Personal Adviser

Job Description

Personal Adviser (Children’s Services, Life Beyond Care Service) | 11389 | Permanent Contract & Secondment Opportunity / Temporary Contract for 12 Months | Full-time 37 hours per week / Part-time 18.5 hours per week| £35,570 to £37,563 per annum, pro rata | Grade H | Countywide

Roles available:

• 1 x Permanent Contract, Part-time, 18.5 hours per week – West Norfolk and Breckland
• 1 x Secondment Opportunity / Temporary Contract to cover maternity leave, Full-time, 37 hours per week – Great Yarmouth

This is an exciting time to join our Life Beyond Care service in Norfolk. We are proud to have recently received an Ofsted grading of ‘Outstanding’, reflecting the commitment and strength of our services and the dedication of our practitioners.

Our recent Ofsted inspection highlighted that care leavers receive meaningful, ambitious support through the Life Beyond Care service, helping them to build independence and achieve positive outcomes into adulthood. Norfolk is a child-centred authority where children and care leavers are at the heart of everything we do, and where support is focused on enabling them to thrive, succeed, and move confidently into their future.

This is a service that consistently strives to improve outcomes for young people as they move towards independence. We promote a culture that encourages innovation, professional growth and practice that remains firmly centred on the needs and aspirations of young people.

Personal Advisors work in a trauma‑informed, therapeutic way, providing guidance, stability, and advocacy for care-experienced young people as they move toward independence.

We are seeking to recruit Personal Advisors for multiple Life Beyond Care Teams who have a passion for improving outcomes for young people for whom we are Corporate Parents.

We welcome applications for those who have experience of working with young adults as a personal advisor or who have the relevant skills and experience to meet the needs of a changing service. A full development offer is available to all personal advisors in Norfolk. It is important that you have a full driving licence and access to a car.

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

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 – dependant 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 also 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: 17 November 2026 at 23:55

All other applicants closing date: 25 November 2026 at 23:55

About us

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.
We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.

We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.

We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.