Personal Advisor

**Contract Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: Grade G. Scale 23 - £32,076 to Scale 28 - £36,648

**Hours per Week**: 36

**Base Location**: Ashton Old Library, Old Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 7SG

**Assessment Date**: To be arranged

**The Role**

In the Leaving Care team, you will play an important part in our continuing commitment to achieve the best possible outcomes for all our care experience young people.

You will have the opportunity to lead the Pathway Planning process and support our children and young people to aim higher and to achieve their aspirations.

**About You**

With excellent knowledge and understanding of the duties placed on the Local Authority for care experience young people, you will have a comprehensive understanding of pathway planning processes and partnership working in supporting young people to make successful transition to adult life.

You will have the knowledge and understanding in delivering high quality support, advice and guidance in line with the corporate parenting principles, the Children Act 1989, Volume 3 and the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000.

**Why Work For Us?**

We recognise that our staff are our most important resource and asset. You will receive regular supervision and work in a supportive culture where we are ambitious about delivering effective social work practice and supporting you to be the very best you can be.

In Tameside we like to look after our employees and also offer a fantastic range of employee rewards and benefits, including:

- Minimum of 28 days (plus bank holidays) leave each year, with the option to buy additional leave
- Health and wellbeing support
- Salary sacrifice schemes
- Family friendly policies, including maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Discounts at local shops, health & fitness clubs, restaurants and much more

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English in the person specification.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

**Reference Number: DPT355