Personal Advisor - UASC (Dorchester)

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Personal Advisor (UASC) 37 Hours (flexible Working Considered) Salary £33,024 - £37,336 County Hall, Dorchester, Combined With Home-working What’s In It For You

This is an exciting time in Dorset Council as we are investing in and strengthening the service to Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children brought in to the care of the Council and supported through to young adulthood. A new team of Social Workers and Personal Advisers is being created and an opportunity is now available for someone seeking a role as a Personal Adviser. This is a position of 37 hours per week.

What You Can Expect To Be Doing

PAs will support young people aged between 16 and 25 years going through the asylum process. You will deliver the full range of statutory responsibilities through the Leaving Care Act 2000. This involves providing young people with advice and guidance. You will be working collaboratively with all partners to identify and meet individual’s needs, assisting young people to participate in pathway planning to ensure that their plans properly reflect their individual strengths, aspirations and needs. You will be working in young people’s homes, their communities, in Council offices and you will have the option to do some work from home. In this team, there will be liaison with solicitors and the Home Office and travel may be required throughout the UK.

About You

You will have experience of providing high quality services to children, young people and families or others with multiple vulnerabilities.

You will be used to working in a fast-paced environment and able to adapt to changing situations and respond appropriately.

You will be an effective communicator and be creative in your work to produce innovative solutions.

You will have knowledge and understanding of the relevant legislation and guidance and the issues affecting young people leaving care.

You will need to be self-motivated and able to work on your own and as part of a team.

You will need to be able to use IT to support accurate case recording and management information, as required by service standards.

Experience of work with Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children is recommended but not essential

Additional Information

This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

This post involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them. It will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders .

See our policy on safeguarding children and young people .

See the children’s social worker framework .

Dorset Council: A great place to work

We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council We

• provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
• have ambitious aspirations
• are excited about our future
• care about Dorset and all the people who live here
• know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success
  
  

You Will

• have access to a range of employee benefits
• be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
• have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression
  
  

We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.  We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours . We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn .

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

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