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As a Personal Advisor you will be responsible for working with Looked after Young People and Care Leavers as they make the transition from care. You will help this transition by providing young people leaving care with advice and guidance, assisting and encouraging young people to participate in pathway planning to ensure that their plan reflects their individual strengths, aspirations and needs.

You will fulfil statutory duties as set out in the Leaving Care Act which has two main aims:

• to ensure that Young People are supported to leave care, and;
• to provide care leavers with comprehensive support so that they achieve their potential as they make their transition to adulthood.

You will also need to make appropriate assessments of individual’s needs in collaboration with the Children Looked After Social Workers and other professionals and agencies as required. You will need to be proactive in working with all partners to identify and meet individual’s needs.

The successful candidate will have experience of assessments, person centre planning and have care management skills. You will need to have excellent team working skills, the ability to produce innovative solutions and be forward thinking to help develop the service.

Requirements for this job:

• Experience of providing high quality services to children, young people and families or others with multiple vulnerabilities.
• An understanding of attachment and human development and an awareness of issues for children in care and leaving care.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance and the ability to apply this into to practice.
• Possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Demonstrates excellent casework skills, including the ability to complete sound assessments, develop and review SMART plans.
• Ability to work on your own and as part of a team.
• Be committed to personal development
• Ability to use IT to support accurate case recording and management information as required by service standards.
• Driving licence or able to travel independently across Kirklees, exceptions can be made for disabled candidates.

For a full list of the role requirements please see the attached Job Profile. You will be asked to demonstrate how you meet the employee specification on the Job Profile as part of the application process.

Working Pattern

Core hours will be 08.45 until 17.15 Monday to Thursday and 08.45 to 16.45 on Fridays, but work circumstances may mean that you will need to work into the evening occasionally, for example, in the event of a young person going into crisis or if travelling back from out of area visits. We are based at the Civic Centre in Huddersfield.

What can we offer?

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Friendly and supportive team environment
• Ongoing training and career development
• Excellent pension scheme
• A range of family friendly polices
• Discounts with local and national retailers
• We offer a wide range of well-being initiatives including a cycle to work scheme and discounted KAL membership

If you have any questions about the role please contact Bev McClure (Service Manager) at [email protected]