Supported Assistant Practitioner/Assistant Practitioner | 10526 | permanent contract | 37 hours per week | £32,061 to £33,699 per annum (G) or £29,064 to £31,022 per annum (F) | Grade F/G | Attleborough
We are recruiting an Assistant Practitioner to join our Duty Service. You will be part of a team working with all incoming referrals to the service.
You will support in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of people at immediate risk, provide advice, guidance and signposting.
You will ensure that people who are able to wait for longer term support can do so safely and you will liaise with colleagues in other parts of the service to ensure that care arrangements are in place.
This is a very busy and fast paced role.
You will have direct contact with people and families over the telephone but will not be required to carry out home visits.
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 your application, 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 ( The Assistant Practitioner Development Programme ), enabling you to progress to an Assistant Practitioner role (Scale G) subject to completing the programme satisfactorily.
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 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 (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 our Terms 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: 20 July 2026
All other applicants closing date: 27 July 2026
