Merthyr Tydfil Council Children's services are seeking to recruit a Leaving Care Personal Advisor to join the 16+ team. The role is hybrid working with a mixture of home working, visits in the community with service users and office based work. As such, there is a requirement for the successful candidate to be a car driver as you will still be providing face-to-face support to young people across the local area where applicable. This is a full time position with an initial contract of 3 months with a view to this being extended on a rolling basis and offering a pay rate of £17.21 per hour.
Duties of the role:
1. Have case responsibility for young people post 18 and ensure their pathway plans are reviewed every six months and changed to reflect their circumstances.
2. Assess young people's financial needs on behalf of the county council and to organise payments using the 16+ financial systems in accordance the Council's 16+ policies and procedures.
3. Act as an advocate for service users and take on a quality assurance role, by ensuring pathway plans are specifically tailored to the service users' needs and have clear identifiable objectives and outcomes
4. Offer direct support to young people who live independently, and coordinate their support with issues such as, education and training and to advise them on maximising their income
5. co-ordinate young people's time with family and friends where needed and assist th...