Social Worker - Children in Care Team (LAC)

Job Title: Personal Advisor

Location: Kendal/Barrow
Salary: £26.91
Contract Type: 37 hours per week

The Role
We are seeking a compassionate, motivated, and proactive Personal Advisor to join our team. You will work directly with individuals, offering one-to-one support, creating action plans, and helping them overcome personal and practical challenges. Your role will be crucial in building trust, encouraging independence, and facilitating access to appropriate services and opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• • Provide tailored, one-to-one advice and support to clients based on their individual needs.
  • Direct work with young people aged 18+
  • To assess the needs of young people entitled to a Leaving Care Service in order to determine the level of advice, support and assistance they will require in making the transition to independence.
  • To be responsible for the coordination, implementation and review of plans which will identify how these needs will be met in order to maximise life chances.
  • Manage as directed cases of young people eligible on the appropriate legislation.
  • To engage in direct work with young people prior to the Pathway Planning process to ensure that they are prepared and informed to engage with the process.
  • To facilitate the access to appropriate departmental resources and the resources of other agencies, partners and stakeholders to ensure plans are fully implemented.
  • To review and revise plans as required by statute, guidance and regulation, to meet need and to maximise the chances of successful transition to independent living.
  • To convene and attend other planning meetings and case conference as required.
  • To ensure that young people are fully informed and consulted as to the Leaving Care Services and to ensure that the voice of the young person is heard throughout the process.
  • To maintain a high standard of record keeping and to supply high quality information to enable transparency, continuity and to facilitate the planning of future services.
  • To ensure that reasonable steps are taken in line with statue regulations and guidance to stay in touch with young people who have left the care of Cumbria County Council and monitor and report progress.
  • 11.To participate in supervision, team meetings and training including maintaining knowledge of Social, Educational, Training and Employment opportunities.
  • 12.To develop and maintain liaison with other partner agencies and develop services for care leavers in agreement with line management.

What We''re Looking For

• Experience in providing personal or advisory support, ideally in social care, education, or employment services.