Job Description

Personal Advisor

Tower Hamlets

23/hr

Start date: ASAP

Full Time: Mon - Fri 36/hrs a week

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

1. Provision of Leaving Care Support Services via Pathway Assessment and Planning Process, including education, training, employment, accommodation, health, personal support, family and social relationships, practical skills and financial assistance.

2. Working with individual service users to provide support, advice, guidance, assistance, and counselling, with the aim of enhancing or protecting individual welfare.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. To manage a caseload, develop and monitor and review Pathway Plans of support and interventions in agreement with the service user.

2. Respond to requests for support and assistance, taking sufficient basic information about the needs in question to be able to determine the level and type of assessment required.

3. Participate in completing Pathway Assessments in a timely manner and in partnership with young people, carers, social workers etc.

Knowledge

1. Knowledge of child care legislation including the Children Act 1989 and associated guidelines and regulations.

2. Understanding of the powers and duties of a Local Authority in relation to children looked-after and young people leaving care.

3. Knowledge and understanding of one or more of the following:

Education provisions, benefits and grants for care leavers.

Knowledge and understanding of issues impacting on Asylum Seeking and Unaccompanied children and young people.

Experience

• High standard of numeracy and literacy ideally at further or higher education level.
• Undertaking high quality and analytical Pathway Assessments, Human Rights Assessments, Personal Educational Plans, and the Pathway Planning process for looked-after children and young people.
• Direct work experience with children in care and leaving care, as individuals and in groups.
• Experience of working with young people who have suffered the effects of social exclusion within a multi-cultural, inner city environment.