Personal Advisor

Staffordshire County Council; England; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in England seeks a dedicated professional to join their Children in Care and Care Leavers Team. This role focuses on supporting care leavers aged 16 – 25, facilitating their transition to adult life through education, training, and essential life skills. Applicants should possess an NVQ Level 3 in Caring for Children and Young People or equivalent and have relevant experience working with young adults. This fixed-term position lasts for 9 months, offering a chance to make a real impact in the community.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Access to employee benefits

Equal opportunity employer

Qualifications

• Passionate about ensuring positive opportunities for care leavers.
• Understanding of community and leisure services available.
• Ability to support young adults in developing life skills.

Responsibilities

• Engage care leavers in education, training, and employment.
• Help acquire budgeting and key life skills.
• Support to secure and maintain accommodation.

Skills

Experience working with teenagers/young adults

Knowledge of working with housing and welfare benefits

Experience with Care Leavers

Education

NVQ Level 3 Caring for Children and Young People

Health and Social Care Level 3

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Children in Care and Care Leavers Team covering Stafford and South Staffs, supporting care leavers aged 16 – 25 years old.

Our dedicated leaving care service includes Social Workers and Personal Advisors who provide vital support and advice to our Care Leavers during their transition from living in care to adult life.

You’ll work alongside other professionals from a range of disciplines including, social workers, accommodation providers, housing, welfare benefits, mental health professionals, substance misuse services and employment support.

Through these multiple relationships you will help prepare young adults to ensure they are supported within their journey to independence. Working within the corporate parenting principles you will empower young adults to develop skills to prepare them for their futures.

This is a fixed term post for 9 months.

Main Responsibilities

You’ll be passionate about ensuring this cohort of care leavers are offered the best opportunities possible to:

• Engage in education, training and employment opportunities
• Acquire budgeting and key life skills
• Secure and maintain their accommodation and housing options
• Live a healthy lifestyle and access all health services they require
• Make good and positive use of community and leisure services
• Promote their family and friendship links
• Be aware of their responsibilities as citizens

The Ideal Candidate

You’ll have:

• NVQ Level 3 Caring for Children and Young People or equivalent such as; Health and Social Care Level 3.
• experience of working with teenagers/young adults or 1 year experience with Care Leavers.
• knowledge of working with other agencies such as; housing, welfare benefits, social care, health and education.

Don't feel you meet the requirement? We value transferable skills, experiences and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Rebecca Metcalfe on [e-mail]

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 3rd February.

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.