Description Assistant Practitioner - Preparing for Adult Life Service | 10306 | permanent contract | 37 hours per week | £32,061 to £33,699 (G grade) or £29,064 to £31,022 (F grade) per annum | Norwich The Preparing for Adult Life (PfAL) Service ensures young people moving into Adult Social Care are supported to do so in a seamless, joined up way. You will have the ability to work with young people with complex needs (including those with Learning Disability, complex mental health needs or physical disabilities, young people who are Autistic), as well as their families. You will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the legislative requirements in relation to the Care Act 2014, as well as other awareness of other legislation including the Children and Families Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act. As part of this role you will be expected to carry out assessments and care planning under the Care Act 2014. To build meaningful relationships with the people we support, this role requires regular in-person work in both the office and community. 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 : 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 ( The Assistant Practitioner Development Programme ), enabling you to progress to an Assistant Practitioner role (Scale G) subject to satisfactory programme completion. If you are committed to working in a person-centred way that promotes independence and have the skills to work as part of a team who work with colleagues across education, health, children’s and adult social services to ensure provision of a co-ordinated and consistent Preparing for Adult Life experience and want to be part of this exciting service supporting the people of Norfolk, we would like to hear from you. If you would like to discuss this opportunity, please call Roger Allen on 01603 679228. 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 – dependent 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 (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. 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 You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here. Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email. 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: Wednesday 29 April 2026 at 23:59 All other applicants closing date: Wednesday 6 May 2026 at 23:59