Leaving Care Personal Advisor

Gloucestershire County Council; England; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading local authority as a Leaving Care Personal Advisor, helping young people transition into successful adulthood. This role offers a competitive salary, a supportive environment, and opportunities for career development within an award-winning workforce. Your work will directly impact the lives of care experienced young people in Gloucestershire.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

25.5 days annual leave increasing to 30.5

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

In-house Occupational Health service

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and young people.
• Familiarity with multi-agency assessments and intervention plans.
• Full driving licence and access to a car is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support care leavers in transitioning to independent living.
• Work with Social Workers for smooth transitions.
• Develop independence skills in young people.

Skills

Communication

Multi-agency collaboration

Youth support

Job description

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Leaving Care Personal Advisor
• Job Location: Gloucester
• Salary: £32,115 - £35,235 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37
• Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
• Closing Date: 18/06/2025
• Job Requisition Number: 8100
• This post is open to job share
  
  
  

We are currently recruiting for a Leaving Care Personal Advisor within our dedicated Leaving Care Service on a fixed term contract to cover maternity leave up until December 2025.

Reward and Support

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

• between £32,115 - £35,235 per annum subject to experience
• flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• 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
• an in-house Occupational Health service
• employee discount scheme
• cycle to work 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
  
  
  

Right child, right support, right time, every time

We are working together to support families and communities to give every child the best chance of a happy and rewarding life, especially those who need more help.

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.

Gloucestershire Children’s Services are improving. Our latest Ofsted inspection (February 2022) identified that:

‘Significant progress has been made in many areas of Gloucestershire’s children’s services… significant financial investment and the backing of political leaders, has led to improved services that are now more effective in meeting the needs of children and families’.

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 Personal Adviser and will work with a caseload of care experienced young people in developing plans and support to enable 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

We are looking for someone with experience of working with children, young people, families, and communities to deliver a wide range of interventions.

Experience of working with multi-agency assessments and plans is also a must.

A full driving licence and access to a car is essential.

For an information chat about these vacancies, please reach out to Dave Stewart at [e-mail]

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Leaving Care Personal Adviser

This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.