Are you passionate about young people and looking for a rewarding role where you can truly make a difference?
Do you have a genuine interest in working with care-experienced young people to help them build brighter futures?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
About the Role and the Team:
As a Senior Careers and Guidance Advisor in our team, you will play a pivotal role in addressing the education, employment, and training needs of our Care Experienced Young People. This is a unique opportunity to empower vulnerable young people, providing them with the care and guidance they need to thrive, while supporting them with future opportunities that help them build their independence.
As a restorative practice local authority, we foster a high support, high challenge environment and are committed to delivering an excellent service to our Care Experienced young people.
The role involves:
Supporting young people in gaining EET roles.
Running three careers drop-ins a week with the support of the Careers and Guidance Advisors.
Preparing reports for Senior Leadership regarding our EET figures.
Working with Personal Advisors to create pathway plans tailored to young people's immigration, education, health, employment, housing, cultural, and personal needs.
Regular one-on-ones with the Career and Guidance Advisors.
Now is an exciting time to be a part of our team as Warwickshire has been chosen as one of the seven areas to deliver the
Families First for Children Pathfinder Programme . Join us to help shape and influence the future of children's social care together. Find out why we are good
Ofsted .
If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service.
Click here to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service.
Our Offer to you includes:
Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focused on wellbeing and workload.
Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas.
We also offer a Refer a Friend package if you're talking about a return to us with an ex-colleague/friend.
Key Requirements:
We welcome applications from Social Workers of all abilities who are:
Qualified - Level 6 in Careers Guidance or work history equivalent.
Passionate about supporting vulnerable children and young people.
Culturally aware, empathetic, and sensitive to the unique needs of care-experienced and asylum-seeking children.
Able to build trusting relationships with young people and advocate effectively on their behalf.
Working for Warwickshire –
This is the difference you make:
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision; could you be one of them!
Your future matters to us; we provide a generous pension scheme that includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit:
Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund .
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to
Vivup
benefits and discounts platform.
Additional Information:
Warwickshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS
code of practice
and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
To discuss the role please contact Leanne McCormack:
leannemccormack@warwickshire.gov.uk
Closing Date: 23rd January 2025
Should you require application forms in an alternative format/language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact
hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk
and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under-representation in its workforce. See
more
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Do you have a genuine interest in working with care-experienced young people to help them build brighter futures?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
About the Role and the Team:
As a Senior Careers and Guidance Advisor in our team, you will play a pivotal role in addressing the education, employment, and training needs of our Care Experienced Young People. This is a unique opportunity to empower vulnerable young people, providing them with the care and guidance they need to thrive, while supporting them with future opportunities that help them build their independence.
As a restorative practice local authority, we foster a high support, high challenge environment and are committed to delivering an excellent service to our Care Experienced young people.
The role involves:
Supporting young people in gaining EET roles.
Running three careers drop-ins a week with the support of the Careers and Guidance Advisors.
Preparing reports for Senior Leadership regarding our EET figures.
Working with Personal Advisors to create pathway plans tailored to young people's immigration, education, health, employment, housing, cultural, and personal needs.
Regular one-on-ones with the Career and Guidance Advisors.
Now is an exciting time to be a part of our team as Warwickshire has been chosen as one of the seven areas to deliver the
Families First for Children Pathfinder Programme . Join us to help shape and influence the future of children's social care together. Find out why we are good
Ofsted .
If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service.
Click here to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service.
Our Offer to you includes:
Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focused on wellbeing and workload.
Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas.
We also offer a Refer a Friend package if you're talking about a return to us with an ex-colleague/friend.
Key Requirements:
We welcome applications from Social Workers of all abilities who are:
Qualified - Level 6 in Careers Guidance or work history equivalent.
Passionate about supporting vulnerable children and young people.
Culturally aware, empathetic, and sensitive to the unique needs of care-experienced and asylum-seeking children.
Able to build trusting relationships with young people and advocate effectively on their behalf.
Working for Warwickshire –
This is the difference you make:
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision; could you be one of them!
Your future matters to us; we provide a generous pension scheme that includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit:
Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund .
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to
Vivup
benefits and discounts platform.
Additional Information:
Warwickshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS
code of practice
and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
To discuss the role please contact Leanne McCormack:
leannemccormack@warwickshire.gov.uk
Closing Date: 23rd January 2025
Should you require application forms in an alternative format/language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact
hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk
and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under-representation in its workforce. See
more
#J-18808-Ljbffr
