Permanent Contract | £35,411 to £37,261 per annum (Scale J) | 37 hours per week | County Hall, Norwich
We offer a £2000 welcome payment for qualified and experienced Social Workers (grade J and above), Practice Consultants and Team Managers new to Norfolk County Council.
For experienced Social Workers new to Norfolk County Council we promise to try and match or better your existing salary.
Who Cares? We do.
Are you an experienced social worker (registered with Social Work England) looking to work with a forward-thinking team who embrace change and are passionate about promoting and supporting people to keep them independent, resilient, and well? If so, joining us in Central Norwich could be the right move for you.
An opportunity has arisen for a Social Worker to join our team. We would need you to have an experience of working with adults, managing complex cases, have a sound knowledge of the Care Act (2014), Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Safeguarding. Excellent time management and IT skills are also essential. Ideally you will have a thorough working knowledge of Norfolk County Council processes and procedures. Covering Central Norfolk, our team of Social Workers, Assistant Practitioners and Occupational Therapists utilise the Care Act (2014) to assess and provide support to adults living in the community. With our integrated working, you’ll enjoy variety in your day and the opportunity to build strong working relationships with professionals across the county council, NHS, and other partners.
We work under Living Well model of care to provide better outcomes by talking about what people can do, listening and connecting to enable early intervention in the community and avoid where possible admission to an acute setting. If you are committed to a person-centred and strengths-based way of working, we would be interested in hearing from you. In return, we can offer you the opportunity to work in an exciting and challenging area of Social Care, and you will be supported to develop into the role with regular supervision, training, and peer support.
Please note that whilst an understanding on the Norfolk processes would be desirable, training can be given. We’re committed to continuous professional development and offer benefits such as Norfolk Rewards – a scheme offering discounts on everyday purchases. Affordable housing, good schools, a vibrant city, beautiful countryside and an enviable coastline. What is there not to like about living and working in Norfolk? You can work flexibly; our technology platform and equipment are first class enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity. We'd love you to come and join us
Who are we?
Integrated Community Teams Care incorporating Older People and People with Physical Disabilities
Our teams work with older people and adults with a physical disability. Our teams of social workers, assistant practitioners, Occupational Therapists and reablement staff from Norfolk First Response work across all five localities. In the east we work closely with colleagues from East Coast Community Health Care. Our senior management teams are made up of Operational Directors and Heads of Integrated Care who either work for Norfolk County Council or Norfolk Community Health & Care (NCHC). It’s a really integrated environment.
We work as part of the Integrated Care System and are also aligned to Primary Care Networks which means the integrated team structures benefits hugely from great collaboration with primary care colleagues. Our teams are strong voices for social care and social work within our integrated model and ethos of prevent, reduce and delay. The teams promote a supportive and learning culture with reflective practice and other learning opportunities such as practice teaching and social work apprenticeships encouraged.
We also have an Integrated Home First Hub of integrated health and social care staff which facilitates discharges from hospital. Our dedicated team facilitates discharges from Norfolk acute, mental health and community hospitals. We are also part of the Norfolk Emergency and Admission Avoidance Team (NEAT) which is an integrated team with health colleagues to prevent admissions to hospital.
What we offer
At Norfolk County Council we are committed to our employees’ learning and development. We offer all Social Workers and Occupational Therapists a protected half day per month for continuing professional development and training.
We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.
We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.
You can also find out about the rewards and benefits we offer as well as our other terms and conditions.
Norwich is the county capital of Norfolk, 120 miles from London and 60 miles from Cambridge. It’s on the edge of the Broads National Park, and a 40-minute drive to the seaside. Norwich is a superb city. It effortlessly mixes outstanding heritage through the ages with modern shopping centres, excellent restaurants, hundreds of cafés and pubs, a superb arts and theatre scene with huge parks and green spaces, canoeing, rowing and sailing.
By train, Norwich to London takes 90 minutes and Cambridge less than an hour. There are also direct train links to the Midlands. Norwich International Airport has regular flights to Schiphol, Amsterdam and from there on to the rest of the world, plus daily internal flights to Scotland, Manchester, Exeter and Dublin.
Rachel Clark, Head of Integrated Care for the Norwich locality, said: “Norwich offers a warm welcome. We cover a comparatively small geographical area but we are a large and supportive team, with depth and breadth of experience in all areas of social care. Norwich Locality is committed to its residents and recognises the importance of collaborative and innovative work with our partner agencies. Based at County Hall we benefit from having access to a modern office environment, while promoting a flexible working culture, including hybrid working. Our management team are committed to continuous professional development and this is evident in regular Reflective Meetings, supervisions and monthly workshops. As a big team there are opportunities for team members to pursue particular areas of interest; we have AMHPs and BIAs along with staff who focus on particular areas of practice such as self-neglect. We also encourage progression and have a number of APs who are currently on Norfolk SW Apprenticeship schemes and managers who have been promoted from within the Department”.
Your application
Please ensure you include a statement in your application to demonstrate why you feel you meet the person specification and job description for this post. CVs submitted without a supporting statement about this post will not be accepted. You need to be registered with Social Work England as a practising social worker.
For an informal discussion regarding this vacancy, please contact Shaun Hart, Team Manager, on 01603 638058.
These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:
• Competitive salary
- Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
- 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:
o ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
o A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
o Relocation expenses paid upfront (where applicable)
o An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
o Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
o A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.
o Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.
Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.
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We welcome internal applications for this role but would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are affected by restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.
Closing date: 6 April 2023