Job Description
Supported Assistant Practitioner/ Assistant Practitioner 9067 | Permanent contract | £28,598 to £33,699 per annum (Scale F/G) | 37 hours per week | James Paget Hospital, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic assistant practitioner to join the East Place Home First Team, supporting acute hospital discharges as well as developing a new admission avoidance service (Same Day Emergency Care)
Our aim is to embed both Discharge to Assess and Admission avoidance as part of our Ageing Well programme. East Place have already made great strides over the last few years and now need to take forward further rapid redesign in line with national policy and quality improvements to ensure adults entering the 'Front Door' (Accident and Emergency) of James Paget Hospital or being discharged from the Hospital and Community Hospitals, are supported to return home, access reablement opportunities and plan their ongoing care and support needs once discharged.
The Homefirst Team have been working towards an integrated care system, alongside East Place; Primary Care Hubs and Occupational Therapists. The team provides support with the Acute Hospital as well as transfers of care within the Virtual Homefirst Hub with our partners, providing Care Act Assessments, Carers assessments, Safeguarding enquiries and reviews. With our integrated working, you'll enjoy variety in your day and the opportunity to build strong working relationships with professionals across the county council, NHS and other partners.
Our exciting model of care - Living Well changes the conversation for social work to provide better outcomes and aligns with our vision to support people to be independent, resilient and well. Talking about what they can do, listening and connecting to enable early intervention in the community and avoid where possible admission to an acute setting.
There will be an expectation that you will work from James Paget Hospital to enable you to speak directly with the adults we are working within a timely manner, but we do offer some flexible hybrid working Our technology platform and equipment are first class for you to connect and collaborate remotely.
We actively encourage professional development, and if you're a newly qualified social worker, we'll support you to complete your ASYE.
East Norfolk is an area with award winning beaches and a mix of rural towns and villages. Close to the border of Suffolk, and with easy access to the county of Essex and beyond makes it a perfect place for easy travelling to and from the area.
If you're interested in the role of assistant practitioner and working in our friendly team, we'd love to hear from you.
You must be committed to working with community health care colleagues and the broader community, recognising the contribution each can make in facilitating good outcomes for those we work with.
For an informal discussion regarding this vacancy please contact Team Manager; Amanda Blake
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:
* '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
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: 12 November 2025 at 23:59
All other applicants closing date: 20 November 2025 at 23:59