Leaving Care Personal Advisor
Service care Solution 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
As a Leaving Care Personal Advisor, you will be responsible for:
To establish rapport and build respectful relationships with care leavers, their families and their support networks whilst undertaking Review Pathway Plans and co-ordinate support interventions ensuring that their views and wishes are heard and recorded accurately.
Having obtained consent from the care leaver, to 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.
To work with care leavers in their accommodation or other settings on an agreed basis so as to monitor, assess risk and assist in the implementation of an agreed plan of support using evidenced-based methodologies and by offering practical help to enable care leavers to help themselves, and support them to develop their role as young parents or carers where relevant.
To work independently, and when appropriate as the lead professional, make decisions about the tasks that need doing, 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
Working with Service Care Solutions comes with many benefits, including:
A specialist consultant within an experience and dedicated recruitment team
Excellent rates of pay
Payroll services twice a week
If you are interested in the Leaving Care Personal Advisor, or know of anyone who may be, please contact Emma at Service Care Solutions on (phone number removed) or email (url removed)
Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed