About The Service
This is an exciting time to join Cardiff, which is an Authority on the implementation journey that uses the Signs of Safety approach to focus on the support of our Children.
The post is permanent and will be based in the Personal Advisors Service. The Personal Advisor will hold a caseload of Care Leavers who have enhanced or standard levels of need within the 18+ Care Leaver service. The role will require the post holder to provide assistance, advice, encouragement and support to Care Leavers to ensure they actively participate and contribute to their Pathway Planning process to enable them to move successfully into independent living.
About the job
The role of the Personal Advisor is to provide young people leaving care with advice and guidance. To assist young people in their participation in pathway planning to ensure that their pathway plans properly reflect their individual strengths, aspirations and needs. You will also need to make appropriate assessments of individual’s needs in collaboration with the Children Looked After Social Workers and other agencies as required.
The position involves a wide, varied and often changing range of tasks, so you would need to use your initiative, be able to work under pressure in a busy environment, and be committed to provide the best service possible to those requiring support.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a service which puts the individual at the heart of our work. The team works from a strengths-based (Signs of Safety) approach to meet the needs of young people. You’ll benefit from an expansive training programme and a nurturing team who will take time to make sure you develop.
What We Are Looking For From You
The successful candidate will have experience of assessments, person centre planning and care management skills working actively with all partners to identify and meet individual’s needs.
The post holders will need to have team working skills, the ability to produce innovative solutions and be forward thinking to help develop the service. The ability to liaise with other professionals to be able to provide excellent outcomes for young people leaving care.
Additional information
Safeguarding and Child Protection are key priorities for the Council. We aim to support children and vulnerable adults to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. Our services and schools are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and vulnerable adults, and will take action to safeguard their well-being, and acknowledge that children and vulnerable adults have a right to protection. This is supported in the general ethos of the Council and all schools.
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check.
This post is suitable for post-share.
We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
If you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Sharlane Bird on telephone number 029 2087 1169.
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