned to Primary Care Networks which means the integrated team structures benefits hugely from great collaboration with primary care colleagues.

Our teams are strong voices for social care and social work within our integrated model and ethos of prevent, reduce and delay.

The teams promote a supportive and learning culture with reflective practice and other learning opportunities such as practice teaching and social work apprenticeships encouraged.

We also have an Integrated Home First Hub of integrated health and social care staff which facilitates discharges from hospital.

Our dedicated team facilitates discharges from Norfolk acute, mental health and community hospitals.

We are also part of the Norfolk Emergency and Admission Avoidance Team (NEAT) which is an integrated team with health colleagues to prevent admissions to hospital.

What we offer
At Norfolk County Council we are committed to our employees' learning and development.

We offer all Social Workers and Occupational Therapists a protected half day per month for continuing professional development and training.

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people.

Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

You can also find out about the rewards and benefits we offer as well as our other terms and conditions.

The unspoilt countryside in this area includes the Waveney Valley, Thetford Forest and some incredible history dating back to Boudicca.

This locality includes large rural towns at Dereham, Diss, Watton, Wymondham and Thetford.

Kate Pontin, Head of Integrated Care said: "We're a friendly team with 3 office bases where we meet up when we're not out and about. We have online chat groups, locality wellbeing meetings, reflection meetings, team meetings and provide good quality reflective supervisions. We also have a good induction programme, where any new staff are aligned to a supervisor on day one, and also have an aligned practitioner buddy for daytoday support. We really encourage staff development and often take on students and apprentices. The new ideas they bring helps us to reflect on why we do what we do and provoke professional curiosity which helps us all grow and develop.**For more information regarding this vacancy please contact Team Manager Jenny Watson

Interviews to be held w/c 08/05/2023

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