Job Description

Assistant Practitioner | 10973 | permanent contract | 37 hours per week | £33,119 to £34,811 per annum (G grade) or £30,023 to £32,046 per annum (F grade) | Norwich

We are recruiting an Assistant Practitioner to join Central neighbourhood working with Caste Partnership and the St. Saviours Yard project. You will be working alongside an allocated Social Worker in a multi-disciplinary team and with community resources to support people in the most deprived areas in Norwich.

You will support in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of people at immediate risk, provide advice, guidance and signposting.

You will be building relationships with organisations and residents in the area to assess the most at risk people and consider preventative support.

You will have direct contact with people and families in the community at St. Saviours Yard, GP surgeries and home visits.

We are developing this role as we learn more about the local area therefore you will need to be creative and flexible.

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 satisfactory programme completion.  

For further information, please contact recruiting manager Megan Tilbury at: megan.tilbury@norfolk.gov.uk

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

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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: Thursday 1 October 2026 at 23:59

All other applicants closing date: Thursday 8 October 2026 at 23:59