18+ Leaving Care Personal Advisor

Our Client based in Birmingham is looking for 18+ Leaving Care Personal Advisor to join their team

The main purpose of the role is

To provide a statutory social work service for children in care and care leavers age 18-25 years, ensuring that all legislative requirements are met. The work with eligible, relevant, former relevant and qualifying care leavers will be done on a case management basis. This will involve the co-ordination, preparation and completion of pathway plans and supporting young people preparing for leaving independently into adulthood.

Your primary responsibilities will include

To act as a full member of the staff team of the Service and to contribute to the development of the Service within the Directorate.

To fully contribute to the work of the Service and to manage an individual caseload, work with individual and groups of young people and to participate in the duty work, responding to need as it arises

To participate in the provision of appropriate programmes for individual service users of the Service, in conjunction with other Directorate staff and other agencies within this field; that will most effectively assist the young people to achieve the transition to adulthood, with particular emphasis upon their transition from being in care, to living independently in the community

Within the role of aftercare adviser, to implement and adhere to all relevant Directorate and Service procedures.

Requirements

You must have an enhanced DBS

You must also have

1. Substantial experience of working with children and young people up to the age of 21 and 25 if they are in higher education in a voluntary or Professional setting.
2. Experience of interagency work with young people who are vulnerable, at risk, homeless or have been in care.
3. Experience of being responsible for directly assisting young people (caseload responsibility)
4. Have worked successfully in achieving outcomes for Young People under supervision.

1. To be literate and able to write emails, reports, case records and other documents using electronic case recording systems and software such as word.
2. Ability to advise young people around budgeting, and to be financially accountable where appropriate.
3. Ability to seek and secure education, training and employment opportunities for care leavers.
4. Ability to talk to, listen to, and develop good working relationships with young people, including those who may be difficult to engage or are challenging.
5. Ability to develop working relationships with family, carers, professionals & partner agencies. (Education, training, employment, accommodation, police, probation, prison, DWP, health, etc).
6. To be aspirational for young people. A friendly, sympathetic, understanding and realistic approach, to the needs of young people.
7. Good verbal presentation skills.
8. Ability to manage time and work to deadlines.
9. Ability to respond flexibility to changing situations.
10. Effective communication skills.
11. A commitment to anti oppressive and anti-discriminative practice.
12. Ability to work as part of and contribute to team working.

Pay

18 P/H

Shift Pattern

08:45AM to 5:15PM

If interested please apply below