Role: Leaving Care Personal Advisor

Salary: £26.91

Location: Kendal/Barrow - Hybrid

Job Type: Temporary

Shifts: Full time - 37 hours a week

Car Driver Required£: Yes

About the Role:

Purpose of this Post This post is defined by the Children Leaving Care Act, 2000 and attendant guidance and regulation. The post holder will take case responsibility and assess the needs of Eligible, Relevant and Former Relevant young people to determine the level of advice, assistance and support in their transition to independence to ensure that they are able to maximise their life chances.

1. To assess the needs of young people entitled to a Leaving Care Service in order to determine the level of advice, support and assistance they will require in making the transition to independence.
2. To be responsible for the coordination, implementation and review of plans which will identify how these needs will be met in order to maximise life chances.
3. Manage as directed cases of young people eligible on the appropriate legislation.
4. To engage in direct work with young people prior to the Pathway Planning process to ensure that they are prepared and informed to engage with the process.
5. To facilitate the access to appropriate departmental resources and the resources of other agencies, partners and stakeholders to ensure plans are fully implemented.
6. To review and revise plans as required by statute, guidance and regulation, to meet need and to maximise the chances of successful transition to independent living.
7. To convene and attend other planning meetings and case conference as required.
8. To ensure that young people are fully informed and consulted as to the Leaving Care Services and to ensure that the voice of the young person is heard throughout the process.
9. To maintain a high standard of record keeping and to supply high quality information to enable transparency, continuity and to facilitate the planning of future services.

Complexity varies considerably between individual young people. Initially, may target specific areas of work for other worker''s cases e.g. getting visits and Pathway Plans up to date. The manager may allocate duty work depending on workload.

Hybrid: Initial induction period may require more office-based working whilst getting to know the work, most PAs are out and about doing visits for a large proportion of their time, and updating records at home after these is OK if preferred. Requirement for attendance at team Meetings and Team Protected Admin days every 2 weeks.

Area to cover: Westmoreland and Furness, with cases to visit in the North west (and possibly further afield from time to time by negotiation)

Who we are looking for:

- 3+ years of Personal Advisor within Childrens Social care
- Car driver due to the out of area work required

Skills:

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong case management and problem-solving ability.
- Resilience and empathy when working with complex cases.
* Collaborative Mindset: A proactive team player who values safeguarding and empowerment.

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