Personal Advisor (Leaving Care)
Personal Advisor (Leaving Care)
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Job Description
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: Full time 37 hours
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is 32579 (Level one) rising to 35412 per annum pro rata for part-time
Location:Ground Floor Loxley House Station Street Nottingham NG2 3NG
Weve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity youve been looking for Read on to find out more
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme we strive to create an innovative inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
We have two full time post available.
As a Personal Advisor you will be working with young people who are leaving or have left care developing plans to help them transition successfully into will provide practical and emotional support giving high quality advice and guidance linking young people with more specialised support where appropriate; enabling them to develop independence skills for life.
Personal Advisors will have case-holding responsibility and support Children in Care and Care Leavers both within and outside of Nottingham City. A commitment to multiagency working to support the progress and safety young people is key to this role. You will be highly organised and a skilled communicator enabling you to build up effective working relationships with a variety of young people from different backgrounds.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Knowledge of Childcare legislation including Leaving Care and Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children.
- Commitment to child centred practice and understanding of child protection issues.
- Case holding experience.
- Able to record efficiently and to keep records up to date and produce concise literate assessments plans and reports.
- To understand issues of safeguarding for children young people and vulnerable adults.
- Possession of full driving licence access to a vehicle including access to internal pool cars for longer distances (utilising your own car and pool cars you will need business insurance) expectation and willingness to travel both inside and outside the City Council boundary as required.For utilising own car milage allowance is 45p per mile.
- Possession of full driving licence access to a vehicle (utilising your own car you will need business insurance) expectation and willingness to travel both inside and outside the City Council boundary as required.
You do not need any specific qualification to apply for this opportunity however you must have a caring nurturing compassionate nature with a willingness to give a 100% to the citizens across the city that need your dedication and care.
-A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
You can find the job description for this post here
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements depending on the role including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional informationfor applicants page.
For informal enquiriesplease contact Lynn Pearce Leaving Care Team Manager by telephone on or by email at
Closing Date: Sunday 14.09.25 at 23:59
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held:Friday 19.09.25
If you have any technical issues when completing your application please contact our Employee Service Centre: applying to this job you agree to ourTerms & Conditions.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Advisor
