Personal Advisor - Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
Location: Aylesbury
You will be providing support, advice and assistance to young people between the ages of 17 and 25. You will be helping them to adjust to life in the UK whilst also helping them to understand their individual rights and entitlements based on decisions made by the Home Office. You will work with interpreters to ensure that young people are fully involved in plans that are being made and you will support them as care leavers to embark successfully into adult life.
About the role
You will be the allocated Personal Advisor for a caseload of young people. You will be acting as their corporate parent and as such will have responsibility for visiting each young person at least 8 weekly and overseeing their welfare. You will have responsibility for reviewing and updating their Pathway Plan at least 6 monthly, or when a major change of circumstance occurs in their life. You will ensure that young people are well supported with any appointments relating to their asylum claim and they understand all possible outcomes.
You will work directly with young people to help them to develop practical and emotional life skills, and to understand UK customs, culture and language. You will support them with their emotional needs and with exploring family relationships whilst developing their confidence and self-esteem. You will be required to support the team on a duty basis when required, responding to new arrivals and urgent situations. You will also have opportunities to work with the team on developing the service that we are providing to asylum-seeking young people within Buckinghamshire.
A ‘mobile’ role gives you the flexibility to schedule your own diary, so you can meet with colleagues and clients in a variety of locations. You’ll access digital folders and resources on your laptop and be able to use the network wherever you are based. Working from home will be common, as well as meeting your team in the office where necessary.
About you
* You must have an interest in working directly with young people.
* You should have a good understanding of the issues facing young people who are seeking asylum in the UK as well as the needs of care leavers.
* You will have experience working directly with vulnerable young people and professionals.
* You should also have the ability to adapt readily to change and work effectively in a variety of situations, in groups or with individuals.
* You will be confident in working directly with young people and assessing their needs, and you must have the ability to converse at ease with young people. Accurate spoken English is essential for the role.
* You will feel confident to work as part of a team to deliver and develop services.
* You will be expected to travel around the country to visit young people.
* Car use is essential or the ability to use public transport for this post.
Other information
If you would like to find out more about this role, please contact Bukky Oginni at:
Closing Date: Midnight on Sunday 1st December 2024.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
* All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
* All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020 and 2023).
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