Harmful Sexual Behaviour Senior Practitioner

Harmful Sexual Behaviour Senior Practitioner 8769 Secondment Opportunity / Fixed Term Contract (1 year) to cover Maternity Leave Part-time 18.5 hours per week 39862 to 41771 pro rata per annum Grade J County Hall Norwich

In 2017 Norfolk and Waveney CCGs commissioned Norfolk County Council Childrens Services and Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) to develop and expand our response to children and young people displaying harmful sexual behaviour (HSB). The HSB team is now recruiting to the role of Senior Practitioner to support the HSB Specialists and the Clinical Psychologist within the team.

Working closely with a Specialist Clinical Psychologist and the HSB Specialists the Senior Practitioner will be responsible for contributing to the HSB consultation service for other agencies within Norfolk and Waveney advising professionals on cases where HSB is being displayed and planning/delivering bespoke HSB training to Norfolk professionals. You will also carry out HSB assessments and deliver interventions directly to young people displaying HSB and their parents or carers and contribute to partner agencies assessments and/or intervention plans.

You will have experience and knowledge of working with children and young people who have displayed HSB including experience of delivering recognised models of assessment and intervention together with an understanding of working in a multiagency team.

The HSB Senior Practitioner will be based in County Hall with frequent travel around Norfolk and Waveney to fulfil the role. Your role will be line managed within the HSB Team by one of the HSB Specialists.

For further information about this role please contact Francesca Burgess Operational Lead and HSB Specialist or Sarah Supple Clinical Lead

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 yousave 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 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

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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 September 2025 at 23:59

All other applicants closing date:30 September 2025 at 23:59