Preparing for Adulthood Advisor
Permanent, Full Time
£34,712 to £46,751 per annum
Location: Harlow
Working Style: Community-based worker
Closing Date: 7th June 2023
Preparing for Adulthood is a new service developed collaboratively between Children and Families, Education and Adult Social Care. Preparing for Adulthood is recognised as a service in which young people with SEND can develop and prosper, with a culture of collaboration, integrity and compassion; promoting the development and wellbeing of children, young people and their families; and protecting them from neglect and abuse.Working together with partners, the service delivers a range of early help, family support and effective interventions which build resilience, remove barriers and enable children and young people to look forward to a brighter future.
Working with young people with SEND, you will enable participation in appropriate opportunities, following the four pathways of Preparing for Adulthood. You will provide high quality information, advice and guidance to raise aspirations and self-confidence whilst removing barriers to learning and employment opportunities by working in partnership with educational providers and brokering access to a range of specialist services.
Key Accountabilities
· Responsible for engaging with young people aged 13-25, their families and key supporters, using specialist skills and knowledge to enable them to participate in the four pathways of Preparing for Adulthood.
· Provide specialist careers guidance to support young people with SEND and their families, to make informed and timely decisions appropriate to their individual circumstances and needs throughout their education.
· Using person centred planning gathering the views, ideas and aspirations of young people 13-25 to create outcome-based action plans
· Responsible for proactively gathering predictive data to support identification of future social care needs, housing demands, inform the development of appropriate further education training, supported internship, and apprenticeship opportunities.
· Support young people to access appropriate opportunities in learning, employment and personal development, including voluntary work, for them to develop in all four areas of preparing for adulthood.
· Work in partnership with internal and external partners, to identify solutions which support young people to maximise potential in adulthood.
· Work jointly with Targeted Employment Officers to identify specific young people who may be able to take up the opportunities the Targeted Employment Officer has identified.
· Manage a caseload effectively, to meet timescales set for interventions, maintain appropriate recording systems and support information reporting.
Knowledge, skills and experience
· Hold a recognised professional qualification in careers guidance and development to RQF level 6 (Bachelor’s degree).
· Evidence of continuing professional development, aligned to any relevant Professional Competency/Capability frameworks or Knowledge and Skills Statements.
· Experience of working with young people with SEND.
· Demonstration of effective partnership working in order to adhere to differing priorities and deadlines.
· Excellent communication skills with the ability to negotiate and seek solutions to challenging and complex situations.
· Demonstrate a knowledge of person-centred planning to support the creation of action plans.
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The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.
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We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.
What you should do next
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.
As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service
Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email resourcing.team@essex.gov.uk
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