Independence Skills Promotion and Development Officer

Got a passion for social media and online content creation and looking for an incredible and unique opportunity to make a difference in the lives of young people? As an Independence Skills Promotion and Development Officer you will join the Future First Wandsworth Leaving Care Service. This is a chance for you to join our incredible Personal Advisors and multi-agency colleagues as we transform outcomes for Care Experienced young people. In this role you will lead on developing and delivering a dynamic Independence Skills offer to our young people, via creating engaging Social Media content and Online Resources, workshops, direct support and enthusiastic networking. If you are passionate about making a difference by supporting care experienced young people on their housing journey, we encourage you to read on! About the role You will work closely with Wandsworth Council Housing colleagues as well as the young person's Personal Advisor and our other 5 specialist Housing Colleagues within the service, to ensure that our young people have the very best opportunity to succeed in their Independence Journey. You will oversee the smooth running of 2 of our shared houses, supporting the tenants to manage and maintain the properties themselves and to facilitate house meetings. Building a significant resource library of online and in person options for young people to develop their independence skills your goal will be to prevent housing difficulties and support them to achieve positive outcomes. This role entails regular liaison with external and internal partner agencies and extremely proficient social media, organisation and interpersonal skills. With clear Key Performance targets, an enthusiasm and a passion for supporting young people is key. The post entails some flexible working with limited evening work when required in line with service participants availability and duty arrangements. Working arrangements are 18 hours a week.

• Enthusiasm and passion for supporting young people.
• Experience of identifying safeguarding concerns and risk management.
• Experience of supporting young people and/or vulnerable adults in an accommodation related setting is essential.
• Strong social media and digital media skills including experience of content creating.
• Good communication skills (written and spoken).
• Ability to organise and deliver training events and programmes.
If you meet the above criteria and enjoy creating opportunities for people to thrive in their accommodation and their independent lives, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.

We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan. Richmond and Wandsworth Councils