Personal Advisor - Children and Families - Sheffield
Posted 3 days ago by 4Recruitment Services
Junior School, Sheffield
Umbrella Pay- £14.65 per hour
08/07/2024 – 4 months initially
Monday to Friday, 08:45 - 17:00, 37 hrs/week – Office based (may have to work evenings and weekends as part of a rota, however additional payment will be made if you work out of hours)
Our client are seeking a Personal Advisor to join a Care Leaver’s team at a Junior School based in Sheffield.
- Undertaking high quality needs assessment and pathway plans alongside social workers
- Participate in Looked After Children reviews where a child is under 18
- Encourage and empower young people to participate in planning and decision making for their futures
- Support and advise young people leaving care by helping them to find suitable accommodation, assistance in budgeting and spending decisions, education, employment and training
- Support care leavers in accessing health services
- Coordinate the provision of services and take reasonable steps to ensure the young person makes use of such services
- Working with multi agency partners
- Act as an advocate for young people and support them to make decisions for their future
- Ensure young people are visited within agreed timescales.
- Keep in touch with care leavers to monitor their progress and wellbeing, and ensure they are aware of the local offer for care leavers
- Travel and escort young people out of Sheffield where necessary
- Keep full, accurate and up to date records of contacts with the young person and services provided
- Significant experience of working with young people leaving care or in related field
- Direct experience of working with looked after young people and young adults between ages 16 and 25
- Experience of multi-agency planning and joint working for looked after young people
- Understanding of legislation relevant to leaving care e.g. Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and Children and Social Work Act 2017
- Enhanced Child and Adult DBS registered to the update service
Please email all CVs to Sammy Davis or call (phone number removed) mobile (phone number removed)
- Type:
- Temporary
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- N/A
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- Job Reference:
- 757419
- Job ID:
- 221892917
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