Residential Children's Practitioner - Level 3

Residential Children’s Practitioner – Level 3

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

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 and 17 years when family, foster care, mainstream residential or other community‑based placements are not possible or desirable at the time.

• Share specialist knowledge and experience in the induction of casual and new staff members.
• Provide supervision sessions and mentorship for team members within the home.
• Act as a positive role model for less experienced staff and provide feedback to management on opportunities and concerns.
• Deputize for the management team when working as part of the manager on‑call rota.
• Work a split week between sleep‑in shifts and office days, depending on the needs of the home.

• Commitment to making a difference in the lives of young people.
• Reliable, with strong personal relationship and communication skills and high professional standards.
• Background in residential care desirable; previous work with young people essential.
• Full driving licence required.

• Competitive salary.
• Generous holiday entitlement.
• Health and wellbeing services, including fast‑track physiotherapy and a free counselling service.
• Flexible working opportunities: flexi‑time, part‑time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • Norfolk Rewards – employee discounts on groceries, clothes, holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers.
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable).
  • Advance of 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 a tax‑efficient car lease scheme for greener travel, enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra‑low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility).
  • Payment if you refer someone you know to a hard‑to‑fill job.