Job Description

Job Category: Social Care
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Practice Consultant 8298| Permanent contract | 42,463 to 46,732 per annum (Scale K) | 37 hours per week | Hellesdon Hospital
We offer a 2000 welcome payment for qualified and experienced Social Workers/Occupational Therapists (grade J and above), Practice Consultants and Team Managers new to Norfolk County Council. Amount to be repaid in full should they leave within two years of employment.
Who Cares? We do.
In meeting its statutory duty to provide 24/7 access to Approved Mental Health Professionals, Norfolk County Council has developed a core AMHP team which is responds to both planned and urgent responses within core office hours (Monday to Friday) whilst working alongside and in partnership with Norfolk County Council's Emergency Duty Team. Co-located with health partners at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich, the core AMHP services enables Norfolk County Council to provide a flexible, timely, consistent, and appropriate response to requests across the county. Alongside the triage, management and oversight of daily allocations and case closures, the AMHP management Team are responsible for the management and supervision of Norfolk's AMHP cohort, consisting of currently 80+ professionals.
Working as part of a busy but supportive AMHP management team, the role of Practice Consultant has daily oversight of the AMHP work tray and responsibility for AMHP allocations, requiring the post holder to manage risk dynamically and fluidly. Working across the county with complex, challenging and a changing sector, the role requires excellent planning and communication skills. Due to the unplanned nature and unpredictable demand and capacity of the service, the role enables and embraces compressed working patterns.
What we offer
At Norfolk County Council we are committed to our employees' learning and development. We offer all Social Workers and Occupational Therapists a protected half day per month for continuing professional development and training.
We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.
We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.
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Norwich is the county capital of Norfolk, 120 miles from London and 60 miles from Cambridge. It's on the edge of the Broads National Park, and a 40-minute drive to the seaside. Norwich is a superb city. It effortlessly mixes outstanding heritage through the ages with modern shopping centres, excellent restaurants, hundreds of cafes and pubs, a superb arts and theatre scene with huge parks and green spaces, canoeing, rowing and sailing.
By train, Norwich to London takes 90 minutes and Cambridge less than an hour. There are also direct train links to the Midlands. Norwich International Airport has regular flights to Schiphol, Amsterdam and from there on to the rest of the world, plus daily internal flights to Scotland, Manchester, Exeter and Dublin.
Your application
Please ensure you include a statement in your application to demonstrate why you feel you meet the person specification and job description for this post. CVs submitted without a supporting statement about this post will not be accepted. You need to be registered with Social Work England/or HCPC as a practising social worker/Occupational Therapist.
For any informal enquiries please contact: Kevin Hanner or call: 07795521974
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:
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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 to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our here.
Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in 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: 17 July 2025 at 23:59
All other applicants closing date: 22 July 2025 at 23:59
About Us: We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.
We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.
We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.
We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.