Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Personal Advisor within the 18+ Care Leavers Service Team to work full time based in Birmingham.
The salary for this permanent Personal Advisor job is up to £35,336 per annum
Main duties:
- To act as a full member of the staff team of the Service and to contribute to the development of the Service within the Directorate.
- 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.
- To participate in the provision of appropriate programmes for individual service users of the Service, in conjunction with other Directorate staff and other agencies within this field; that will most effectively assist the young people to achieve the transition to adulthood, with particular emphasis upon their transition from being in care, to living independently in the community.
- Within the role of aftercare adviser, to implement and adhere to all relevant Directorate and Service procedures.
- In working with service users, to adopt a holistic approach to meeting their individual needs, and promote their involvement in the process, in order to develop the self-esteem of service users through a process of positive achievement; to keep in touch with young people to achieve this aim.
- To advise other Directorate and council staff regarding the preparation and support needs of care leavers, and assist in the promotion of services for these groups of service users.
- To assist in working with other agencies active in this field, in order to help maximise the provision of resources by these agencies for the benefit of Directorate service users.
- To maintain appropriate, accurate and securely keep recording of assessments, plans and other casework done in accordance with Directorate requirments, using recording systems in paper and electronic formats; to maintain skills and knowledge required of the systems in use.
- To assist in the monitoring and evaluation of the work of the Service and to help in the provision of relevant reports where necessary.
- To assist in ensuring that all young people referred to the Service receive their rightful entitlement from Directorate and other agencies and to facilitate their access to care curriculum that meets the wide range of their individual needs.
- To carry out all other necessary duties as required to contribute to the continuing development of the Services, and to contribute to the maintenance of the efficient operation of all aspects of the Service.
Requirements of this Personal Advisor job:
- A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Continual professional development.
- Social Work England registered.
Contact:
This Personal Advisor is advertised by Harry Smy; 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.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
