UASC Senior Practice Coordinator (8252)
UASC Senior Practice Coordinator (8252)
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Senior Practice Coordinator 8252 fixed term contract for 12 months (secondment opportunity) 37 hours per week 25584 to 27269 per annum Grade E County Hall Norwich
An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and well-organised individual to provide admin support to the Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children Service.
In this role you will provide support and assistance to operational Team Managers and Social Care Practitioners enabling them to spend more time undertaking direct work with children young people and families.
You will have a high level of customer service good organisational skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines prioritise work and problem solve. You will be able to communicate effectively at all levels explain technical issues in plain English and have skills in analysing and interpreting data.
Excellent keyboard and ICT skills in Word Excel and databases are also necessary. You will have the ability to organise meetings take and produce minutes. You will also have an awareness of data protection and information management.
As point of contact for both internal and external customers and stakeholders you will need excellent interpersonal skills as you will be dealing and working with professionals from internal and external partner agencies (eg the Home Office) to support in bringing a positive offer to those children and young people entering Norfolk (and possibly the UK) for the first time.
Effective operational support is a vital element to the success of Childrens Services. You will be committed to delivering a first-class level of support proactive as well as positive and will provide a focused consistent business support service to managers and staff.
You will be part of well established supportive team and full training will be provided.
For an informal discussion on this role please contact Lorraine Mahood Business Manager at or Natasha Taylor Assistant Business Manager at .
Before you apply we recommend reading the fullJob Description and Person Specificationto help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.
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 Rewardsour employee discounts programme which helps yousave money on almost anything from everyday groceries and clothes to holidays new technology gym membership trips to the cinema and days out.
- ABlue Light cardfor 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 ourTerms and Conditionshere.
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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: 22 June 2025
All other applicants closing date: 30 June 2025
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
