Practice Consultant | 10899 | permanent contract | 18.5 hours per week | £43,822 to £48,227 per annum pro rata | Grade K | Attleborough
We offer a £2000 welcome payment for qualified and experienced Practice Consultants, new to Norfolk County Council . Amount to be repaid in full should you leave within two years of employment.
For experienced Social Workers new to Norfolk County Council, we promise to try and match or better your existing salary, providing it's in the spectrum of the grade advertised.
As a Practice Consultant, you will champion high‑quality, strengths‑based practice. You will help practitioners to move away from rigid processes and towards responsive, person‑led, relational decision‑making.
You will work closely with the management team to support day‑to‑day operations and champion strengths‑based, community‑focused practice.
You will provide expert coaching, reflective practice and professional guidance, helping staff develop confidence, curiosity and professional judgement.
As a Practice Consultant within the team, you will lead, manage and support a team of case‑holding Assistant Practitioners and Social Workers. As part of your role, you will oversee workflow within a fast‑paced and dynamic environment and provide high‑quality casework consultation and professional guidance. You will also coordinate workloads to ensure measurable progress and embed a positive, high‑performing team culture.
You will contribute to developing practice quality and guidance materials to support the ongoing development and embedding of Community‑Led Support and Human Learning Systems.
In addition, you will coordinate workloads to ensure measurable progress and embed a positive, high‑performing team culture. You will strengthen relationships with local communities and voluntary groups.
To build meaningful relationships with the people we support, this role requires regular in-person work in both the office and community.
Requirements
Registered Social Worker
Minimum of three years’ post qualifying experience.
Experience supporting others with complex situations such as safeguarding, Mental Capacity Act or housing issues.
A strong communicator who can bring people together and influence positive change.
This may be an excellent opportunity for an experienced Social Worker looking for your first post in a management role.
If you would like an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Team Manager, Louise Haverson, at [email protected]
Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. 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 may not be accepted.
You need to be registered with Social Work England as a practising Social Worker.
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:
All other applicants closing date:
We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.
We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.
We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.
We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.
