Details:
- Salary: £24 - 26 - Hour
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Hour
- Location: Peterborough Cambridgeshire
- Date: 16 hours ago
Description:
Role: Personal Advisor – Leaving Care Team REF 18143
Contract Length: 3 months initially
Location: Sand Martin House, Peterborough – hybrid working – 2/3 days per week in the office
IR35: Inside IR35
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £24ph to £26ph umbrella
Security Clearance: Enhanced DBS
Spinwell is recruiting for a Personal Advisor – Leaving Care Team for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE Personal Advisor – Leaving Care Team
To build positive and productive relationships with care-experienced young people to support them through their transition to adulthood and greater independence.
To support young people to navigate complex individual situations, through assessment, planning, intervention, and the co-ordination of services in accordance with national Children and Care Leavers legislation, regulations, guidance and local policies and procedures.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE Personal Advisor – Leaving Care Team
* Knowledge and understanding of human growth and development and the particular issues relating to young people living in care.
* Relevant legislation, guidance including Children Act 1989,2004, Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 Regulations and Guidance.
* Awareness of related key agencies.
* Understanding of partnership working
* A high level of personal drive and commitment to excellent customer care.
* Strong interpersonal skills with a range of people including young people and their families, service providers, colleagues and managers.
* Ability to make decisions and solve problems to meet service user needs and operational targets.
* Ability to meet agreed objectives and targets by effective use of resources.
* Information technology skills including the use of databases and word processing.
* Undertake necessary administrative duties
* Ensure the City Council’s policies for fairness and respect are delivered including setting high personal standards.
* Take an active role in managing risk, health and safety and safeguarding issues.
* Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
* Ability to manage and develop effective strategies when working with young people presenting challenging behaviour.
* Working with vulnerable young people aged 16-25
* Educated to minimum GCSE level C or above including Maths and English.
* Relevant qualification NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
* Full driving licence is desirable.
If you are a PERSONAL ADVISOR – LEAVING CARE TEAM apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.
Applying to this or any other vacancy advertised by Spinwell Ltd constitutes an agreement for Spinwell Ltd to hold your details for 24 months for the purpose of assessing suitability for the advertised position and to make you aware of any other positions deemed suitable of which You will make you aware by means of either email, text or phone. In line with GDPR regulations you are able to request your details be removed from the company data at any time by emailing us