Job Description

Senior Residential Children’s Practitioner | 10822 | Permanent contract | 37 hours per week (including on calls, sleep ins, evenings and weekends as required) | £39,862 to £41,771 per annum | (Grade J) | Blueberry Hill Children’s Home, Dereham

Previous applicants of Senior Residential Children’s Practitioner roles need not apply.

To apply, you must download a Norfolk County Council application form >> Here << and attach it to your online application.

Young people are at the heart of our practice at Norfolk County Council. They have established key principles for their ideal worker to help them flourish. Please ensure you read these requirements carefully and apply only if you can fully commit to them.

An exciting opportunity in Norfolk Residential Children’s Homes providing emergency and time limited, specialist care for young people (male and female) aged between 8 - 17 years, when either family, foster care, mainstream residential or other community-based placements are not possible or desirable at the time.

As the Senior Practitioner, you will be expected to contribute to an assessment of the child's needs with the objective of either reunification; a move to a family or community-based placement or a longer term or more specialised residential home.

You will be part of the management team and required to take part in the out of hours on call system.

You will be joining a highly motivated and enthusiastic team who endeavour to make significant changes in young people’s lives.

Ideally you will have a background in residential care or be experienced in working with children. You will be required to have an honours degree (or equivalent) in Social Work, Psychology, Nursing or a relevant subject/level of experience and you will be expected to supervise staff.

To work within this environment, you will need to be committed to making a difference in the lives of young people. You will need to be reliable, have good personal relationship and communication skills as well as high professional standards.

To apply, you must download a Norfolk County Council application form >> Here << and attach it to your online application.

For an informal discussion please contact Kirsty Cuttler, Service Manager – 01603-475606 / kirsty.cuttler@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

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

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: Tuesday 7 July 2026 at 23:59

All other applicants closing date: Tuesday 14 July 2026 at 23:59