Care Leavers Advisor — Travel‑Ready Pathway Planner

5 Star Recruitment; Shefford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

5 Star Recruitment seeks a role dedicated to working with care-experienced young people leaving care to provide support, advice, guidance, and counselling to enhance welfare. An own vehicle and willingness to travel are essential, with engagement centred at Priory House, Shefford.

The role involves managing a caseload, developing and reviewing Pathway Plans, responding to support requests, and participating in assessing needs with young people, carers and social workers to secure holistic,

Qualifications

• Caseload management and planning
• Ability to conduct pathway assessments with service users and professionals
• Holistic, strengths-based thinking for support plans
• Willingness to travel and own transport

Responsibilities

• To manage a caseload, develop and monitor and review Pathway Plans of support and interventions in agreement with the service user.
• Respond to requests for support and assistance, taking sufficient basic information about the needs in question to determine the level and type of assessment.
• Participate in completing Pathway Assessments in a timely manner and in partnership with young people, carers, social workers etc.
• Ensure Pathway Assessments and Plans address strengths, development areas and action plans for moving onto independence; capture views of young people and professionals.
• Ensure assessments/plans are holistic and address all relevant user categories.
• All IT equipment must be collected on the first day of engagement at Priory House, Shefford and returned in the same condition; if not possible, shipped via tracked courier within 1 week of ending.

Job description

5 Star Recruitment seeks a role dedicated to working with care-experienced young people leaving care to provide support, advice, guidance, and counselling to enhance welfare. An own vehicle and willingness to travel are essential, with engagement centred at Priory House, Shefford.

The role involves managing a caseload, developing and reviewing Pathway Plans, responding to support requests, and participating in assessing needs with young people, carers and social workers to secure holistic,