Practice Coordinator - Dereham (Temporary Bank) 6044

Temporary Practice Coordinator I Approx. 3 month assignment to 30 August 2024 I £12.18 per hour (Scale D) | 37 hours per week (Monday to Friday) I Based at Elizabeth House, Dereham

***Please be aware that the Children’s services department are currently going through a restructure and this temporary role is pending the outcome of decisions being made regarding the revised structure for Children’s Services new social care delivery model and as such the temporary post holder will not be in scope and have no rights to this post within this process.

The Childrens Services Department have ambitious plans to shape how we work with families, placing practitioners and relationship-based practice at the heart of what we do. Our practice coordination support is integral to the success of these plans.

Through Vital Signs, our vision for Children in Norfolk is to work with whole family networks and across the whole system to support families to build on their strengths and to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Do you have excellent administration skills and looking for a role where you can integrate yourself within a frontline social care team?

Our Practice Coordinators provide direct support and assistance to operational social care teams including social care practitioners, enabling them to have more time to undertake direct work with children, young people, and families.

You will be the point of contact for both internal and external customers, you will need excellent interpersonal skills. You should be confident in undertaking a range of duties with a practice focus, including the production of documents, populating spreadsheets and databases, organising and minuting meetings. As well as associated administrative tasks, finance tasks and other duties required to support the frontline practitioners.

If you are committed to delivering first class levels of support to operational teams, want to make a difference to the lives of children and young people, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

All our roles require flexible working, as part of our Smarter Working plans and to support the health and safety of all our colleagues. Whilst working remotely will be a key feature of this role, office-based working will be determined by the needs of the business (usually 1-2 days per week). Our technology platform and equipment are first class enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

For an informal discussion regarding this vacancy, please contact Mary Holmes - Locality Business Manager on 07881 811797.

Before you apply see the full job description and person specification in the Job Role Profile Link below – this will help you shape your application to demonstrate how you meet the criteria for the role.

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You can also find out about the reward and benefits we offer as well as our other terms and conditions.

Please quote job reference: 6044

Closing date: Sunday 9 June 2024 23:59

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

Please note that, due to the urgency of this requirement, we will be assessing applications as soon as they are received and may therefore need to close the advert sooner than the closing date.