Personal Advisor – Children Service
Are you a passionate Personal Services looking for your next role? 4Recruitment Services are currently recruiting for a Personal Advisor to work in a children service based in Birmingham.
Pay Rates: £18- £20 per hour Umbrella Rates
Information the Role: Successful candidates will be offered 36.5 hours per week for 12 month initially with views to extend, working Monday-Friday.
What you will be doing:
• To act as a full member of the staff team of the Service and to contribute to the development of the Service within TESS.
• 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 TESS 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 a TESS adviser, to implement and adhere to all relevant Service procedures.
• In working with service users, to adopt a holistic approach to meeting their individual procedure.
• In working with service users, to adopt a holistic approach to meeting their individual needs, and to 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 TESS and Trust staff regarding the preparation and support needs of care leavers, and to assist in the promotion of services for these groups of service users.
• To assist in liaising with the range of TESS service initiatives and to assist in the promotion of corporate or inter-agency approaches.
• To assist in the monitoring and evaluation of the work of TESS and to help in the provision of relevant reports where necessary.
Skills & Professional Characteristics needed:
• Substantial experience of working with children and young people up to the age of 21 and 25 if they are in higher education in a voluntary or Professional setting.
• Experience of interagency work with young people who are vulnerable, at risk, homeless or have been in care.
• Experience of being responsible for directly assisting young people (caseload responsibility)
• Have worked successfully in achieving outcomes for Young People under supervision.
• To be literate and able to write emails, reports, case records and other documents using electronic case recording systems and software such as word.
• Ability to advise young people around budgeting, and to be financially accountable where appropriate.
• Ability to seek and secure education, training and employment opportunities for care leavers.
• Ability to talk to, listen to, and develop good working relationships with young people, including those who may be difficult to engage or are challenging.
• Ability to develop working relationships with family, carers, professionals & partner agencies. (Education, training, employment, accommodation, police, probation, prison, DWP, health, etc).
• To be aspirational for young people. A friendly, sympathetic, understanding and realistic approach, to the needs of young people.
What we offer:
• 24 hour one on one specialist consultant based within your geographical area
• 4Recruitment Services Employee Benefits Programme
• Our own dedicated payroll support ensuring you get the full benefits of your payment
Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.
To discuss this vacancy in further detail or any other vacancies, please contact out Team on (phone number removed) or email (url removed)