Personal Advisor – Wandsworth, London
Salary: £37,766- £47,830 per annum
Contract: Permanent, Full Time (36 hours)
Location: Wandsworth, London
Ofsted Rating: ‘Good’
About the role
Future First, the Leaving Care Service for Wandsworth Children’s Social Care, supports over 440 young people aged 16‑25 who are in the care of Wandsworth Borough Council. As part of a dedicated, vibrant, and enthusiastic team of professionals, your role will be to help young people build stable and successful independent lives.
Offering some of the most competitive Personal Advisor salaries in London and the lowest Leaving Care caseloads in the Capital, we allow you to build fantastic relationships with the young people you support.
You will work under the requirements of the Leaving Care Act 2000 and the Social Work Act 2017, offering a Personal Advisor service to up to 22 young people allocated to you. You will work alongside the young person’s Social Worker whilst they are 16 and 17, then take on full case responsibility when they transition to the Leaving Care Service.
Key responsibilities include:
* Building meaningful and supportive relationships with young people to support them into a successful independent adult life.
* Using a systemic and trauma‑informed approach to deliver the best service to Care Experienced young people.
* Promotion of user involvement and feedback.
* Liaising regularly with external and internal partner agencies.
* Providing duty cover under guidance of the manager and facilitating group work with young people.
Essential qualifications, skills and experience
* Previous work with Care Experienced young people.
* Experience of working with young adults in challenging circumstances.
* Experience of identifying safeguarding concerns and risk management.
* Great communication skills with an anti‑discriminatory focused approach.
* Experience in producing high quality assessments and reports.
* Awareness of Trauma Informed practice and understanding of key issues for Care Experienced young people.
Please note you will be required to travel around the UK and conduct some limited evening work in line with service participants’ availability and duty arrangements.
Contact details
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Nora Dudley, Service Manager, by email nora.dudley@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk
Closing Date: 9 November 2025
Shortlisting Date: w/c 10 November 2025
Interview Date: w/c 17 November 2025
We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Richmond and Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Council and can improve the way we deliver services.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.
We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.
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