We are assisting a Local Authority in the appointment of an Leaving Care Personal Advisor to join their Care Leavers Service!

As an Leaving Care Personal Advisor you will be expected to provide a statutory social work service for children in care and care leavers age 18-25 years. This will involve the co-ordination, preparation and completion of pathway plans and supporting young people preparing for leaving independently into adulthood.

Key responsibilities will include the following:

• To fully contribute to the work of the Service and to manage an individual caseload, work with individual and groups of young people and to participate in the duty work, responding to need as it arises.
• Participate in the provision of appropriate programmes for individual service users of the Service that will most effectively assist the young people to achieve the transition to adulthood.
• In working with service users, to adopt a holistic approach to meeting their individual needs, and to promote their involvement in the process, in order to develop the self-esteem of service users through a process of positive achievement.

To be a successful candidate for this role you must have the following:

• Substantial experience of working with children and young people up to the age of 18 and 25 if they are in higher education in a voluntary or Professional setting.
• Experience of interagency work with young people who are vulnerable, at risk, homeless or have been in care.

If you think you've got what it takes to succeed, or would love to find out more information, either

• Hit the apply button now and follow the steps
• Contact Sophie on (phone number removed)

Here at Spencer Clarke Group, we pride ourselves on connecting you with the best career opportunities; our experienced Consultants have extensive market knowledge in Children's Services and will also provide expert career advice along the way.

We also have a market leading referral scheme of up to £250* so if you know of someone who may also be looking for an exciting career opportunity, ask them to contact Sophie at Spencer Clarke Group.

*T's & C's apply.