Senior Social Worker

CEMP; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

An organization in social care is offering a 6-month secondment position for a Senior Social Worker in Norwich. The role involves joining the Kinship Assessment Team focused on evaluating family members to become foster carers and ensuring children's best interests through assessments. Strong organizational skills and experience in safeguarding are required. The role includes travel across Norfolk. Competitive salary and benefits package offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and Wellbeing services

Flexible working opportunities

Employee discounts programme

Qualifications

• Must have experience writing assessments within a safeguarding context.
• Knowledge and experience in care proceedings is essential.
• Ability to travel across Norfolk and out of county as needed.

Responsibilities

• Join the Kinship Assessment Team for a 6-month secondment.
• Conduct initial viability assessments and fostering assessments.
• Work with kinship carers to secure family placements for children.

Skills

Planning and organisation

Flexibility

Experience in safeguarding assessments

Job description

Senior Social Worker | 9494 | Secondment Opportunity for 6 Months | 37 hours per week | £43,822 to £48,227 per annum | Grade K | County Hall / Countywide

We are pleased to announce an opportunity for a 6-month secondment, starting as soon as possible, for a Senior Social Worker to join the Kinship Assessment Team.

We are a countywide team specialising in assessing family members and connected people to become foster carers and/or Special Guardians for children who cant live with their parents. We work closely with frontline teams, NPLaw and the Norfolk Fostering Service to undertake initial viability assessments and Special Guardianship and connected persons fostering assessments to provide recommendations to the Court and Fostering Panel.

We are a busy team, so it is essential that applicants have strength in planning their work and personal organisation, applicants need to be flexible and have the ability to travel all across Norfolk and out of county where this is required. The majority of our work comes from the Court, so experience of writing assessments within a safeguarding context and knowledge and experience in care proceedings is essential.

The work we undertake is unique and an integral part of care planning for children, we work in a creative and supportive way with kinship carers to secure family placements for children where this is safe and in their best interests.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

We welcome any further enquiries about this opportunity, for an informal chat about this role please contact Debra Bennetts (Team Manager- Kinship Assessment).

Please ensure that you have Head of Service agreement to apply for the secondment position before you apply.

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.

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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: 15 December 2025 at 23:55

All other applicants closing date: 05 January 2026 at 23:55