Practice Consultant - Social Worker 8822 | Permanent contract | £43,822 to £48,227 per annum (Scale K) | 37 hours per week | Attleborough Enterprise & Community Centre
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. Amount to be repaid in full should they leave within two years of employment.
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We have an exciting opportunity for a Practice Consultant to work with the Team Manager to support our duty older people and physical disabilities team in Adult Social Services. Our team takes all incoming referrals to the Southern locality area and the duty team provide telephone based support to assist in ensuring imminent safety and wellbeing, provide urgent responses to crisis management and arrange interim care measures. You will work with your Team Manager and to ensure your team of Assistant Practitioners have a strength-based approach to their work, and consider all options such as OT intervention, community assets and family support. You will be a Social Worker by background, with some experience of leading and supporting others in managing complex situations, for example involving the Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding or housing issues. You will have the confidence and ability to support and motivate your team to achieve outstanding performance as meeting timescales is a strategic priority. This may be an excellent opportunity for an experienced Social Worker or OT looking for a first post in a management role where you will receive support and encouragement to develop your leadership skills. Travel will be required to support team members at outlying bases. Nominal workbase is negotiable but willingness to support across the county would be essential. 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 (splitting your working time between one or more workplaces and agreed remote working locations like your home) 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. Interviews will take place via video technology, where you will have the opportunity to discuss these working arrangements. Applicants who would be interested in a secondment from their current post are encouraged to seek permission from their manager before applying.
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.
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Norwich is the county capital of Norfolk, 120 miles from London and 60 miles from Cambridge. It's on the edge of the Broads National Park, and a 40-minute drive to the seaside. Norwich is a superb city. It effortlessly mixes outstanding heritage through the ages with modern shopping centres, excellent restaurants, hundreds of cafés and pubs, a superb arts and theatre scene with huge parks and green spaces, canoeing, rowing and sailing.
By train, Norwich to London takes 90 minutes and Cambridge less than an hour. There are also direct train links to the Midlands. Norwich International Airport has regular flights to Schiphol, Amsterdam and from there on to the rest of the world, plus daily internal flights to Scotland, Manchester, Exeter and Dublin.
Your application
Please ensure you include a statement in your application to demonstrate why you feel you meet the person specification and job description for this post. CVs submitted without a supporting statement about this post will not be accepted. You need to be registered with Social Work England/or HCPC as a practising social worker/Occupational Therapist.
These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:
1. Competitive salary
2. Generous holiday entitlement
3. Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
4. Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need.
5. Financial benefits such as:
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8. Relocation expenses (where applicable)
9. An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
10. Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
11. Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
12. 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)
13. A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job
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Redeployment closing date: 31 August 2025 at 23:25
All other applicants closing date: 7 September 2025 at 23:59