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Senior Residential Childrens Practitioner | 7607 | permanent contract | 37 hours per week (including on call and sleep in, evenings and weekends as required) | £36,124 to £37,938 per annum | Grade I | Hethersett, near Norwich
We have an exciting opportunity in Norfolk Residential Childrens 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 required to work four sleep-in shifts per month including two weekends.
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 peoples lives.
Ideally you will have a background in residential care or be experienced in working with children. You will be required to have a social work or appropriate nursing qualification 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.
For an informal discussion please contact Justina Self, Team Manager on 01362654504.
Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.
Benefits
* Competitive salary
* Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
* 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:
o 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.
o A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
o Relocation expenses (where applicable)
o An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
o Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants pensions.
o Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
o 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)
o 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: 12 February 2025
All other applicants closing date: 19 February 2025
Previous applicants need not apply.
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