Personal Advisor
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Localização do trabalho
Anlaby, Hull
Status de emprego
Tempo total
Detalhes sobre a oferta de trabalho
The job itself
We have an exciting Personal Advisor opportunity available in our Children with Disabilities Team, covering East Riding of Yorkshire Council area and sitting within our Strengthening and Supporting Families portfolio.
The Children’s Disability Team support our most complex children, they work in collaboration with specialist services both internally and externally to ensure that we can provide the most appropriate support to children and their families. The right candidate will have access to an excellent training offer, alongside support from the Team Manager, Area Manager and our colleagues within specialist services and Participation Improvement and Innovation.
You will have the opportunity to set the standard in a developing and growing practice system to ensure that we achieve the best outcomes for children, young people and their families. The team are passionate about ensuring the children who they support receive an excellent service, ideally we are looking for somebody with experience of working with children with disabilities, who has understanding of the impact on the child and family.
The base for the team is at Anlaby Children’s Centre and the role consists of hybrid working.
The salary is dependent upon criteria as set out in the employee specification.
The right candidate
We are looking for an energetic, Personal Advisor who can demonstrate tenacity and enthusiasm in making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people.
This opportunity will allow you to work with children that are in the care of the local authority and have disabilities. These children will be in the process of transitioning to adulthood. We strive to ensure families are empowered to achieve lifelong positive goals.
As a Personal Advisor you will have the privilege of walking alongside and supporting young people to make a successful transition to adult life.
The role will undertake the ‘personal advisor’ duties as defined in the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and statutory guidance (Regulations Guidance)
In East Riding we really value positive relationships. Therefore, it is essential that the post holder is able to work relationally with others with a flexible and adaptable approach – always demonstrating their commitment to working to the highest possible standards whilst remaining at all times child centred.You will have good written and oral communication skills which will enable you to prepare clear Pathway Plan’s and progress requests for Direct Payments and care packages
You will be able to demonstrate a high level of motivation and the ability to work independently, with skills in working within timescales and with conflicting priorities.
Why work for East Riding?
Benefits of being a Personal Advisor in East Riding include:
• Flexible working options including option for a 9-day fortnight
• Christmas to New Year shut down – working arrangements are on a rota basis with additional time paid or time off in lieu
• Clear development pathways with supportive learning and development offer
• Regular reflective supervision with a focus on your wellbeing, your development, and what is working well
• Strong management support at all levels
• A service wide commitment to celebrating best practice and practice strengths
• A service wide commitment to promoting social work wellbeing and support
• Opportunities to develop specialist skills
Take a look at our recruitment web pages and our Children’s Social Care information page for a full range of benefits and support.
Stronger Together: ‘You can, I can, We can’
We are really proud of our bespoke practice model that reflects and connects our vision, our value base and our behaviour as one East Riding of Yorkshire approach to working with children, young people and their families. The Stronger Together Approach is nurtured and grown from within East Riding of Yorkshire CYPSSS and owned by our workforce.
To find out more about our Model of Practice please head over to our Children’s Social Care information page.
Other important information
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and is pursuing equality of opportunity in employment.
These posts are subject to an enhanced DBS Check
