Senior Young Person Advisor

7 months ago


Croydon, United Kingdom Croydon Council Full time

**The Opportunity**

We are looking to recruit 3 senior Young Person Advisors into our recently transformed 16+ service. The service supports Children in Care who are aged 16-17 and Care Experienced adults aged 18-25. This is an exciting time to join Croydon as we have recently reconfigured the service to create smaller teams with additional management support. We are also working with our multi-agency partners to create dedicated specialist support for our young people, including from Health, Adult Services, Housing and Education.

We are looking for Personal Advisors who have experience of working with young people who are in Care and Care Experienced. The role will include practice development and supporting less experienced Personal Advisors.

**Benefits of Working With Us**
- A pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20%.
- 29 days’ annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays.
- A range of CPD opportunities to support your development.
- Career Progression opportunities.
- Investment into your staff well-being.
- Good management support, regular supervision, and access to a clinical therapist to support your work.

**Why Join Us**
- Our teams consist of experienced professionals at various levels.
- The team arrange meetings weekly to ensure all colleagues have the support required to fulfil their duties.
- The ethos at Croydon is very much about working together to make positive change.
- You will join an established team who can help you settle in and offer their expertise.
- You will have the support of an extremely knowledgeable and understanding manager.
- Will have the opportunity to work from home and work flexibly which provides you with more of a work-life balance.

**About You**

The suitable applicant will have the following;
- Significant experience of multi-agency working, risk management, care and permanence planning, ability to analyse complex circumstances and formulate appropriate intervention plans.
- Experience of delivering high quality direct and life story work within a systemic practice framework to increase outcomes and care planning for our young people, to enable them to move into independence with better outcomes.
- We are looking for creative and highly motivated experienced personal advisors who consistently ensure that young adults are central to their intervention.
- Experience of working with children in care and care experienced adults supporting them to progress effectively through adulthood developing appropriate skills for independence.
- Experience of supporting less experienced personal advisors or social care staff is desirable.
- Qualification in or experience of working within a systemic practice framework including use or facilitating group supervision to achieve high quality outcomes.

Closing date 23rd June at 11:59pm

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