Residential Children’s Practitioner – Level 3 | 10659 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week (including on call and sleep in, evenings and weekends as required) | £34,434 to £36,363 per annum | Grade H | Heather Cottage Children’s Home, Norwich 

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, you must download a Norfolk County Council application form >> Here << and attach it to your online application.    

This is an exciting opportunity in Norfolk Residential Children’s Homes providing 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.

As a Level 3 Residential Children’s Practitioner, you will be expected to share specialist knowledge and experience in the induction of casual and new staff members. Provide supervision sessions and mentoring for team members within the home and be a positive role model for less experienced staff and providing feedback to management on opportunities and concerns.  You will also be expected to deputise for the management team when working as part of the manager on call rota.  The working week will be split between sleep in shifts and office days dependent on the needs of the home.

You will be joining a highly motivated and enthusiastic team who endeavour to make significant changes in young people’s lives.

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.  A background in residential care is desirable, previous work with young people is essential. A full driving licence is required for this post.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

To apply, you must download a Norfolk County Council application form >> Here << and attach it to your online application.  

For an informal discussion please contact Justina Self, Team Manager – 01362 654504 / justina.self@norfolk.gov.uk 

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:
  • ‘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 also 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: 10 June 2026 at 23:55

All other applicants closing date: 17 June 2026 at 23:55

Previous applicants need not apply.

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