Personal Advisor

Personal Advisor in Bexleyheath - Corporate Council Website Skip to main content Home Vacancies About Us Log in Log in to your account Login with Facebook Login with Google Login with LinkedIn Or Email Address: Email Address is a required field Password: Password is a required field Remember username * Required Forgot Password? Saved Jobs Saved Jobs Log in Log in to your account Login with Facebook Login with Google Login with LinkedIn Or Email Address: Email Address is a required field Password: Password is a required field Remember username * Required Forgot Password? Register for an account Register Home Vacancies About Us Personal Advisor Posted on 27/10/2026 Save Job Apply Home Vacancies Personal Advisor Closing Date: Closing Date: 17 November 2026 Internal Advert Closing Date: Internal Advert Closing Date: 17 November 2026 Location Location: Bexleyheath Service Service: Children's Social Care Vacancy Type Vacancy Type: Permanent Advertising Salary Salary Details: £35,109 - £37,794 pa Grade Grade: Bexley 08 Directorate Directorate: Children's Services Weeks Per Year Weeks Per Year: Not Specified Hours Per Week: Hours Per Week: 36 hours Corporate Address Corporate Address Civic Offices, 2 Watling Street, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7AT Vacancy ID Vacancy ID: 1168 About The Role The Transitions and Leaving Care Service works with young people aged 16-25 who are in care and those who were previously in care. Following ongoing assessments, the service provides information, advice, guidance and support to enable young people to make a successful transition into adulthood. To hold an allocated caseload of young people. To signpost and support young people that are leaving care to access direct appropriate services according to departmental policies and procedures and statutory guidance. The key roles of a Transitions and Leaving care Personal Advisor are to: ✓ To provide information, advice and guidance; based on the individual needs of the young people ✓ To complete assessments of need to inform the Pathway Plan ✓ To take a lead role in the preparation and completion of the Pathway Plan; ✓ To regularly monitor the progress of the young person’s Pathway Plan; ✓ To facilitate the reviews of the Pathway Plan; ✓ To liaise with various agencies, including other local authorities in the implementation of the Pathway Plan and to advocate for the young person; ✓ To coordinate the provision of services under the Pathway Plan and take steps to encourage and support the young person to access such services; ✓ To build and maintain supportive, professional relationships with all care leavers ✓ To maintain regular contact with young people wherever they live. This may mean travel throughout the UK and overseas depending on the young person’s individual circumstances ✓ To complete full and concise records of contact with the young person within timescale and using Signs of Safety model (training given). ✓ To provide support cover as part of the office duty rota Please note that the successful candidate will be required to be office based at least 3 days a week. For an informal discussion about the role please contact Claire Hannabuss, Service Manager - [email protected] Candidate Profile For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached. Job Activities: • To manage a caseload of young people, prioritise workload, manage diaries, and visit and record all contact using Signs of Safety model (training given) and within set deadlines. • Actively engage young people in decision making about their future providing structured, individual and impartial support, advice and guidance using the Pathway Planning tool, to help guide and enable SMART personal development outcomes and transition into successful adults, • Ability to attend Signs of Safety training and thereafter use the model in a range of ways including (but not limited to) to support direct work