Leaving Care Personal Adviser

Gloucestershire County Council; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

LGPS

EAP

Annual leave 25.5 days

Cycle to Work

Green Car Scheme

Job summary

Gloucestershire County Council is seeking a Leaving Care Personal Adviser to join the Leaving Care team in Gloucester, Stroud and Cheltenham. You will manage a caseload of care leavers, helping them develop independent living skills and transition into adulthood, with close collaboration with Social Workers.

The role offers a permanent contract, 37 hours per week, with a salary of £33,143 to £36,363 per annum and a comprehensive rewards package including LGPS, EAP, and generous annual leave.

Qualifications

• Full driving licence and willingness to drive.
• DBS clearance (Enhanced Adults and Children’s).

Responsibilities

• Work with a caseload of young people to develop transition plans.
• Work alongside Social Workers to support smooth leaving care transitions.
• Provide practical and emotional support to care leavers.
• Lead group work sessions and involve young people in service design.

Job description

Leaving Care Personal Adviser

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 6

• Salary: £33,143 - £36,363 per annum

• Hours per Week: 37.00

• Contract Type: Permanent

• Closing Date: 13/09/2026

• Job Requisition Number: 14806

• This post is open to job share

We are currently recruiting for permanent Leaving Care Personal Advisers to join our dedicated teams in Gloucester, Stroud and Cheltenham. We also have a 12 month fixed term position based in Gloucester.

Reward and Support

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• between £33,143 - £36,363 per annum subject to experience (pro rata for part-time staff)

  pay award pending at 3.3% salary will increase to £34,237- £37,563 per annum/pro rata for part time

• flexible and agile working opportunities

• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service (pro rata for part-time staff)

• option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)

• family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family

• supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision

• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

• access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone

• an in-house Occupational Health service

• employee discount scheme

• links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network

• career development and qualification opportunities

• access to our Social Work Academy

• Cycle to Work scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)

• Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)

Right child, right support, right time, every time

In our recent inspection in June 2025, our Children’s Services have been officially judged as‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ elements.

Ofsted also said ‘Leaders have set out a clear vision for delivering success for children, by modelling values and creating a culture where the workforce, children and families feel valued and heard; risk is managed confidently with bottom lines clearly set out.’

This marks an important step in our journey to improve outcomes for our children and young people, and we remain focused on our mission: to continue building on this success and ensure that every child and young person in our county has the opportunity to thrive.

Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce.

We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to be part of an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.

About the team

We are currently recruiting for a Leaving Care Personal Advisers to join our dedicated Leaving Care team in Gloucester, Stroud and Cheltenham.

Right child, right support, right time, every time

In our recent inspection in June 2025, our Children’s Services have been officially judged as‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ elements.

Ofsted also said ‘Leaders have set out a clear vision for delivering success for children, by modelling values and creating a culture where the workforce, children and families feel valued and heard; risk is managed confidently with bottom lines clearly set out.’

This marks an important step in our journey to improve outcomes for our children and young people, and we remain focused on our mission: to continue building on this success and ensure that every child and young person in our county has the opportunity to thrive.

Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce.

We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to be part of an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.

About the role

You will join us as a Leaving Care Worker (Personal Adviser) and will work with a caseload of young people developing plans enabling young people to transition into adulthood.

You will be expected to work alongside Social Workers to ensure a smooth and supported transition when they come to leave care. Your core focus will be to work with young people, enabling them to develop independence skills. You will provide care leavers with practical and emotional support.

You will be committed to working in a multi-agency manner, thus providing quality services and outcomes for young people, as they transition into adulthood and independent living. You will be a skilled communicator enabling you to build up effective working relationships with a variety of young people from different backgrounds. The role may also at times involve supporting and leading group work sessions and encouraging and developing the participation of young people in shaping the services we deliver.

About you

As well as your experience,there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:

• a full driving licence and willingness to drive

• DBS clearance (Enhanced Adults and Children’s)

We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Interviews are due to take place in person at Shire Hall, Gloucester on 29th and 30th September2026

If you would like to find out more about our Children's Service please take a look here: Children's Social Care Careers | Careers hub