We are looking for someone warm and approachable, skilled at quickly building trust and rapport with young people and professionals alike.
Salary and Benefits: £31,785 Full-Time Equivalent (£19,071 pro-rata)
At Become we offer a wide range of employment benefits to all Team Members including generous annual leave, flexible working from the start, life insurance, and a rewards package which includes a Health Cash Plan. We’re proud that we support our staff and want to see everyone who works here thrive in their personal and professional life. You can see more of the benefits that we offer to everyone on our website.
Hours: This role is part-time (21 hours per week).
Location: We are currently hybrid working: our team is largely home-based with some in-person attendance and meetings expected at our central hot-desking location in Old Street, London.
About the Role
You’ll bring strong and up to date knowledge and understanding of the key issues affecting children in care and young care leavers. In this role, you’ll play a vital part in the day-to-day delivery of Become’s Care Advice Service, including the Care Advice Line. You’ll offer proactive advice and 1:1 support to care-experienced children and young people, as well as adults and professionals supporting them, ensuring they understand their rights and entitlements, and are supported to access them. The role requires a detailed knowledge of rights and entitlements for care experienced young people, and of current legislation and local authority practice.
This role will be part of the Services department, but will work closely with colleagues in the Policy, Campaigns and Communications department and across the organisation to support the Care Advice Service. We’re looking for someone who is motivated, empathetic, and passionate about making a lasting difference in the lives of care-experienced young people.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
As an organisation serving children in care and young care leavers we are keen to receive applications from people with experience of care. We are actively seeking to bring diversity of perspectives and experience, and especially welcome applications from those from racially marginalized communities. We ask all applicants to fill in an Equity and Diversity Monitoring form to better understand the diversity of applicants. This is anonymous and cannot be connected with your application.
We recommend that you read our Guide for Job Applicants to assist you with your application to Become.
How to apply
Your application and answers will be reviewed anonymously to ensure fairness and help remove bias from the application process. You’ll need to send us your CV but it will only be considered if you score well as part of the anonymous review.
To apply for this role, you will need to:
1. Provide us with a copy of your CV;
2. Answer the questions below in no more than 400 words per question, providing relevant examples to demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience required.
The competency questions we would like you to answer as part of your application are:
1. What is your motivation to work for Become and why are you interested in working to support care-experienced children and young people?
2. How have you supported and facilitated the progression of positive life outcomes for children in care and or care-leavers in your professional life?
3. Describe a time when you have successfully advocated for a young person/ raised a successful challenge to ensure a young person was best supported?
4. What do you think are some of the key entitlements of care leavers from their Local Authorities, and why are these particularly important?
If you would like an informal chat before applying, please contact Anne-marie Bird, Services Manager, at anne-marie.bird@becomecharity.org.uk and we will arrange a convenient time.
Please also tell us if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you in your application.
The deadline for applications to be received is 9.00am on Monday 3 March 2025.
Interview details
Interviews will have two parts:
1. A session with young people;
2. A panel interview with Become staff.
Interviews may be held virtually using a video calling app (Microsoft Teams or Zoom) or in person at our location in Central London. If access to technology/WiFi is difficult for you, please contact us so we can assist in making suitable arrangements.
Become also wants to ensure fairness in all of our interviews so all successful shortlisted candidates will be sent the interview questions in advance.
Please note
All applicants must have a Right to Work in the UK. Although the role is hybrid, we are unable to offer work visas or sponsorship for any candidates based outside of the UK.
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