Residential Children's Practitioner Level 2

1 week ago

Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom Norfolk County Council Full time
**Temporary contract to cover maternity leave | part-time 18.5 hours per week | £14,634 to £15,682 per annum (Grade G) plus weekend pay enhancements and sleep in payments | Norwich

Residential Children's Practitioner Level - Short Breaks


Aylsham Road Children's Home provides short breaks for young people aged between years, when either family or foster care is at risk of breaking down.

Our services are well regarded, and we are proud of our reputation of ensuring the best outcomes for children and young people, supporting them to prevent them from coming into care and remain living at home.


We need highly motivated, resilient, and positive team members with humour, tenacity and empathy to help children and young people to flourish and reach their full potential.

We value your life experiences, energy, personal strength and positive mental attitude.


Staff at the home will be expected to contribute to an assessment of the child's needs with the objective of keeping young people within their own home and ensuring that they receive short breaks that are fun and enjoyable.


Ideally you will have a background in residential care or be experienced in working with children and hold the level 3/4 diploma in residential care.

You will be required to have good levels of literacy and numeracy.


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.

This role requires weekend working, including bank holidays and sleep-ins.

For an informal discussion please contact: Anneka Hardy (Team Manager - Aylsham Road Children's Home) on


Before you apply, we recommend reading the full
Job Description 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 with the ability to buy and sell leave
  • Health and Wellbeing services including fasttrack physiotherapy and a free counselling service
  • Flexible working opportunities including flexitime, 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 (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.
You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Closing date for redeployees to receive priority consideration: 16 May 2024

Closing date: 23 May 2024


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.

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