The Care Leaver Local Offer Lead is responsible for creating, promoting and enhancing the Cambridgeshire Local Offer for Care Leavers. Working within the council and with partner agencies, the role will ensure our statutory and discretionary offer is well publicised, understood and accessed by young people who are eligible. This will include continued development of our existing Local Offer; working in consultation with staff and our care leavers to ensure we, as an organisation, are fulfilling our Corporate Parenting responsibilities to the best of our ability and negotiating new partnerships.
If you are passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of care leavers and have the skills and experience to support them on their journey to independence, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding opportunity.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Nikki Hanks, Service Manager, on 07490967449.
We expect interviews to be held on Tuesday 28th January at Scott House, Huntington.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage:
A comprehensive
wellbeing package
to cover
all aspects of wellbeing , both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family. Buy up to
4 weeks additional annual leave
(pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme. Take your bank holidays
flexibly
to better suit
your personal circumstances . Make
Additional Voluntary Contributions
(Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings. Access to
development opportunities , apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support
your personal and professional growth . Paid volunteering hours
each year so you can make a
positive impact on our community
during your normal working day. Access to
Peer Support Groups
through our IDEAL staff
equality, diversity and inclusion
network. Opportunities to nominate and receive
Employee Recognition Awards . An
Our Cambs Rewards
account, giving you access to in-store and online
discounts
as well as our
Car Lease
and
Cycle to Work
schemes. Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more. What will you be doing? Your tasks will include: Educate and upskill social care teams in their knowledge and understanding of the Local Offer. Maintain existing and develop new relationships with partners offering a range of opportunities in which care leavers may benefit. Prepare and present information to a range of audiences including young people, colleagues, and stakeholders. Identify and progress opportunities including applying for grant funding. Ensure the published local offer pages are maintained and updated. About you You must have a minimum of an NVQ level 3/A levels relevant qualifications. You should be able to demonstrate a good understanding of the specific issues faced by young people who have experienced care. You will need to have strong communication skills, interpersonal and advocacy skills and be able to present information in different formats, as is suitable for the audience. You will have the ability to work collaboratively to achieve improved outcomes. You will have knowledge of the relevant legislation and policies that relate to care leavers. Have the ability to work from a variety of locations and travel countywide independently, as travel is essential to this role. For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification. About us Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes. Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do. We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don't meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don't be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch. Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
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wellbeing package
to cover
all aspects of wellbeing , both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family. Buy up to
4 weeks additional annual leave
(pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme. Take your bank holidays
flexibly
to better suit
your personal circumstances . Make
Additional Voluntary Contributions
(Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings. Access to
development opportunities , apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support
your personal and professional growth . Paid volunteering hours
each year so you can make a
positive impact on our community
during your normal working day. Access to
Peer Support Groups
through our IDEAL staff
equality, diversity and inclusion
network. Opportunities to nominate and receive
Employee Recognition Awards . An
Our Cambs Rewards
account, giving you access to in-store and online
discounts
as well as our
Car Lease
and
Cycle to Work
schemes. Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more. What will you be doing? Your tasks will include: Educate and upskill social care teams in their knowledge and understanding of the Local Offer. Maintain existing and develop new relationships with partners offering a range of opportunities in which care leavers may benefit. Prepare and present information to a range of audiences including young people, colleagues, and stakeholders. Identify and progress opportunities including applying for grant funding. Ensure the published local offer pages are maintained and updated. About you You must have a minimum of an NVQ level 3/A levels relevant qualifications. You should be able to demonstrate a good understanding of the specific issues faced by young people who have experienced care. You will need to have strong communication skills, interpersonal and advocacy skills and be able to present information in different formats, as is suitable for the audience. You will have the ability to work collaboratively to achieve improved outcomes. You will have knowledge of the relevant legislation and policies that relate to care leavers. Have the ability to work from a variety of locations and travel countywide independently, as travel is essential to this role. For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification. About us Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes. Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do. We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don't meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don't be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch. Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
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