Leaving Care Personal Advisor

Remedy Social Work; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxfordshire County Council seeks a Leaving Care Personal Advisor to support care-experienced young people through critical transitions, building trusted relationships and guiding Pathway Plans with their voices at the heart of decisions.

You will manage a caseload, coordinate services across housing, health and post-16 careers, and collaborate with partners to enable independence for care-experienced young people, including UASC cases and asylum seekers.

Qualifications

• Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS is required.

Responsibilities

• Act as a case manager and develop positive working relationships with young people.
• Encourage and empower young people to participate in decision-making processes and involve peer consultation workers when appropriate.
• Co-ordinate/participate in needs assessments for young people.
• Develop, monitor and review Pathway Plans to ensure needs are met, including triple track planning.
• Provide information, advice, planning and preparation, including health, housing and post-16 careers support.
• Work with interpreters and raise issues where necessary.
• Support with UASC processes and follow guidelines for immigration status cases.
• Ensure young people are aware of and receive financial entitlements.
• Liaise with housing, EET, vulnerable adults and health services.
• Coordinate services to ensure the young person makes use of available support.
• Monitor progress and well-being through regular contact with supporting agencies.
• Participate in a duty system and contribute to welfare checks for spontaneous asylum seeking children arriving in Oxfordshire.

Job description

Our client Oxfordshire county council is looking for a Leaving Care Personal Advisor to join their team.

About the Role

This is far more than a support role. It's about being a guide, advocate, coach and trusted adult during one of the most important transitions in a young person's life.

As a Personal Advisor, you will build meaningful relationships with care-experienced young people and help them navigate their journey towards independence. You'll work alongside them to create and review Pathway Plans, ensuring their voices, ambitions and aspirations remain at the heart of every decision. You'll celebrate their successes, help them overcome barriers and empower them to make confident choices about their future.

One day you might be helping a young person secure accommodation, supporting them into higher education or employment, or ensuring they can access the financial support they're entitled to. The next, you could be advocating on their behalf with housing providers, health services or partner agencies, helping them access opportunities that could transform their lives.

You'll manage your own caseload, coordinate vital services, and work collaboratively with colleagues and partners across Oxfordshire to ensure young people receive the support they need. You'll also support young people from a range of backgrounds, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young adults, helping them navigate often complex systems and build positive futures.

This is a role for someone who wants to see the direct impact of their work. Every conversation, every piece of advice and every opportunity you help create has the potential to change a young person's future for the better.

Key Responsibilities

• To act as a case manager and develop positive working relationships with young people.
• To encourage and empower young people to participate in all decision-making processes affecting their lives and involve the peer consultation workers in this process when appropriate.
• To be involved in understanding the young person's needs and co-ordinate/participate in their need's assessment.
• To develop, monitor and review the pathway plan to ensure needs are met, including triple track planning.
• To provide and access various information, advice, planning and preparation, and holistic support to meet young people's developing needs, especially in health, housing and post 16 careers.
• To work with interpreters and raise any issues where necessary
• To support with the UASC process and follow guidelines for when YP are not given immigration status or become All rights exhausted.
• To ensure young people are aware of and receive their financial entitlements.
• To liaise with other agencies, especially housing, EET, vulnerable adults and health services.
• To co-ordinate the provision of services and take reasonable steps to ensure that the young person makes use of such services.
• To keep informed of the young person's progress and well-being by monitoring their progress through regular contact with supporting agencies.
• To participate in a duty system and work productively within a team. To be part of the team doing initial welfare checks for spontaneous asylum seekers who are children arriving in Oxfordshire.

Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS.

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit