Senior Personal Advisor

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Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours (1 Post)

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £39,513 (Level one) rising to £42,708 'pro rata for part-time'

Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG.

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more...

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of care-experienced young people? As a Senior Personal Advisor in our Leaving Care Service, you will play a key role in empowering young people to achieve their aspirations and successfully transition to adulthood.

In this role, you will bring extensive knowledge of the challenges faced by care-experienced young people and work closely with Team Managers to drive excellence in service delivery. Your strong organisational skills, effective communication, and experience in multi-agency collaboration will enable you to provide high-quality support and guidance.

With a deep understanding of safeguarding vulnerable individuals, you will support colleagues by offering expert advice and promoting best practices to ensure young people's safety and wellbeing. Your experience in delivering lead work areas and managing projects will be invaluable in developing innovative solutions and improving outcomes.

If you're committed to delivering an outstanding service and have the skills and experience to inspire and support both young people and colleagues, we'd love to hear from you.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• A relevant professional qualification (e.g., in social work, youth work, or a related field) or significant equivalent experience working with care-experienced young people.
• Proven experience of case supervision, supporting, and mentoring colleagues to safeguard and improve outcomes for care-experienced young people, delivering lead work areas or managing projects that improve outcomes for young people, along with a strong track record in multi-agency collaboration and service improvement.
• A comprehensive understanding of the challenges faced by care-experienced young people, statutory responsibilities in leaving care services, and safeguarding principles to ensure the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable individuals.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills, with the ability to provide expert advice, inspire colleagues, and confidently navigate complex situations to deliver high-quality support and guidance.

- This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, is an essential requirement for the role.

- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

- The role requires hybrid working however requires you to participate in an office based duty rota.

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Sameer Patel, Team Manager by telephone on 0115 8761333 or by email at sameer.patel@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.

Closing Date: Sunday 26th January (23:59)

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: Thursday 6th February 2025.

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About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.