Personal Advisor Leaving Care Service Children in Care and Care Leavers Team

Are you passionate about making a lasting difference to the lives of care experienced young people?An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Staffordshire County Council's Children in Care and Care Leavers Service as a Personal Advisor in Lichfield, supporting young people aged 16-25 as they transition from care into independent adulthood.Based primarily from our Lichfield office, you will work closely with care leavers across the Lichfield and Cannock areas, providing practical support, guidance and challenge to help them achieve positive outcomes in education, employment, training, accommodation, health and emotional wellbeing.This is a blended working role, with time divided between the office, home working, and visiting young people and families.

The office remains an important base for collaboration, supervision, and peer support, while home working and community visits enable practitioners to deliver responsive, relationship-based support where it is most needed.