Personal Advisor

Belmont Recruitment are currently looking for a Personal Advisor to join Cheshire West and Chester Council on an initial 3-month temporary contract. This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide young people with care leaver eligibility across the borough a consistent, high quality, and responsive care leaver offer

• Drive the responsibilities of Corporate Parenting within our own services, ensuring care leavers are looked after as though they were our own children.

• Deliver high quality, evidence-based support to young people.  Deliver this through performance management and risk management in accordance with the relevant Policies and Procedures.

• Identify support and safeguarding needs for our care leavers, through effective supervision and compliance with all policies and procedures.

• Act as the lead professional for care leavers ensuring robust planning, escalation of concern, and compliance with statutory responsibilities.

Essential Requirements

• NVQ or recognised accredited programme such as Child/Social Care, Education or Youth Work Qualifications

• Experience of working with children, families and young adults. The skills to analyse and link information about young people to identify existing and emerging needs.

• Experience of working as part of a multi-agency team to provide high quality support to care leavers who are transitioning into adulthood.

Please apply with an up to date CV ASAP if this role would be of interest to you!