YOUNG PERSONS ADVISOR

£35,674 to £37,605 pa
Please see exciting opportunity to join our Leaving Care service. We are looking for candidates who are looking for their first position in social care and bring transferable skills or experience from an allied profession or workers with knowledge and understanding of the care experience. We are a very stable service that deliver high quality support to young people aged 16-25.
YPA role is to advise befriend and assist young people who have been care experienced though regular visiting to create positive helping relationships. YPAs also create and review pathway plans to outline how we can support young people successfully transition to adulthood. We are a well- resourced service with co located professionals such as a Mental Health Practitioner, ETE workers and financial wellbeing advisor.
We have an active participation team with two youth workers and a care leaver ambassador that support our care leaver forum and run a schedule of activities and participation events. We have a busy group work programme that you will also have the opportunity to get involved in. This includes football, a supper club, a young parent’s group and preparation for tenancy workshops. There is also a robust training offer for YPA staff and a progression pathway to senior YPA and social work training should you choose to consider that option. This is for a full-time role and we hope you can start as soon as possible.
Closing Date: 21st September 2025
We are forces family friendly and are part of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (Bronze Award). We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.
We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and as a disability confident committed employer we encourage applications from people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we will consider reasonable adjustment to support disability employment. We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work, Salary Sacrifice Lease Car, Technology Scheme, GymFlex and a wide range of local and national discounts.

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