Supported Assistant PractitionerAssistant Practitioner 10338

Supported Assistant Practitioner/Assistant Practitioner 10338 permanent contract 37 hours per week 32061 to 33699 (G grade) or 29064 to 31022 (F grade) per annum GradeF/G Norwich

An exciting opportunity has arisen for us to recruit an Assistant Practitioner to join the Northern Mental Health Social Care Team covering the North Norfolk area as well as the Mental Health Duty Team.

We have embraced our new Community Social Work model Human Learning Systems looking at new and creative ways to prevent reduce and delay care and support needs. Early intervention creativity and utilising community assets are key as is improving our community-led support offer which will include engaging with people in public spaces. This is an exciting time to join Norfolk Adult Social Care so if you share our vision wed like to hear from you.

You will be joining a passionate forward thinking supportive and high performing team. You will undertake Care Act Assessments Support Planning Reviews and take part in covering our duty team whilst working collaboratively with partners including Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust and various stakeholders to promote independence.

We are seeking an enthusiastic community Assistant Practitioner to join our highly motivated innovative team of Practice Consultants Social Workers Assistant Practitioners and Living Well Officers. It is an exciting time to join our team of dedicated and passionate workers in embracing our Living Well agenda and supporting people to be independent resilient and well.

The successful candidate would need to have knowledge and a level of experience of the Care Act (2014) Mental Capacity Act (2005) Mental Health Act (1983) and Safeguarding vulnerable adults as well as excellent time management and IT skills. Any new staff are supported to develop a thorough working knowledge of Norfolk County Council processes and procedures.

We operate a hybrid model of working which includes working from home and from our office base at Hellesdon Hospital. There are also opportunities to work from other Norfolk County Council bases. To build meaningful relationships with the people we support this role requires regular in-person work in both the office and community.

If you are interested in this role and have further questions please dont hesitate to contact Leigh Heyes Team Manager or Samantha Unsworth Practice Consultant via or email; or

Werelooking to appoint either a SupportedAssistantPractitioner (Scale F) or an experiencedAssistantPractitioner (Scale G) and require a CV and Supporting Statement from you. Inyour application you should set out how you meet the essential and desirable criteria of each of the roles so weadvisereading the full Job Description and Person Specification for each first before applying:

SupportedAssistantPractitioner: Job Description and Person Specification

AssistantPractitioner: Job Description and Person Specification

Our SupportedAssistantPractitioners (Scale F) join our 9-month bespoke support programme (TheAssistantPractitioner Development Programme) enabling you to progress to anAssistantPractitioner 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 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: 26 April 2026

All other applicants closing date: 30 April 2026