Permanent Contract | £39,248 to £43,517 per annum (Scale K) | 37 hours per week | County Hall
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, providing its in the spectrum of the grade advertised.
Who Cares? We do.
It’s an exciting time to join the Social Care Community Engagement Team. We have some bold changes happening in Norfolk and we want to find the very best social care staff to be part of our future.
The Social Care Community Engagement Team is at the forefront of the ‘Living Well’ roll out and the implementation of the 3 Conversations Model and its’ strengths-based approach to Social Care. You will need to be either an HCPC registered Occupational Therapist or Social Work England registered Social Worker, with three years post qualifying social care/health employment.
The successful candidate would be someone who is keen to work innovatively, strive for improvements, and contribute to the change agenda, particularly in shaping the ‘front door’ services for the future. You will have the opportunity to manage and support a team of case holding Assistant Practitioners and Occupational Therapists working across all adult social services disciplines in a fast-moving and dynamic environment. You will take a lead role in team including managing workflow and providing casework consultancy to Assistant Practitioners. You team will also work closely with your locality colleagues to ensure 3 Conversation Model implemented.
If you are motivated and have a passion for supporting adults in need of care and support at a time of crisis and want to take the next step in your career - you are the type of practitioner, we are looking for. You will have the opportunity to develop your professional knowledge through further training as a Best Interest Assessor, Approved Mental Health Practitioner or Practice Educator roles.
Currently SCCE operates a hybrid of office and remote working. You would be joining a vibrant and very supportive new team.
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.
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.
If you would like to discuss this opportunity you are encouraged to call Cathy Murdoch on 01603 638416 or Vanessa Aguado on 01603 306696.
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:
- ‘ 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.
- A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
- Relocation expenses paid upfront (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.
- A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.
- 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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Closing date: 7 April 2023 at 23:59