Leaving Care Personal Adviser

Job Overview

We are currently recruiting for 2 Leaving Care Personal Advisers to join our dedicated Leaving Care team in Gloucester on a permanent basis.

Job Title: Leaving Care Personal Adviser

Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 6

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 01/02/2026

Job Requisition Number: 12953

Job Share: This post is open to job share

• Between £33,143 – £36,363 per annum subject to experience (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Family‑friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• In‑house Occupational Health service
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Access to our Social Work Academy
• Cycle to Work scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)
• Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)

In our recent inspection in June 2025, our Children’s Services have been officially judged as ‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ elements. Ofsted also said ‘Leaders have set out a clear vision for delivering success for children, by modelling values and creating a culture where the workforce, children and families feel valued and heard; risk is managed confidently with bottom lines clearly set out.’

This marks an important step in our journey to improve outcomes for our children and young people, and we remain focused on our mission: to continue building on this success and ensure that every child and young person in our county has the opportunity to thrive.

Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award‑winning workforce.

We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to be part of an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.

You will join us as a Leaving Care Personal Adviser and work with a caseload of young people, developing plans that enable them to transition into adulthood.

You will be expected to work alongside Social Workers to ensure a smooth and supported transition when they come to leave care. Your core focus will be to work with young people, enabling them to develop independence skills and provide care leavers with practical and emotional support.

You will be committed to working in a multi‑agency manner, thus providing quality services and outcomes for young people as they transition into adulthood and independent living. You will be a skilled communicator, enabling you to build effective working relationships with a variety of young people from different backgrounds. The role may also at times involve supporting and leading group work sessions and encouraging and developing the participation of young people in shaping the services we deliver.

• A full driving licence and willingness to drive
• DBS clearance (Enhanced Adults and Children’s)

For an informal chat about this role, please contact Emmy.

We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Interviews are due to take place in person week commencing 9th February 2026.

The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have the right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a…