Personal Advisor

Devon County Council; Clyst St. George; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Free onsite parking

Learning and development opportunities

Employee Assistance services

Healthy work-life balance

Retail discounts

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Electric Vehicle scheme

Job summary

Devon County Council is looking for two enthusiastic Personal Advisors to join their Care Experienced team in South & West Devon. The successful candidates must establish trusting relationships with young people aged 16-25 years in care or leaving care.

They will provide essential social care support to enhance life chances, safety, education, and independence. The roles available include one permanent and one fixed-term position, both requiring 37 hours of work per week.

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working directly with young people, families, and carers.
• Knowledge of applicable legislation including the Children Act and the Children Leaving Care Act.
• A sound understanding of child and adolescent development.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality and effective social care support to young people.
• Manage and monitor a workload of cases as directed.
• Write timely reports for young people, including plans and risk assessments.

Skills

Experience with young people

Knowledge of legislation

Understanding child development

Conflict management

Excellent interpersonal skills

Flexible working approach

Full UK driving licence

Fluent English

Job description

We are seeking two dynamic and dedicated Personal Advisors to join our Care Experienced team in South & West Devon. The successful candidates must have a natural ability to develop trusting and supportive relationships with young people between the ages of 16-25 years who are living in care or leaving care. Personal Advisors provide high quality and effective social care support to young people and young adults to promote, support and improve their life chances, safety, accommodation needs, education and employment, finance and independence skills. You will be required to manage and monitor a workload of cases as directed and organise work activities, taking into account the need to prioritise tasks and responsibilities and ensure that statutory and service responsibilities are undertaken within timescales. You will also be responsible for writing timely reports for young people, including plans, risk assessments and referrals. Roles available: 1 x Permanent Personal Advisor. 1 x Fixed-Term Personal Advisor (2 years to cover internal secondment). Both roles are full-time - 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

• Previous experience of working directly with young people, families and carers, to identify needs alongside experience of implementing service plans on the basis of the assessed needs
• Knowledge of applicable legislation including the Children Act (1989), The Children Leaving Care Act (2000) and the Children and Social Work Act (2017)
• A sound understanding of child and adolescent development and the particular difficulties and disadvantages associated with transition to adulthood for children in care
• The ability to negotiate, challenge and manage conflict whilst exercising individual judgement. It is important that you can be empathetic and understanding, as well as persistent and tenacious.
• A non-judgemental and unbiased approach
• Excellent interpersonal skills for listening and offering practical, honest solutions to support and enable positive changes.
• A flexible approach to working hours. You will need to travel around the county and to other parts of the country when required, This is a fantastic opportunity to expand and further your career in Social Care. If you feel that you have the relevant experience, knowledge and skills necessary to make a real difference, we would love to hear from you., A suitable DBS check.
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Confidence and fluency in spoken English. Devon County Council is committed to creating an inclusive, safe and diverse workplace where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from people who share our commitment to Situated about a mile from the main town centre of Totnes, the South & West Care Experienced Team is based at Follaton House. For more information about Working for Devon please visit .

We offer some fantastic employee benefits, including:

• Generous annual leave, and the ability to purchase additional annual leave.
• Free onsite parking
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
• Employee Assistance and well-being services for the times you may need some support
• Promotion of a healthy work-life balance and
• options where possible
• A benefits platform that offers discounts at over 900 national & local high street retailers
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme