Leaving Care Advisor in Leicester

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Job details

Job reference REQ8332 Date posted 26/08/2026 Application closing date 10/09/2026 Location Various locations across Leicester City Salary £33,119 - £35,570 Per Year Package Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement):£48,088 Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Childrens Social Care Attachments Job Specification - Leaving Care Advisor.pdf

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term

An opportunity has arisen to join a busy diverse team working directly with and supporting Leicester’s care leavers. You will work as part of the Leaving care Teamto provide support to young people in care and care leavers, to ensure a positive transition to adulthood and independence. The team’s priorities are to ensure that young people are living in suitable accommodation, have opportunities to engage in education,employment,or training, and can contribute positively within their local communities.

This is for a fixed term of 9 months position working 37 hours per week. You’ll have flexibility in hybrid working being both office based, at Halford House or working remotely from home to suit your needs. you’ll be required to take part in Team Duty Cover Rota which takes place from Halford House.

Whatyou’llbe doing

You’llunderstand the many challenges faced by thegroup of young peoplewe work with and be ableto develop effective working relationships with them and advocate on their behalf.

Your day-to-day activities will include, but not be limited to, carrying a caseload of eligible,relevant,and former relevant young people to provideappropriate advice,support,and advocacy to meet assessedneeds.

In addition, you’ll contribute to assessments and preparation of Pathway plans and carry out identified tasks within the child’s plan ensuring service provision is appropriate and sensitive to the cultural needs of young people and their familiesas agreed with Team Manager or allocatedsocialworker.

You’llarrange and co-ordinate the provision of services to Looked After Children and care leavers to meet assessed needs in partnership with theallocatedsocialworkerand young person.As well as this,you’llneed tomaintainappropriateliaisonwith young people, Social Workers,and involved agenciesin order tomonitorprogress and well-being,retainsfocus of work and agrees future involvement of different agencies.

Whatyou’llneed

As an empathetic person who can communicate their thoughts in a variety of settings.You’llshow passion and commitment to providing a high-quality service to the young people of Leicester and their families.

You’llhave relevant employment experience providing services directly to children, youngpeopleand/or their families. In addition, experience in independently working with a caseload of young people, from diverse backgrounds is essential. Through this experienceyou’llhave gained an in-depth understanding of the many challenges faced by this group of young people. With knowledge and understanding of legislative and procedural requirements such as Leaving Care Act 2000 and Children Act 1989,you’llensure care leavers have a positive transition to adulthood and independence.

Using your excellent communication and interpersonal skills,you’lldevelop effective working relationships with social workers and external agencies so that you can effectively advocate on the behalf of young people. With good organisational skills and the ability to work within relevant legislation,you’llbe able to undertake multi-agency and partnership working.

This role does require visiting a variety of locations, on occasion not within Leicester City. A driving licenseis essential to this post.

Due to the nature of this role,you’llbe subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance.You’llenjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and theoptionof flexibleworking.We’llalso give you the chance to develop your skills andexpertisewith a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose froma number offlexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at our benefits calculator .

We’recommitted to recruiting a diverse andhighly talentedworkforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city.That’swhywe’vedesigned ourrecruitment process to put you at yourease,make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.We’lldo all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page .

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance.You’llenjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and theoptionof flexibleworking.We’llalso give you the chance to develop your skills andexpertisewith a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose froma number offlexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at our benefits calculator .

We’recommitted to recruiting a diverse andhighly talentedworkforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city.That’swhywe’vedesigned ourrecruitment process to put you at yourease,make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.We’lldo all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page .

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact: Neil Sewell Leaving care Team Manager on 0116 454 2444.