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Are you looking for an opportunity to positively impact on the lives of Care Experienced young people? 

Are you somebody who has a ‘can do’ attitude and strives to support others to be their very best? 

Do you care passionately about improving outcomes for young people? 

Do you love working with friendly and motivated colleagues in a space dedicated to young people?

If so, we want to hear from you!

Future First, the Leaving Care Service for Wandsworth Children’s Social Care, are looking for passionate and dedicated Personal Advisors to join us for 1x permanent and 1x fixed term (12 month maternity cover) posts. 

Supporting an allocated group of Care Experienced young people aged 16-25, you will be responsible for delivering a high quality and impactful support service to them under the Leaving Care Act 2000 and the Children and Social Work Act 2017. You will be responsible for ensuring that all domains of their Pathway Plan are progressing and that the young people are benefitting from their positive relationship with you.

Reporting to your Team Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring that you are meeting performance targets weekly and that you are making a positive impact on young people’s lives.

You will have:

• Worked previously with Care Experienced young people.
• Experience of working with young adults in challenging circumstances.
• Great communication skills with an anti-discriminatory focussed approach.
• Experience producing high quality assessments and reports.
• An awareness of Trauma Informed practice and who understands the key issues for Care Experienced young people.

You will be based across our Hub building close to Clapham Junction station, home working and work out in the community and we work in a flexible and young person focussed way. 

You will be provided with all of the IT equipment and training you need to undertake your role, as part of your induction.

We offer agile working although Teams are based at the office a minimum of 1 week per month as part of a duty rota.

At Richmond and Wandsworth Councils, we care more about how you work and what you achieve, rather than where you work on any given day. The difference you can make to our local communities is what really matters most to us, service delivery must always come first. We have carefully considered agile ways of working to provide the best experience for residents, stakeholders and our staff. Our agile working strategy actively supports and encourages a dynamic work environment and daily working experience. Agile working helps put the needs of our staff at the centre of everything we do, so if specific flexible working arrangements helps you with this, feel free to let us know. 

Your wellbeing and the flexible way in which you can work is and will remain a key priority for Richmond and Wandsworth Councils. We want you to thrive and feel empowered in your work!

We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working including and other arrangements. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore. We also offer a generous holiday allowance of 40 paid days (pro rata) including bank holidays and a wide range of learning and development opportunities. 

In addition, we offer a comprehensive range of staff benefits such as membership of the Local Government pension scheme, childcare vouchers, new technology scheme, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts with many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments.

Indicative Recruitment Timeline

Closing Date: 11:59pm on Sunday 6th August 2023

Shortlisting Date: Week commencing 7th August 2023

Interview Date: Friday 18th August 2023

Useful Information:

The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Please note that the advertised dates for interviews may change due to the current Covid-19 situation. If they do, we will let you know as soon as possible.

We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams, including males.       

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Important Information:

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils