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Personal Advisor - Care Leaver & UASC
Glenfield, Leicester
Umbrella Pay- £19.11 per hour
25/03/2024 – 3 months initially
Monday to Friday, 37 hrs/week – Hybrid
Our client are seeking a Personal Advisor to join their UASC team/ Care Leaver Team.
* Manage your own caseload of young people aged 16 – 25 years
* Complete visits on a visiting pattern and keep in constant contact with the young people
* Support and advocate for the Children & Young People where necessary
* Contribute to Single Assessments/ Age Assessments based on need
* Supervise contact visits when parents are visiting children who are looked after
* Take notes on the contact including behaviour and parenting skills, producing reports where necessary
* Support the parents on any issues in contact
* Provide emotional and physical support to children and young people
* Undertake identified Life Story Work
* Build strong, trusting working relationships
* Attend meetings, reviews and conferences where necessary
* Undertake continuing professional and personal development to develop and update knowledge and skills
Requirements
* UK Driving Licence, access to a vehicle, business insurance
* Experience working with young people leaving care/ unaccompanied asylum seeking children
* Experience of behavioural work with children / young people and their carers
* Must have experience completing pathway plans
* Knowledge of Safeguarding children issues and needs of older children
* Enhanced Child and Adult DBS registered to the update service
Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services in an equal opportunities employer.
Please email all CVs to Sammy Davis or call (phone number removed) mobile (phone number removed)