Residential Children's Practitioner Level 3

Residential Childrens Practitioner - Level 310659Permanent Contract37 hours per week (including on call and sleep in evenings and weekends as required) 34434 to 36363per annum Grade H Heather Cottage Childrens Home Norwich

Young people are at the heart of our practice at Norfolk County Council. They haveestablishedkey principles for their ideal worker to help them flourish. Please ensure you readthese requirementscarefully and apply only if you can fully commit to them.

To apply you must download a Norfolk County Council application form >>Here<< and attach it to your online application.

This is an exciting opportunity in Norfolk Residential Childrens Homesproviding emergency and time limited specialist care for young people (male and female) aged between 8 - 17 years when eitherfamily foster care mainstream residential or other community-based placements are not possible or desirable at the time.

As a Level 3 Residential Childrens Practitioner you will be expected to share specialist knowledge and experience in the induction of casual and new staff members. Provide supervision sessions and mentoring for team members within the home and be a positive role model for less experienced staff and providing feedback to management on opportunities and concerns. You will also be expected to deputise for the management team when working as part of the manager on call rota. The working week will be split between sleep in shifts and office days dependent on the needs of the home.

You will be joining a highly motivated and enthusiastic team who endeavour to make significant changes in young peoples lives.

To work within this environment you will need to be committed to making a difference in the lives of young people. You will need to be reliable have good personal relationship and communication skills as well as high professional standards. A background in residential care is desirable previous work with young people is essential.A full driving licence is required for this post.

Before you apply we recommend reading the fullJob Description and Person Specificationto help youdemonstrateyou meet the criteria.

To apply you must download a Norfolk County Council application form >>Here << and attach it to your online application.

For an informal discussion please contact Justina Self Team Manager /

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.
  • 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 also 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: 2 July 2026 at 23:55

All other applicants closing date: 12 July 2026 at 23:55

Previous applicants need not apply.