Senior Careers Support and Guidance Advisor

**Salary**

£35,235- £37,938 per annum

**Contractual hours**

37

**Basis**

Full time

**Region**

Warwick

**Package**

Full Time, permeant

**Job category/type**

Education - Non-School Based, Social Care, Youth Work

**Date posted**

02/01/2025

**Job reference**

RA0006491

Are you a passionate about young people looking for a rewarding role where you can truly make a difference?

Do you have a genuine interest in working with care experienced young people helping them build brighter futures?

If so, we would love to hear from you

**About the Role and the Team**:
As a senior Careers and Guidance Advisor in our team, you will play a pivotal role in the education, employment and training needs of our Care Experienced Young People. This is a unique opportunity to empower vulnerable young people, providing them with the care and guidance they need to thrive, whilst supporting them with future opportunities which would help them build on them independence.

As a restorative practice local authority, we have a high support high challenge environment and a commitment to delivering an excellent service to our Care Experienced young people.

The role involves:

- Supporting young people in gaining EET roles.
- Running 3 careers drop ins a week with the support of the Careers and Guidance Advisors.
- Preparing reports for Senior Leadership in relation to our EET figures.
- Working with Personal Advisors to create pathway plans tailored to Young Peoples, immigration, education, health, employment, housing, cultural, and personal needs.
- Regular 1-1s with the Career and Guidance Advisors

Now is an exciting time to be a part of our team as Warwickshire has been chosen as one of the seven areas to deliver the **Families First for Children Pathfinder Programme**. Join us to help shape and influence the future of children's social care together. Find out why we are good Ofsted.

Our Offer to you includes:

- Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
- Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
- A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
- We also offer a Refer a Friend package if you're talking about a return to us with an ex colleague/friend.

**Key Requirements**:

- Qualified - Level 6 in Careers Guidance / or work history equivalent.
- Passionate about supporting vulnerable children and young people.
- Culturally aware, empathetic, and sensitive to the unique needs of care experienced and asylum-seeking children.
- Able to build trusting relationships with young people and advocate effectively on their behalf.

**Working for Warwickshire -**_This is the difference you make:_**

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage - Warwickshire Pension Fund.

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below;

Senior Careers Support and Guidance Advisor

**Additional Information**:
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

To discuss the role please contact Leanne McCormack

**Closing Date: 23rd January 2025**

**Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce.