Personal Advisor - Leaving Care Team

Do you want to be part of a team that actively encourages and celebrates young people's aspirations? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join our Leaving Care Service as a full-time, permanent Personal Advisor at Scott House in Huntingdon.

In this rewarding role, you will provide guidance, advice, and practical support to our Care Leavers, helping them prepare for independent living and supporting them to pursue their ambitions and achieve their goals.

Working within a Pathway Planning framework, you will support care-experienced young people-primarily aged 18-25-as they transition into adulthood. You will collaborate closely with a wide range of professionals and partners involved in a young person's life, ensuring a joined-up, holistic approach that places the young person at the centre of everything you do.

No two days will be the same. As a Personal Advisor, you will experience a varied and dynamic role, offering continual learning and development opportunities. You will build strong, trusted relationships with young people through consistency, reliability, and respect-meeting them where they are and remaining focused on achieving positive, sustainable outcomes.

Now is a great time to join Cambridgeshire County Council as we develop a new model of practice focussed on relationships and being aspirational for children in our care in terms of their homes, relationships with their families and educational opportunities. We commit to embedding the Council ambitions for a greener, fairer and more caring Cambridgeshire.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage

• A comprehensive
  wellbeing package to cover
  all aspects of wellbeing
  , both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays
  flexibly to better suit
  your personal circumstances
• Make
  Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to
  development opportunities
  , apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support
  your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a
  positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to
  Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff
  equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive
  Employee Recognition Awards
• An
  Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online
  discounts as well as our
  Car Lease and
  Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

As a Personal Advisor, you will play a vital role in empowering young people as they move towards independence. You will assess their needs, co-create meaningful Pathway Plans, and walk alongside our Care Leavers as a trusted, consistent professional in their lives.

Working in partnership with families, friends, and professionals across education, housing, and health, you will champion each young person's ambitions and help remove barriers to success. You will maintain regular, purposeful contact, ensuring young people can fully access our local offer for Care Leavers. Alongside this, you will keep clear, accurate, and timely records and contribute to our duty support service as part of a committed Personal Advisor team.

We're looking for confident and dynamic individuals who enjoy making a difference in their local community, are curious and spot things that others might not see, enjoys building relationships and likes to explore possibilities.

You must:

• Hold a minimum of an NVQ level 3 qualification or equivalent in a relevant work area.
• Commit to working with young people from diverse backgrounds, who have diverse needs, promoting good outcomes for all our care leavers.
• Possess excellent organisational skills, strong personal resilience, and a…