Job Advertisement titleLeaving Care Personal Advisor

Job number LBC03545
Contract Type: Fixed Term / Secondment
Posting End Date: 18 March 2025
Job Area: Children's Social Care

About The Job
Salary: £32,115 - £35,235 a year pro rata
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Fixed Term 12 months

This position is available as a secondment opportunity. If you are a permanent LBC employee, you must have written approval (an email will suffice) from your manager prior to applying and a copy will need to be submitted with your application. Please note: we will not be able to proceed with your application form without your manager’s permission.

We have an exciting opportunity within our Children Services division where you'll provide a leaving care statutory service to young people not currently looked After by the Children’s as well those over 15 year old's who are in care.

Your core focus will be to work with young people, enabling them to develop independence skills, and work closely with partner agencies to support them into education, employment, and training.

An important part of this role will be working with partner agencies to support them secure and maintain accommodation.

Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.

About You
To be successful in this role you will have the ability to communicate clearly and appropriately with young people, colleagues, and staff in other agencies.

You’ll have the ability to maintain accurate records and co-ordinate effective support for young people.

It’s important that you have the ability to write comprehensive reports and assessments.

You must have a demonstrated understanding of the legislation relating to Care Leavers and their entitlement to service.

This is a public-facing role so you’ll need to show off your fluency in speaking and writing English.

About Us
Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision – that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty – is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed, and passionate about serving our residents.

The people of Luton depend heavily on this council – and that means our workforce! Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?

Application Process
Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However, in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.

Benefits
We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:

• From 25 to 32 days’ annual leave: linked to length of service and grade
• Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
• Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
• Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant
• Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility)
• Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
• Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns
• Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support, and clear career pathways
• Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants, and salons
• Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel

How to apply
We understand that job applications take time and effort, but a high-quality application shows that you are professional with a good attention to detail. The recruiting manager may receive a number of applications for each job advertised so you want yours to stand out!

Our ‘How to apply' page has more tips to help with your application: How to apply

Available documents
Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.

• download: Leaving Care Personal Advisor - JD&PS.pdf
• download: Luton_Values_Flyer.pdf