Overview
Leaving Care Personal Adviser – Fixed Term
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: Leaving Care Personal Adviser
- Job Location: Gloucester, Stroud
- Salary: £30,825 – £33,945 per annum
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Fixed Term
- Duration: 8 months or 18 months
- Closing Date: 19/05/2024
- Job Requisition Number: 8998
- This post is not open to job share
We are currently recruiting for 2 Leaving Care Personal Advisers on a fixed term basis:
1 x 18 months based in Gloucester
1 x 8 months based in Stroud
Please indicate your preference on your personal statement when applying.
Reward and support
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
- £30,825 – £33,945 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
- 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, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
- an in-house Occupational Health service
- employee discount scheme
- cycle to work scheme
- salary sacrifice green car scheme (T&Cs apply)
- 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 young people developing plans enabling 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.
How to apply
Please submit your application today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button. For an informal chat about this role, please email David.Stewart@gloucestershire.gov.uk.
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-
Leaving Care Personal Advisor Role Profile
This position is subject to a 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.
