Children’s Services Family Support are seeking to recruit an experienced Family Practitioner for their Family Support Team. This is an exciting opportunity to work in Family Support as a Family Practitioner.

Family Support encompasses the work of a broad range of partners supporting families and individuals, often during challenging and difficult times. Much of this work, although not exclusively, is undertaken in partnership with others. The development of universal Early Help Hubs across Norfolk has helped partners to gain a greater understanding of the work of partners and to develop networks and collaboration for the benefit of the residents of Norfolk.

Family Support is the targeted end of early help – for services operating at the edge of more intensive and/or statutory services. Our practitioners provide support to families that have the most complex needs, who without targeted support, their situation will escalate to become acute, chronic and costly to the child / young person and their family requiring social care or other statutory intervention.

There is a strong emphasis on partnership working across all agencies, and Family Practitioners undertake direct work with families in the community to bring about long lasting social change.

The job role is to undertake direct work with children and their families, working within statutory legislation and delivering interventions prioritised by the line manager. To be accountable for achieving required team performance targets (particularly Step Up / Step Down & DLUHC Supporting Families payment by results targets).

For an informal discussion about this post please contact Kieley Crane (Team Manager) at kieley.crane@norfolk.gov.uk

You will need to be able to travel to destinations not accessible by public transport so you will need to have your own reliable means of transport.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• 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:
  • ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discount 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 paid upfront (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.
  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.
  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.

Before you apply , we recommend reading the full Job Description 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? please apply using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

Closing date: 21 May 2023