Personal Advisor - Leaving Care Team

Location
Job type Contract
Salary Up to £22.84 per hour
Reference HQ00104381_1583339514

Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Personal Advisor to work full-time within a Leaving Care Team based in Tower Hamlets. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in children's services.

The pay rate for this locum Personal Advisor job is £22.84 per hour (assignment rate) and is a 3-month contract.

Main Duties:

  • Provision of Leaving Care Support Services to achieve a viable education, training and employment pathway for care leavers through direct work with young people or joint working with their Personal Advisors.
  • Working with individual service users to provide support, advice, guidance, assistance, and counselling, with the aim of enhancing their employability and future career prospects.
  • Provision of services within the statutory requirements of the relevant childcare, mental health and community care legislation, in line with the requirements of the Council's policies and procedures.
  • Having an awareness of local education, training and employment providers and what they can offer for care leavers. Building a close working relationship with them.
  • Actively seeking out and working with care leavers who are not in education, training or employment (NEET) and helping them to secure opportunities.

Requirements of the Personal Advisor:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Must have at least 2 years qualified experience
  • Experience as a Personal Advisor

Contact:

This Personal Advisor job is advertised by Jess Ling; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.