Personal Advisor (Housing Specialist)

Role Responsibility

Role Responsibility

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!

An excellent opportunity has arisen for 2 dedicated and passionate individuals to join the Accommodation Team within KCC 18+ Care Leavers Service as a Personal Adviser (Housing Specialist).

The posts will be based in Worrall House (West Malling, Kent) and Thistley Hill (Dover) and will have the primary focus of preventing and addressing homelessness amongst Kent County Council’s Care Leaving cohort, including support for citizen and former ‘Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Child’ young people.

We are looking to recruit 2 innovative and committed individuals, who would be able to think on their feet and work to address the accommodation needs of young people as they present, working as a liaison between the young person, personal advisers, local housing authorities and wider community partners. 

The appointees will work to ensure that the young people are afforded every opportunity to meet their own housing needs, with support and guidance from the Housing Specialist, to effectively help plan the accommodation journey of the young person and to avoid the potential experience of homelessness, wherever possible.

The successful applicants will strive to meet the objectives of the KCC Homelessness Reduction Project and to support the overall aims of understanding of responsibilities involved in sustaining long term sustainable accommodation, which underpin the approach of the Accommodation Team within the 18+ Service.  

The ability to travel across the county in a timely and flexible manner at various times of the day is essential.

The successful candidates will receive quality monthly supervision, enjoy good support from peers and have access to a wide range of training opportunities.

These posts are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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.

Employee Benefits:

- A starting salary of £28,598 with performance related pay increases 

- Option to enrol in the Local Government Pension scheme, with KCC contributions totalling 21.3%

- 29 days paid annual leave per year (rising to 30 after 5 years' service) + bank holidays

- 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.

- Access to a wide range of training opportunities via our Delta platform

- On the job training and support and regular supervision with your line manager 

Contact Details

Please contact Seb Blythe on 03000 422918 or email sebastian.blythe@kent.gov.uk

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.