Senior Social Worker

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 work with children and families and deliver positive change.
• Lead in complex situations and provide professional support to staff through guidance, co‑working, mentoring, and modelling authoritative practice.
• Line manage and support practice development within the team to improve and maintain professional standards and champion the highest professional standards.
• Work flexibly, with a clear expectation of evenings, weekends, and bank holiday coverage on a rota basis.

• Professional qualification in social work.
• Significant relevant experience in designing and implementing interventions that change behaviours and achieve positive outcomes.
• Knowledge of criminal justice and childcare legislation, theories, effective practice, and restorative justice principles.
• Experience managing a caseload of young people with emotional, behavioural, or offending concerns.

• 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, an employee discount programme that helps you save money on groceries, clothes, holidays, new technology, gym membership, cinema, and day‑out activities.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers.
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable).
  • An advance on 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.
  • 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.

For more information about this role, please contact Claire Howlett (c), Sarah Brighten (s), or Elayne Stewart‑Dixon (e).

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.

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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