Job Description

Best Start Inclusion Practitioners | 11009 | Secondment Opportunity / Temporary Fixed Term Contract until March 2028 | 37 hours per week | £33,119 to £34,811 per annum | Grade G | Countywide travel

Help give every child the best start in life

Are you passionate about inclusion, early intervention and improving outcomes for young children and families?

We are looking for dedicated and skilled Early Years Practitioners to join our new Best Start Inclusion Service across Norfolk.

These exciting roles offer the opportunity to work directly with children aged 0-5 and their families, helping to identify and respond to emerging additional needs and ensuring children have the best possible start in life.

Working across our network of Best Start Family Hubs, outreach locations, community settings and in family’s homes you will help ensure children receive the right support at the right time, improving developmental outcomes and reducing inequalities. You will work closely with Community, Inclusion, Health, SEND and Early Years professionals to ensure the Best Start Inclusion offer complements existing services and pathways, enabling children's and families' needs to be identified and supported at the earliest opportunity.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

For more information about this role please contact carla.nichols@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 – 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 (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 also 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: 10 September 2026 at 23:55

All other applicants closing date: 20 September 2026 at 23:55