Job Description

2 posts | Residential Children's Practitioner (Level 2) | 8620 | permanent contracts | 37 hours per week | 30,559 to 32,654 per annum plus sleep in payments and weekend enhancements | Grade G | Countywide

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.

To apply, please download an

application form

and attach it to your online application instead of your CV.

In Norfolk we have exciting and ambitious plans to enhance the way we work with young people, Norfolk Residential Children's Homes provide 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.



The 'In Reach Team' work across our service to ensure that there are no shortfalls in staffing, the team are managed centrally in Norwich but cover all of our in-house children's homes and are able to offer bespoke care packages as and when the service requires.



Staff will be expected to react to service needs, and their working days may vary from home to home.



You will be joining a highly motivated and enthusiastic service 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 good levels of literacy and numeracy and hold an NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or similar qualification.



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, please download an

application form

and attach it to your online application instead of your CV.

For an informal discussion please contact Roger Macdonald, Assistant Team Manager on 07867 977642



Before you apply, we recommend reading the full

and Person Specification

to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.



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 - dependent 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 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: 24 July 2025

All other applicants closing date: 30 July 2025