Personal Advisor

Our Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) Team sits within our Children in Care and Care Leavers service.

We provide practical support, advice and guidance to young people leaving our care, and work closely with Personal Advisor (PA) and Social Work colleagues to deliver high quality, trauma informed support that helps care experienced young people to be safe, achieve, and live well in their communities.

Our service is committed to positive outcomes and strong partnership working across Staffordshire.

This is a fixed term role for 12 months.

Main Responsibilities

You will:

• work alongside professionals across social care, accommodation and supported housing, welfare benefits, education and training providers, health, the Home Office and employability services on a day to day basis;
• hold a varied caseload of care experienced young people (typically 17-21, with some support up to 25), building trusted relationships and coordinating multi agency plans that promote independence;
• offer practical, consistent support across key life areas-education, training and employment; housing and tenancy readiness; health and wellbeing; finances and benefits; identity and immigration/asylum pathways-ensuring timely referrals and advocacy;
• contribute to robust, trauma informed planning and reviews, keeping clear, timely case records and using reflective supervision to continuously improve practice;
• work primarily from our Stafford base (Staffordshire Place 1) with regular travel across the county and, at times, beyond where our young people are placed. Our smart working culture supports flexibility to agree how and where work is best delivered.

The Ideal Candidate

You will:

• bring significant experience of working with children and/or young people;
• have excellent communication, cultural humility, and a solution focused approach;
• have the ability to collaborate confidently with a wide range of professionals and be skilled at balancing empathy with clear, practical action;
• have a working knowledge (or readiness to develop knowledge) of the Children Leaving Care Act 2000 and related regulations and guidance.

Additional language skills are welcomed.

For further information about this role please contact David Atherton at .

About the Recruitment Process

We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you'll bring to the role.

Equal Opportunities Statement

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities.

Guaranteed Interview

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer and a GoldAward Armed Forces employer, we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding

As a statutory authority, 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.