Care Leavers Personal Advisors

Found in: Talent UK C2 - 1 week ago

London, United Kingdom Greenwich Council Full time

Personal Advisor

Are you a  highly motivated  and  confident  person  committed  to improving outcomes for young people preparing to leave the Council’s care? Do you have the  experience  and  knowledge  to know what works when supporting young people through the difficult transition between childhood and adulthood independence?

This is a rewarding, challenging and essential role, in our support of young people Leaving Care. As a Personal Advisor, you will carry a caseload of young people aged 16-25 years and support them through individual direct work, group-work and activity programmes, which may require some flexible working. You will assess their needs, create and review Pathway Plans and be a consistent support to them into adulthood. You will motivate them to make the very best of the resources available and encourage them to play a part in improving services. You will be part of a Leaving Care Team.

Key Requirements

Knowledge of the relevant legal and regulatory frameworks relating to care leavers and the role of the Personal Advisor Knowledge of the areas of education, training, employment and housing in relation to young people and leaving care Knowledge of local procedures for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people Good knowledge of the challenges facing young people leaving care Ability to engage and motivate young people from diverse backgrounds Ability to write succinctly and maintain accurate electronic records.

This role requires an Enhanced DBS certificate

When completing your application please include your areas of relevant experience and demonstrate how you meet the requirements for the role.

Closing Date: 30th April 2024.

Interview Date: TBC

As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

DBS: This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974).

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Our Staff Values: are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.

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