Reablement Assistant Practitioner (9553)

Reablement Assistant Practitioner 9553 permanent contract 31537 to 33699 per annum (Scale G) 37 hours per week The Hive Norwich Community Hospital Norwich

The post is currently Monday to Friday. Weekend working may be reintroduced in the future on a rota basis or as needed by the service.

Would you like to workin the community as part of our well-trained team of Occupational Therapists and support workerscreating person-centred personal plans helping people set and achieve their goals following an illness Then this role is for you.

We have opportunities available to visit people in their own homes on the north side of Norwich to assess their social care needs. You may also work across other areas of Norwich depending on the needs of the service. Norfolk First Support delivers services to adults across Norfolk in their own homes for up to 6 weeks assisting them to regain skills they may have lost following an illness or hospital admission enabling them to regain their independence as much as possible while also reviewing any ongoing support needed.

In this role you will be part of a multidisciplinary assessment team working alongside other professionals in Social Caresupporting people who may have beendischarged from hospital or where they have a change of circumstances and require support at home.

You will assess and review their daily living needs developing a personalised plan to assist them to regain the skills and confidence to remain independent in their home and if ongoing services are required complete a Care Act Assessment. All training will be provided to ensure you are competent to deliver this critical role.

You will need to have experience of working with people and be able to communicate clearly and appropriately with members of the public whilst exercising judgement and using your initiative to plan and prioritise your work. You will also need knowledge of current policy practice and legislation within Health and Social Care.

We review applications regularly so you need not wait until the closing date to apply.

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Please note this role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

Before you apply we recommend reading the fullJob Description and Person Specification to 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 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 ourTerms 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: 18 February 2026

All other applicants closing date: 25 February 2026