Personal Advisor (Leaving Care)

Telford & Wrekin Council; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority dedicated to youth support is seeking a passionate Personal Advisor in Telford. In this rewarding role, you will provide dedicated support to care leavers aged up to 25, helping them transition to independence. You will build strong relationships, offer practical advice, and coordinate services to ensure positive outcomes. The ideal candidate will be committed to making a difference in young lives with excellent communication and listening skills.

Benefits

Competitive rates of pay

Local Government Pension Scheme

Flexible working hours

Generous leave entitlement

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Ability to build trusting relationships with care leavers.
• Passion for making a difference in young people's lives.
• Experience in support roles or similar environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide dedicated support to care leavers up to 25 years old.
• Help navigate the transition to independence.
• Coordinate services to ensure young people thrive.

Skills

Understanding of individual needs

Communication skills

Listening skills

Ability to practice care and kindness

Job description

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people leaving care? As a Personal Advisor, you’ll provide dedicated support to care leavers up to the age of 25, helping them navigate the transition to independence. You’ll build strong, trusting relationships, offer practical advice, and coordinate services to ensure each young person has the tools and confidence to thrive. This is a rewarding role where you’ll champion their voice, promote positive outcomes, and work collaboratively with families and professionals to create lasting change.

There has never been a more exciting time to join our service: alongside making a difference to the lives of individuals and families, we have adopted exciting new strengths-based approaches and are passionate about delivering continuous service improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Understanding that there are layers to a person, a practitioner’s ability to see the person as a 'whole'
• The ability to practice care and kindness
• Being able to really listen to children and young people - what are their views, hopes, aspirations and worries?
• The ability to communicate well

Outstanding Services

Here at Telford and Wrekin Council, we have been judged to be outstanding overall in terms of effectiveness (the only Authority in the West Midlands with this judgement) for the second time! Here’s just some of the great things Ofsted had to say when they visited us in April 2024:

• Children and families in Telford and Wrekin continue to experience exceptional social work practice when they are in care and as care leavers.
• Participation is a real strength and children’ and families’ involvement is threaded throughout service developments.
• Social workers know their children well and have developed effective relationships with parents.
• The virtual school is a significant strength in Telford and Wrekin.
• Care leavers benefit from an extremely comprehensive and generous local offer.
• Corporate parenting is a strength in Telford and Wrekin.
• The stability of the experienced workforce creates the perfect environment to benefit children and care leavers. As a result, social workers maintain relationships with children who know them over many years, which contributes to children’ feeling of belonging.
• Staff enjoy working in an environment where senior leaders are visible, and they feel valued.

Benefits and Rewards

We value our employees and offer staff rewards and plenty of opportunities for personal development and career progression including:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Automatic access to a secure, flexible and tax efficient Local Government Pension Scheme
• Staff benefits and discounts including salary sacrifice schemes
• Free on-site parking
• Generous leave entitlement (24 days rising to 32 days) plus 8 bank holidays and an additional concessionary day
• Free access to our employee assistance programme and confidential counselling
• Flexible and mobile working policy - we are well adapted to a hybrid model of working which includes a combination of time spent in the office and at home - our approach is to promote greater level of flexible working around personal and family commitments
• Private lettings are available from 'Nuplace' who give priority to social work professional