Merthyr Tydfil Council Children's services are seeking to recruit a Leaving Care Personal Advisor to join the 16+ team. The role is hybrid working with a mixture of home working, visits in the community with service users and office based work. As such, there is a requirement for the successful candidate to be a car driver as you will still be providing face-to-face support to young people across the local area where applicable. This is a full time position with an initial contract of 3 months with a view to this being extended on a rolling basis and offering a pay rate of £17.21 per hour.
Duties of the role:
- Have case responsibility for young people post 18 and ensure their pathway plans are reviewed every six months and changed to reflect their circumstances.
- Assess young people's financial needs on behalf of the county council and to organise payments using the 16+ financial systems in accordance the Council's 16+ policies and procedures.
- Act as an advocate for service users and take on a quality assurance role, by ensuring pathway plans are specifically tailored to the service users' needs and have clear identifiable objectives and outcomes
- Offer direct support to young people who live independently, and coordinate their support with issues such as, education and training and to advise them on maximising their income
- co-ordinate young people's time with family and friends where needed and assist them in maintaining relationships with their family and other relevant people and to increase their ability to understand the nature of relationships
The ideal candidate will have:
- Experience of working with young people leaving care
- Enhanced DBS check
- Full UK driving licence
- Be able to work upon own initiative and within a team
The benefits of working with Eilidh at Service Care Solutions:
- You will receive a dedicated and personal consultant with a vast knowledge of social work
- We are a nationwide supplier of Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities which means we have a wide variety of exclusive roles based all over the country
- We provide frequent updates of new opportunities via text and email
- We have an expert payroll service which is processed twice a week
At Service Care Solutions we also offer a £250 bonus for referrals! If you think you know someone who would be ideal for this role and they are placed in the job you will then receive £250 at the end of their probationary period.
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply now. Don't miss your chance to become a Leaving Care Personal Advisor with Merthyr! To apply for this role, or to refer someone else, then please do not hesitate to contact Eilidh at Service Care Solutions on 01772208964 or eilidh.nicol@servicecare.org.uk.
