Leaving Care Personal Advisor needed with West Sussex County Council

StartDate- ASAP

Location - Bognor

Duration - Initially 3 months

Hoursperweek - 37 hours per week

Salary - £17.59 per hour

West Sussex County Council are looking for a Personal Advisor to work within their leaving care team.
This position is a full time flexible, hybrid working role.
You will be required in the office once a week as well as conducting face to face visits, but the remaining time can be worked from home.

Description:

• As a Personal Advisor you will be required to manage a caseload of care leavers, providing them guidance, support, and advice within the statutory framework for providing services.


• Personal advisors are required to support care leavers to enable them to gain practical self-care skills and allow them to understand and manage themselves as an individual as well as their relationship with others.


• Personal advisors draw up and implement Pathway Plans which are appropriate to the young person's circumstances, needs, potential and aspirations.


• As a Personal Advisor you are the advocate on behalf of care leavers and work in partnership with statutory and voluntary sector agencies and professionals to ensure effective co-ordination and provision of services to care leavers.


• Personal advisors are expected to work within the office 1 day per week and conduct face to face visits

What is required?

• Relevant degree, or equivalent qualification or experience, demonstrating that level of applied knowledge in providing advice and support to young people.


• Experience of working with young people and multi-agency working


• Evidence of good assessment skills, including the ability to ensure regular reviews and risk management with a variety of young people.

If you are interested, please call Erin Webbe on 01772 208964 or email me your CV - erin.webbe@servicecare.org.uk

If this role isn't right for you, but you know someone who would fit perfectly to our engaged and devoted team and you refer them, you will receive a referral bonus of £250.

The benefits of working with SCS;

• A specialist, dedicated Social Work consultant offering single point of contact


• Exceptional referral bonuses - £250 per referral placed in to work!


• An extensive & exclusive range of Social Work vacancies across the UK


• Nationwide provider Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities.


• Payroll service twice a week.


• Ltd and PAYE payment options available.


• Annual training budget of up to £250 and continued online CPD training.


• Excellent Annual Loyalty schemes / bonuses.


• DBS disclosures provided via fast track online services free of charge.