Guidance Adviser - Looked After Children (7578)

Guidance Adviser | 7578 | Temporary contract to cover maternity leave until May 2026 | 37 hours per week | £36,124 to £37,938 per annum | (Grade I) |Location

We are seeking to recruit a full-time Guidance Adviser (Care Experienced) working across Norfolk as maternity leave cover.

Working alongside our part-time Guidance Adviser (Care Experienced) the focus of this role is to engage with NEET Care Experienced young people aged 16-18 in a variety of settings to assess and identify individual needs and provide impartial Careers Guidance, advice, and advocacy to assist young people to make successful transitions into education or employment with accredited training.

To be successful, you will be able to demonstrate your skill in engaging vulnerable and hard to reach young people using a range of delivery methods, both virtual and face to face. 

You will have a good understanding of the issues for Care Experienced young people in Norfolk and strong partnership working with both internal colleagues and external partners. A good understanding of Post 16 Education and Training and the provision available in Norfolk is a key aspect of the role.

Norfolk County Council operates a hybrid working model and we anticipate that working remotely will be a feature of this role, your office base will be in County Hall, Norwich. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity. 

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Sam Derbyshire, Post 16 EET Team Manager (Vulnerable Cohorts), on 01603 222151

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need. 
• Financial benefits such as:
  • ‘Norfolk Rewards’  our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.   
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.  

Redeployment closing date: 31 March 2025

All other applicants closing date: 14 April 2025