Peripatetic Outreach Worker

**2 posts | permanent contracts | 37 hours per week | £29,269 **to £31,364 **per annum (Scale G) plus weekend enhancements and sleep in payments | Dereham
**Peripatetic Outreach Workers
We have ambitious plans to shape how we work with families, placing practitioners and relationship-based practice at the heart of what we do. Through Vital Signs, our vision for Children in Norfolk, we work with whole family networks and across the whole system to support families to build on their strengths and to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Bringing together a team of specialists through a central hub, our new model is designed to provide intensive short-term interventions to prevent entry into care, escalation to long term care, prevent placement breakdown or facilitate placement step downs.

We are looking for Peripatetic Outreach Workers to proactively provide support and interventions to families and young people so they can achieve the best possible outcomes in life through implementing both the New Roads and Emergency Crisis Support services. You will contribute to the care planning process by participating in statutory reviews, planning meetings, and progress meetings as required.

To join our New Roads service, you will need a good level of literacy and numeracy, a willingness to undertake relevant training courses and the ability to form effective relationships with children. We will support you to attain an NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care, which must be successfully completed within 18 months of appointment.

More than anything, you will have a passion to support young people, be a good listener, have patience, understanding and really want to support young people so they can achieve the best possible outcomes in life.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to develop their career and is looking to make a real difference to the lives of young people.

For an informal discussion please contact Emma Elsmere - Team Manager - 01362 654620

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 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 (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: 30 June 2024

**Closing date: 07 July 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.