Personal Advisor

About the role
Are you passionate about providing guidance and practical assistance, and advocating for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people? Do you want to be involved in empowering them to achieve their goals, navigating the challenges of adulthood, while supporting them with Triple Planning options for them in relation to their immigration?

We’re looking for Personal Advisors to join us in our new Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) team

Working alongside Social Workers, you’ll be leading on all aspects of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people’s experiences from the point that they come to Cambridgeshire. Recognising the trauma, challenges, and loss our children and young people have been through, whilst being able to undertake holistic assessments of their needs (including age assessments where necessary) and support them through the immigration system, whilst also being ambitious for their future.

Based in Scott House, Huntingdon, no two days are the same and we have fantastic ambitions for this new team within the Children in Care service.

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.

We expect interviews to be held at New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald, week commencing the 10th of June.

What will you be doing?
As a Personal Advisor, your day to day tasks will include

Undertaking comprehensive assessments of needs, strengths and goals, and developing personalised Pathway Plans in collaboration with the young person and their network. Including a focus on housing, education and employment and emotional well-being, that include, where appropriate Triple Planning. As well as monitoring progress towards goals, undertaking reviews, and adjusting Pathway Plans as needed to reflect changing circumstances.

Providing one-to-one support and advocacy to ensure young people have access to the right support at the right time, and enabling young people to access opportunities including recreational, developing hobbies and creating friendships.

Facilitating group workshops and activities to promote social inclusion and personal development, and supporting young people through the immigration system, their rights and entitlements and options that they have as immigration decisions are made.

You’ll also need to maintain accurate records and documentation, and provide duty support on a rota basis.

About you
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:

- Have an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent relevant A-Level qualifications
- Be able to demonstrate a good understanding of the specific issues faced by unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people who have experienced care, as well as the specific needs related to them
- Have strong communication skills, interpersonal and advocacy skills and be able to present information in different formats, as is suitable for the audience
- Have the ability to work collaboratively to achieve improved outcomes
- Have knowledge of the relevant legislation and policies that relate to care leavers
- Have the ability to work from a variety of locations and travel countywide, and out of county, independently

For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification.

About us

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

- **Flexible and creative **working arrangements
- **Flexible **Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive **wellbeing package**:

- Our Cambs Rewards **employee discounts**:

- A comprehensive **pension scheme**:

- IDEAL staff **equality, diversity and inclusion** network
- CamWeb - our staff intranet helping **keep you informed**:

- An **employee recognition** scheme
- We offer a **generous mileage allow