PfAL Supported Assistant Practitioner/Assistant Practitioner | 9761 | permanent contract | 37 hours per week | Grade F - £28,598 to £31,022 per annum or Grade G - £31,537 to £33,699 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 and 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.
If you are committed to working in a person-centred way that promotes independence and you 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.
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.
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.
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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: 23 February 2026
All other applicants closing date: 02 March 2026