Personal Advisor - Stafford, United Kingdom - Staffordshire County Council

Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire County Council
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Stafford, United Kingdom

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The Children in Care and Care Leaver service consists of a team of social workers and personal advisors (PA) across Stafford and South Staffordshire.

The PA role will be responsible for providing practical support advice and guidance to young people leaving our care.


This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside professionals from a range of disciplines including, social workers, personal advisors, accommodation providers, housing, welfare benefits, mental health professionals, substance misuse services and foundations to employment.


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.


Applicants must have significant experience of working with children / young people and be flexible, have good communication skills and an ability to work collaboratively with other professionals, be solution focused to achieve best outcomes for our young people.

Interviews will take place 20 and 21 December.

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 a range of benefits.


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.

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