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Personal Adviser

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Role Responsibility

Personal Adviser Job Advert – Maternity cover for up to 1 year from August 2023

Location – Worrall House, West Malling

Do you have what it takes to build positive and beneficial relationships with young individuals?

Would you like to improve the outcomes for care experienced young people?

Would you like to support young people to build bright and stable futures for themselves?

Would you like to spend every day at work knowing that you have made a difference in the lives of young people?

If yes, we have the perfect role for you!

The 18+ Care Leavers Service is a growing service that provides support to the Local Authorities care experienced young people. Kent County Council is a large authority and so this service is based at two sites at either end of the county, at Thistley Hill in Dover and Worrall House in West Malling.

We require a Personal Adviser, to cover maternity leave for one of our teams based at Worrall House in West Malling, to work with both Citizen and Asylum-Seeking Care experienced young people up to the age of 25. You will be the first point of contact for a specific number of young people, with responsibility for providing flexible support, assistance, and advice when they are preparing and planning to leave care, and throughout their transition to adulthood.

You will need to encourage and support the young adults to actively participate and develop a robust and detailed Pathway Plan that will enable them to move successfully into adulthood and independent living and helps them achieve their goals. The post embodies the Local Authorities commitment to Care experienced young people to act as their corporate parent to help them reach their potential.

Our care experienced young people come from a diverse range of backgrounds, so you’ll need to be flexible with your time and imaginative in your approach to help them achieve the best possible outcomes. You’ll need to be very organised and capable of balancing priorities, including the need to carefully record your work and provide good planning which reflects the aspirations of the young people you’ll be supporting. You’ll need to build close working relationships with colleagues in other agencies as part of a wider network and advocate on behalf of the young people to ensure their needs are met. The Service was rated as “Outstanding” at its last Ofsted inspection and is continually looking at ways to improve further.

You will be well supported with regular 1:1 supervision, training, team practice and reflections meetings and working alongside colleagues who are passionate about what they do.  

Being able to work flexibly is a requirement of the role, on some occasions you may need to work past your contracted hours to meet the needs of our care experienced young people. Overtime is not paid; however, you will receive your time back in lieu.

This could be offered as a Secondment opportunity.

  • Option to enrol in the Local Government Pension scheme when applicable
  • 27 days paid annual leave per year
  • Hybrid working to support your work life balance
  • Staff discounts on a range of leisure products and services through our Kent Rewards programme
  • Access to a range of KCC staff groups providing support and development opportunities to staff across our diverse workforce
  • On the job training and regular supervision with your line manager

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Interviews will be held on the 29th June 2023

Contact Details

For more information about the role or if you have any specific questions, please contact Gatlin Johnson Team Manager on 03000 412342

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.

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