Senior Social Worker – Norfolk Youth Justice Service | 10608 | Secondment Opportunity / Temporary Contract for Two Years | 37 hours per week | £43,822 to £48,227 per annum | Grade K | Norwich

Our Norfolk Youth Justice Service (YJS) is a statutory multi-agency partnership hosted within Norfolk County Council to prevent children and young people from offending whilst safeguarding their welfare, protecting the public and helping restore the damage caused to the victims of their crimes.

As a YJS Senior Social Worker you will hold a caseload of the most complex cases, utilising specialist skills to undertake work with children and families and deliver positive change.  You will lead in complex situations and provide professional support to staff through guidance, co-working, mentoring, and modelling authoritative practice. 

Line management is a requirement of this role while also supporting practice development within the team to improve and maintain professional standards and champion and promote the highest professional standards.  This role is based in the Out of Court Team and based in Norwich.

The post holder will be expected to work flexibly, with a clear expectation of evening, weekend, and bank holiday working on a rota basis to cover weekend and bank holiday court and statutory contact’s cover.

With a professional qualification in social work, you will have significant relevant experience of designing and implementing interventions intended to change behaviours and achieve positive outcomes. You will understand relevant criminal justice and childcare legislation and theories, including effective practice and restorative justice principles and will have managed a caseload of young people with emotional, behavioural, or offending concerns. 

This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the on-going growth of the YJS and partnership working and influence practice while maintaining a strong focus on quality, safeguarding and positive outcomes for children, working closely with colleagues across Children’s Services and partner agencies to ensure the YJS support children and families to flourish and thrive.

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.    

Please ensure you complete the application form and provide both a CV and a covering letter which explains how you meet all essential criteria specified in the job description, including whether you have a valid driving licence for use in the UK.

For more information about this role please contact Claire Howlett claire.howlett@norfolk.gov.uk , Sarah Brighten sarah.brighten@norfolk.gov.uk or Elayne Stewart-Dixon e.stewartdixon@norfolk.gov.uk .

At Norfolk County Council, we put work life balance at the forefront and offer flexible, smarter working arrangements, all underpinned by leading edge technology. This is a great opportunity to join our supportive team and make a real difference to children and young people to enable positive outcomes. 

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: 05 June 2026 at 23:55

All other applicants closing date: 14 June 2026 at 23:55

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