PfAL Assistant Practitioner/Supported Assistant Practitioner - 7543

Adult Learning; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job description

Permanent Contract | £27,711 to £32,654 per annum (Scale F/G) | 37 hours per week | County Hall, Norwich

Norfolk County Council has a shared vision ‘“To enable young people with learning disabilities, mental ill health, physical disabilities or autism, to live the lives they want by having the same access as their peers to opportunities for employment, housing, community inclusion and good health”. To help achieve this the Preparing for Adult Life (PfAL) Team has been set up as Norfolk’s transition to adult social services team.

We are looking for an enthusiastic PfAL Assistant Practitioner who will have the ability to work with young people from age 17 up to 20, as well as their families, be able to demonstrate an understanding of the legislative requirements and how to support young people to develop their independence. The role will involve carrying out assessments and care and support planning under the Care Act 2014.

You will also have a commitment to working in partnership with families as well as with the range of professionals and other agencies who could also be involved in supporting the young person as part of preparing for adult life.

If you are committed to working in a person-centred way and have the skills to work as part of a team that works with a wide range of professionals across education, health, social care and community services, we would like to hear from you.

For an informal discussion please contact Roger Allen ([e-mail]) or Devon Harris ([e-mail]).

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.

We're looking to appoint either a Supported Assistant Practitioner (Scale F) or an experienced Assistant Practitioner (Scale G) and require a CV and Supporting Statement from you. In this, you should set out how you meet the essential and desirable criteria of each of the roles, so we advise reading the full Job Description and Person Specification for each first before applying:

Supported Assistant Practitioner: Job Description and Person Specification

Assistant Practitioner: Job Description and Person Specification

Our Supported Assistant Practitioners (Scale F) join our 9-month, bespoke support programme, enabling you to progress to an Assistant Practitioner role (Scale G) subject to satisfactory programme completion.

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.

Redeployment closing date: 3 February 2025 at 23:59

Closing date for all other candidates: 11 February 2025 at 23:59