This is an exciting time to join Dudley’s Care Experienced Service as we seek to improve our offer to Dudley’s care experienced young people. The Care Experienced Team in Dudley works with care leavers aged 16 – 25 years old. Our dedicated Care Experienced service is expanding, and we are looking to recruit 3 Senior Personal Advisors to join our team of Personal Advisors who provide vital support and advice to our Care Experienced young people during their transition from living in care to adult life. In Dudley we are creating a team dedicated to provide consistent and quality support to Care Experienced young people so that they can have the very best start in adult life to live happy, healthy, safe and independent lives. To achieve our ambitious improvements, we are seeking to recruit 3 motivated, skilled and experienced Senior Personal Advisors, who would have a dedicated key area to lead on: either Housing, Education and Employment/Apprenticeships or Subject to Access Requests (SARs), offering specific support to care experienced young people, and colleagues in respect of the area you will specialise in. The service is passionate about ensuring our care experienced young people are offered the best opportunities possible to: - engage in education, training and employment opportunities - acquire budgeting and key life skills - secure and maintain their accommodation and housing options - live a healthy lifestyle and access all health services they require - make good and positive use of community and leisure services - promote their family and friendship links - be aware of their responsibilities as citizens If you have the skills and experience of working with care experienced young people, we would like to hear from you. This is a 12 month fixed term contract role and a unique opportunity to join our dedicated team to create more capacity and lead on good practice, so why not come and join us. For further information or an informal discussion about this role please contact Samantha Thornton by email @ :- samantha.thornton@dudley.gov.uk or Maxine Brown @ maxine.brown@dudley.gov.uk We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; therefore the post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is required for this role. So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application. Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough. All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK. Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK. If you require support completing an online or paper application form and or interview techniques, please contact Dudley Adult and Community Learning on 01384 818 143 or acl@dudley.gov.uk who can support with Digital Skills and Job Applications. If you have a disability and require assistance in making an application please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk If you are experiencing a problem whilst applying for a position, please follow the link below to the WM Jobs Help Page in the first instance https://help.wmjobs.co.uk/ If the WM Jobs Help Page does not resolve your issue then please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk Dudley Council will check the information that you have provided against any details already held for accuracy and completeness. The Council will check, share and cross match your information both internally within the council and with external organisations to protect public funds and prevent or detect crime, only where the law allows us to do so. The Council’s full Privacy and Disclaimer Statement can be accessed on the website at https://www.dudley.gov.uk/privacy-disclaimer-statement/ N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications LI-DMBC2019 Attached documents JD PS Benefits List