- Pay Rate:
£14.50 per hour PAYE
- Hours per Week:
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3-4 months
- Nottinghamshire
Temporary Personal Advisor x6 - Leaving Care, Social & Health Care
Reference no: Nottinghamshire TCL 0008 0BDF / 1
Pay rate: £14.50 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3-4 months
City: Nottinghamshire
Hybrid working
Able to work flexibly to meet user need, including unsocial hours as required
Enhanced DBS required for this role
The purpose of this role is to work to achieve the specific aims and objectives of the Aftercare Service and the Children, Families and Cultural Services Business Plan. To work collaboratively with a range of partner organisations to assess, plan and intervene with vulnerable young people and their families.
It is likely that 2 roles will be North Team (Newark & Sherwood/Bassetlaw), 2 in the Central Team (Mansfield/Ashfield) and 2 in the South Team (Broxtowe/Gedling/Rushcliffe).
Key responsibilities:
- Manage a caseload of individual service users in accordance with assessed risk and policies and procedures and the Children Act guidance and regulations.
- Use manual and computerised systems for the recording of information and data and ensure that all relevant records and documents are managed in accordance with policy and procedures and to keep up to date case records in accordance with policy.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of interagency strategies relating to vulnerable young people.
- Attend and contribute to statutory child care reviews and participate in meetings including those in a variety of settings and institutions such as district councils, hospitals and custodial units.
- Work flexibly to meet user need, including unsocial hours as required.
- Undertake specific specialist roles in relation to complex assessment or service development.
- Be fully aware of the principles of safeguarding as they apply to vulnerable children and young people in relation to work role and ensure that line manager is kept fully informed of any concerns.
- Be part of Protection Plans for vulnerable children and young people as necessary.
- Review the needs of identified care leavers to ensure that plans and services reflect current needs and risks using Children Act Pathway Planning Guidance.
- Contribute to the duty arrangements of the Leaving Care team seeing young people by appointment and in crisis, dealing with internal and external enquires, providing support assistance and information as required, recognising the need to involve other more experienced staff where appropriate. Attend and contribute to team meetings, identifying training and whole service events.
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Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
- Educated to minimum GCSE level C or above including Maths and English.
- Relevant qualification NVQ level 3 or above.
Experience & Knowledge:
- Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
- Knowledge and understanding of human growth and development, and the particular issues relating to young people living care.
Skills & Abilities:
- Full driving licence (unless disability precludes this).
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
- Able to work flexibly to meet user need, including unsocial hours as required.
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Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
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