Development Worker | 9605 | Fixed term contract until 31 March 2027 (secondment opportunity) | 37 hours per week | £31,537 to £33,699 per annum | Grade G | Dereham

We are looking for an experienced Development Worker in Adult Social Services to work within a specialist, award-winning, social work service catering for the support needs of people from abroad. 

This post will involve working with people from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures, and with both adults and children. You will have a wide range of skills to offer the team, including supporting vulnerable people in the community, working with other organisations in both the public and voluntary sector, able to think creatively, be well-organised with a positive outlook, able to prioritise effectively and able to work calmly under pressure and to tight timescales. 

Good IT, communication and networking skills are essential as you will be working with multiple organisations, ability to speak another language, is preferred, but not essential.

You be based in Dereham, to help us support migrants in the west of Norfolk, with a possibility of providing some cover in the rest of the county of Norfolk. You will be required to work occasional evenings and weekends.

Duties include visiting people in their own homes and providing integration and resettlement support in community settings. Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this post.  You will need to be able to use Liquidlogic records and other national databases.

Experience of working with migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, people from other cultures and confidence around using interpreters is essential, as is a positive, creative and non-judgmental approach.  A working knowledge of social services and/or immigration is also desirable. 

To build meaningful relationships with the people we support, this role requires regular in-person work in both the office and community.

If you are committed to delivering excellent support and can evidence that you meet the requirements above, are a true team player with a “can do” approach, then we would welcome your application.

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 
• 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: 16 February 2026

All other applicants closing date: 22 February 2026

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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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