Personal Advisor

Do you have a passion for working with children, or young people and their families?  

We have an exciting opportunity for 2 people to join our Care Leavers team here in Halton!

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’. 

Our Team and Your Contributions:

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established group as a Personal Advisor within a busy and highly motivated team.

As a Personal Advisor, you will be responsible for assessing and supporting Care Leavers post 18 and supporting them alongside their social worker. You will build working relationships with the young people in order to support them as they transition into adulthood.

Within the Personal Advisor role, you will be responsible for managing your own diary around the needs of the young people you work with. You will support young people to navigate health services, education provision and housing services to name but a few. This will include chairing meetings, devising Pathway Plans, attending appointments with young people and working with partner agencies.

The role will involve regular travel across the borough and sometimes further afield. Therefore, the post holder must have a driving licence and access to a vehicle. Where necessary, reasonable adjustments will be made in accordance with the Equality Act.

To apply for this post you must also have experience of working with children and young people and ideally have experience of working with children in care and care leavers.

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service
• Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme
• Comprehensive training and investment in your personal development
• Free Car Parking at HBC sites
• Flexible working arrangements
• Car leasing schemes

 

Next Steps:

At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Emma Wright via telephone on 0151 511 8850 or via email at Emma.Wright@halton.gov.uk.

Interviews are expected take place week commencing 24/02/2025.

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application!