Leaving Care Personal Advisor
Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting for a Leaving Care Personal Advisor in Hackney.
The Leaving Care Personal Advisor role involves working together with the Virtual School, accommodation providers, and PMU to ensure that care leavers are supported and prepared for independence. Good engagement and organisational skills are essential in holding a caseload of up to 25 care leavers and reviewing Pathway Plans in a timely way.
Pay rate - £18.55 per hour PAYE / £23 Umbrella
Main Responsibilities
* Establish rapport and build respectful relationships with care leavers, their families, and their support networks while undertaking Review Pathway Plans and coordinating support interventions, ensuring that their views and wishes are heard and recorded accurately.
* With consent from the care leaver, engage and communicate effectively with other agencies and include their professional views in plans for care leavers, working collaboratively and maintaining regular liaison in the best interests of care leavers.
* Work with care leavers in their accommodation or other settings on an agreed basis to monitor, assess risk, and assist in the implementation of an agreed plan of support using evidence-based methodologies, offering practical help to enable care leavers to help themselves, and supporting them to develop their role as young parents or carers where relevant.
* Work independently, and when appropriate as the lead professional, make decisions about the tasks that need to be done, taking responsibility for these decisions and their impact on the care leaver.
Requirements:
* An education qualification of NVQ Level 3 or equivalent child and family training is required.
* An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.
If you are interested in the Leaving Care Personal Advisor position, or know of anyone who may be, please contact Emma at Service Care Solutions on 01772 208964 or email emma.petricco@servicecare.org.uk.
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