Belmont Recruitment are currently looking for a Personal Advisor to join Rochdale Council’s Leaving Care Team on an initial 3-month temporary contract. This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

The Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Step Ahead Service to provide advice, support and guidance to young people preparing to leave care. You will meet the responsibilities of the Local Authority for young people 16 years and over who have entitlement under the Children Leaving Care Act (2000).  The Personal Advisor plays a key role in supporting young people with their transition to adulthood and assists them to live an independent life in their community.

Personal Advisors establish and maintain positive relationships with young people to support them to prepare for adulthood, working proactively with appropriate partner agencies to assess the individual’s needs and ensure young people have positive outcomes.

Additionally you will be delivering high quality support for young people, managing existing and future risks through Pathway Plan assessments, and creating plans which ensure the individual needs and strengths of young people are appropriately considered.  This will include assisting young people to engage with support services provided by both statutory and voluntary agencies, thus ensuring the young person is appropriately supported and therefore able to contribute actively in the community.

The Personal Advisor holds a key role in providing advice and expertise to promote the service and represent the rights and needs of young people.

What the team will do for you:

• We will provide you with a supportive and coaching environment, informed by our relational practice model.
• You will have the full support of colleagues across Children’s Services, in an environment where we are all actively working to realise our ambition to provide services that are “good and beyond” for each child, young person and their family in our borough.
• We want you to realise your ambition with us so that together we can make the biggest impact on improving outcomes for each and every child and family.
• Flexible and agile working is embedded into our working.

Requirements:

• Previous experience of working within a leaving care/children in care team at a Local Authority
• Full UK Drivers Licence and access to own vehicle

Please apply with an up to date CV as soon as possible if this role would be of interest.