Permanent contract | £27,711 to £32,654 per annum (Scale F/G) | 37 hours per week | St James Health Centre, Kings Lynn
We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Practitioner to join our enthusiastic team within the West Norfolk Home First Hub Social Work Team. We work alongside a multidisciplinary team of community health colleagues and hospital discharge team. The Home First Hub primarily supports older people and adults with physical disabilities who are ready to be discharged from hospital but need some support to do so, or who need some extra support to avoid being admitted to hospital.
The integrated team work together to determine discharge pathways for patients and for assessing a persons needs who may require admission avoidance support. The organisation is working to create a robust Discharge to Assess Model which will strengthen discharge pathways and journeys for patients, so this is a really exciting time to join the team and be part of this transformation.
In this role you will be required to undertake Care Act Assessments to aid hospital discharges or prevent hospital admission. Assessments will be carried out in a strengths-based approach to promote independence. You will also be developing Support Plans suitable to meet peoples needs including Direct Payments and Personal Budgets. You will also be able to consider Carers Assessments for informal carers. You will participate in the teams duty rota to aid the duty function of the service.
This is an exciting time to join an enthusiastic, supportive and committed multi-disciplinary team. Experience of undertaking assessments in social care and having knowledge of the Care Act 2014 including Safeguarding Adults is highly desirable. You must be a team player but also have the ability to work independently. You will require excellent communication and recording skills. The work is fast paced and assessments must be undertaken in a timely manner.
This is a full-time position that is office based at St James Clinic, Kings Lynn. However, hybrid working can be considered on an occasional basis if required with agreement from the Practice Consultant.
For an informal discussion regarding this vacancy please contact Charlotte Cresswell Head of West Norfolk Home First Hub on 01603 306164 or Katrina Jarred, Practice Consultant 01366 669627.
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 flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working dependant on your job role and business need.
* Financial benefits such as:
o 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.
o A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
o Relocation expenses paid upfront (where applicable)
o An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
o Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants pensions.
o A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.
o Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.
Job Description
We're looking to appoint either a Supported Assistant Practitioner (Scale F) or an experienced Assistant Practitioner (Scale G) and require a CV and Supporting Statement from you. In this, you should set out how you meet the essential and desirable criteria of each of the roles, so we advise reading the full Job Description and Person Specification for each first before applying:
Supported Assistant Practitioner : Job Description and Person Specification
Assistant Practitioner : Job Description and Person Specification
Our Supported Assistant Practitioners (Scale F) join our 9-month, bespoke support programme, enabling you to progress to an Assistant Practitioner role (Scale G) subject to satisfactory programme completion. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions 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 organisation or are in a redeployment position.
Redeployment closing date: 15 May 2025 at 23:59
Closing date for all other candidates: 25 May 2025 at 23:59 #J-18808-Ljbffr