Night Residential Children’s Practitioner Level 1 (7497)

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Part time
Location: Kings Lynn
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Job offered by: Norfolk County Council
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2 posts | permanent contracts | part-time 27.5 hours per week | £19,015 to £20,267 per annum (Grade E) | King’s Lynn Residential Children's Practitioner Level 1 - Nights Marshfields is a Short Break Residential Unit based in West Lynn providing short breaks for children with disabilities and/or complex health needs, aged 5 to 17 years.

We are looking to recruit two Residential Children's Practitioners to undertake waking nights to join our stable and experienced team to provide a fun, positive environment. Ideally, you will be a suitably skilled and/or experienced individual and have knowledge of working with children with a diverse range of individual needs. However, we welcome applicants who are caring and demonstrate that they are motivated to work with children to improve and support them to reach their full potential.

Some of the young people who access Marshfields for short-term breaks may have complex health needs that include gastrostomy feeds, complex epilepsy, and complex medication regimes and may require re-positioning during the day and night. Some children may present behavior that is challenging. A comprehensive induction process will include full training, and we pride ourselves on developing our staff team. To apply, please download an

application form

and attach it to your online application instead of your CV. Before you apply , we recommend reading the full

Job Description and Person Specification

to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria we are looking for. These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council: Competitive salary Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave 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 discount 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. A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard-to-fill job. Tax-efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes, and electric cars.

You can find information on our

Terms and Conditions

here. Already a Norfolk County Council employee?

please apply using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email. Closing date for redeployees to receive priority consideration: 22 January 2025 Closing date: 29 January 2025

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