Supported Assistant Practitioner/Assistant Practitioner | 9742 | permanent contract | 37 hours per week | £28,598 to £33,699 per annum | Grade F/G | King’s Lynn
We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Practitioner to join the Western Discharge Social Work Team within our Home First Hub.
The Integrated Discharge Team is an integrated multi-disciplinary team of social care professionals, health professionals, and discharge planners who triage patients and provide them with information on accessing services aiming to support their discharge from hospital. This will be primarily older people and adults with a physical disability.
In this role you would be undertaking Care Act assessments / D2A Planning Form to aid discharge that promotes independence with a strengths-based approach. You will consider Carers Assessments and look at supporting people to manage their needs supported by Personal Budgets.
You will work to achieve a safe discharge plan that is considered the ‘best outcome’ for the service user, taking into consideration their views and wishes, balancing complex family dynamics often at a point of crisis, upholding our roles and values in advocating the best interests and wishes of the service user.
The discharge to assess model is in the process of being developed and the role may change as it develops. You will work in a multidisciplinary setting assessing people/patients in acute hospital settings and supporting their discharge.
You will participate in the team’s duty rota. You will support Social Workers in their duties. You will be joining a supportive and committed team. You will work in the office base in King’s Lynn, in the community and in reach into the acute hospitals.
Experience of undertaking assessments is highly desirable, as are excellent keyboard skills. You must be a team player but also be able to work independently, make appropriate decisions and work in a focused way. The work is fast paced and assessments must be undertaken in a timely manner. You will require excellent communication and recording skills.
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 your application, 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
Assistant Practitioner :
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.
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 – dependent on your job role and business need.
5. Financial benefits such as:‘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 for Fire Service and Social Care WorkersRelocation expenses (where applicable)An advance of your expenses if you travel for workLocal Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
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)
A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job