Senior Personal Advisor - Agency £20.85

Your new role
Southend City Council are looking to appoint a full-time, agency Senior Personal Advisor who is able to undertake the role of liaison officer between aftercare Personal Advisor, the social worker and other colleagues, to make sure that there is a planned transition of the care lever to adulthood.

The Senior Personal Advisor, oversees that the care leavers are living in suitable accommodation, have the opportunity of being engaged in work, training or education and that they are not socially isolated.You will be required to provide consultation on casework and contribute to the development of colleagues within the team and, where appropriate, the wider service by virtue of being an experienced and reliable practitioner.You will provide an efficient and cost-effective service to young people, ensuring that their needs are professionally assessed. Making sure that every young person will have a professional and comprehensive Pathway Plan and risk assessment.

Within this post, you must be on-site a minimum of 4 days a week.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this position you must have worked within front line services, preferably as a Personal Advisor. You must have knowledge of the issues that young people face along with experience of looked after children and practice experience of applying assessment skills within a statutory social work setting.

You are required to have excellent communication skills, inc. verbal, written. Knowledge of methods of social work interventions, relevant legislation regulations, guidance and policy issues.

What you need to do now

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