Personal Advisor

Staffordshire County Council; Taunton; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer

Gold Award Armed Forces employer

Guaranteed interview if criteria met

Job summary

Staffordshire County Council is seeking two full-time social care professionals to join the Children in Care and Care Leavers Team covering Stafford and South Staffs. The role supports care leavers aged 16-25 through education, training, housing and health pathways, empowering independence.

You will collaborate with housing, welfare benefits, social care and education colleagues to provide consistent, person-centred support. Interviews on 9 October will determine suitability.

Qualifications

• 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 Care Leavers.
• Knowledge of working with housing, welfare benefits, social care, health and education.

Responsibilities

• Engage in education, training and employment opportunities for care leavers.
• Acquire budgeting and key life skills.
• Secure and maintain accommodation and housing options.
• Help care leavers live a healthy lifestyle and access health services.

Skills

Experience with care leavers

Inter-agency collaboration

Education

NVQ Level 3 Caring for Children and Young People

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.

There are 2 x full time permanent positions available:

Monday - Friday (37 Hours)

For information, please note that there is currently an ongoing review within Children and Families to realign individual teams and the wider team's ways of working. As a result, this role may be affected by the review. For further information, please speak to the hiring manager.

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

The minimum criteria that will be used to shortlist for this role will be:

• 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 experience with Care Leavers.
• Knowledge of working with other agencies such as; housing, welfare benefits, social care, health and education.

Interviews will take place on Friday 9th October.

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 yourapplication 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.