Leaving Care Personal Advisor

Company : Cra Group Recruitment And Payroll

Job Type : Contract

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Job Description - Leaving Care Personal Advisor

12-month contract with a local authority

Summary

We are seeking to recruit two TESS Personal Advisors to join our Care Leavers and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) TESS team on a 12-month contract with a local authority. This role involves providing practical support and guidance to young people aged 16+ and care leavers who face emotional and relational challenges. You will be part of a team offering outreach support, befriending, social development, and facilitating access to community resources. A significant aspect of this role is supporting young people and care leavers/UASC at the TESS Drop-In provision, a support hub with a friendly, open-door approach. You will work alongside the therapeutic team to enhance emotional regulation and interpersonal relationships, fostering emotional stability and personal resilience.

Responsibilities

Promote, support, and meet the health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people (0-25 years).

Support children, young people, and care leavers in building resilience.

Promote attachment security and placement stability for children in care.

Foster connections, support networks, and healthy relationships for care leavers.

Address the impact of developmental trauma.

Provide interventions grounded in relationship-based and trauma-informed practice.

Qualifications

Training and awareness in issues such as separation and loss, emotional, behavioral, and neurodevelopmental difficulties, mental health issues, and developmental trauma.

Experience

Substantial experience working with children and young people up to the age of 21, and 25 if they are in higher education, in a voluntary or professional setting.

Experience in interagency work with vulnerable, at-risk, homeless young people, or those who have been in care.

Experience in directly assisting young people with caseload responsibility.

Proven success in achieving outcomes for young people under supervision.

Proficiency in writing emails, reports, case records, and other documents using electronic case recording systems and software like Word.

Additional Information

Working hours: 36.50 hours per week.

The role requires a DBS check.

The application deadline is 16th September 2025; apply ASAP.

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