Independent Advocate - Glasgow Mental Health Service
- Part time
- £25,392 pro-rata
- Remote: Home based
- Closing 23rd August 2024
- Advertised from 6th August 2024
- 17.5 hours per week. Salary: £12,696.
Role
Partners in Advocacy has established itself as one of Scotland’s leading providers of independent advocacy, delivering exceptional advocacy services since 1998.
We are thrilled to present a exciting opportunity within our welcoming Glasgow team as an independent Advocate. You will provide one-on-one independent advocacy to young people up to 18 who are detained in hospital under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.
Through this role, you will ensure that young people’s voices and wishes are heard, enabling them to make informed choices, protect their rights and have a meaningful impact on decisions that affect their lives.
We strongly encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds to apply. If you believe your skills, experience, and expertise align with the criteria outlined in the person specification, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please complete the application form, ensuring that you provide examples of how your knowledge and experience fulfil each aspect of the person specification.
Partners in Advocacy takes pride in being a Disability Confident Employer, fully committed to creating an inclusive and accessible work environment.
Benefits
– Working for a values driven organisation that strives to support and empower staff
– Employment on a contract that has been secured until 31st July 2028 with the potential for a further two-year extension
– Working in a diverse range of community and clinical settings as well as the option of working from home and/or our Musselburgh based office
– Comprehensive training and ongoing support in your new role
– A generous annual leave and public holiday entitlement of 37 days with further annual increments
– Regular support and supervision sessions with your line manager
– Core hours daytime Monday to Friday working
– Frequent professional and reflective support sessions with your team
– Continuous professional development opportunities throughout the wider organisation
– Free access to a wellbeing resource funded by Partners in Advocacy
– Free access to mental health resources such as free counselling sessions
– Employer contributory pension scheme
Application notes
For information on independent advocacy please see the SIAA website: siaa.org.uk/what-is-independent-advocacy
For an informal chat about the post or any other enquiries, please contact recruitment@partnersinadvocacy.org.uk and a member of the team will get back to you.
Please note that we cannot accept CVs. Please submit your application through this portal.
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Closing date for completed applications: Friday 23rd of August at 5 p.m.
Independent Advocate
- Full time or Part time
- £25,000
- On site: Local Communities and EARS West Lothian office
- Closing 27th September 2024
EARS is an independent advocacy provider – our mission is to ensure that people’s voices are heard, and their rights are respected.
This is an office-based post. The majority of the working hours will be spent working in Local communities, with the people who seek your support, and working from the West Lothian office to join meetings, record notes and compile reports. Mileage expenses are reimbursed for travel within work.
Forth Valley Advocacy is an independent advocacy service promoting the rights, freedom and dignity of vulnerable people, supporting people to have their say and defending disadvantaged people from abuse and exploitation. The service is based on human rights principles and ensures that a stronger voice is given to individuals made vulnerable by complex life situations.
We are seeking an Advocacy Worker to join our existing team enabling Forth Valley Advocacy to continue providing high quality, person centred Independent Advocacy services across the Forth Valley area. You will join an enthusiastic team of experienced Advocacy Workers and will report to the Team Leader. The caseload is varied and will include work with individuals who are subject to legislation, including mental health care and treatment, and people using care and support services or who are in transition between services or settings.
With a commitment to ensuring that Advocacy Partners voices are heard, you will have a strong belief in empowerment and inclusion. As a member of the expanded team, you will contribute to the development of the service as it continues to provide independent advocacy throughout this period of growth.
*The service is based in Falkirk but covers the whole of the Forth Valley area. Hybrid working arrangements are in operation although the successful individual will be required to work from our office during the induction period.
Recovery Advocacy Worker for the Recovery Advocacy Project (RAP) – Oban and Lorn
- Part time
- £26,880 – £29,497 pro-rata
- Hybrid: Oban and Lorn area
- Closing 23rd September 2024
Lomond & Argyll Advocacy Service are seeking a recovery advocacy worker on the Oban and Lorn to join our team.
Your core mission will be to offer people information about their rights and services and to assist them in seeking to have their voices heard and their wishes respected.
Lomond and Argyll Advocacy service are looking for a person who has Lived Experience of problematic alcohol or substance use, either;
- personally and in recovery
- Awareness through a family member or close friend
- Working knowledge of substance and alcohol dependency issues
This is a part time post, and will focus on continuing to improve access to independent advocacy and other local supports for people impacted by problematic alcohol or substance use. The post will also provide rights based peer advocacy in line with the Scottish Governments Strategy: Rights, Respect and Recovery.
Main Responsibilities:
- undertaking relevant learning and development on a Rights Based Approach in Independent Advocacy
- working with individuals in line with the Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance
- working within the aims of LAAS
- managing your workload efficiently in accordance with the policies and procedures of LAAS
- working as an individual, but also as part of a team
- developing your skills by identifying opportunities for learning
- promoting and raising awareness of LAAS and its work across Argyll and Bute with a focus on ensuring awareness within services and communities on the Isle of Bute.
- uploading information, maintaining files on joint virtual working space
- sending and receiving emails and using a range of digital platforms’
- delivering rights based independent advocacy
- monitoring progress towards specific project targets and outcomes
- using and developing existing networking techniques to create links with appropriate individuals and groups (statutory and voluntary) to raise awareness of Independent Advocacy
- supporting LAAS to develop and deliver learning opportunities
This post requires the successful candidate to apply for membership of the PVG Scheme.
Flexible hours to be worked between 9-5 Monday to Friday. Ability to work from home within area however the ability to travel in the locality is essential.
Recovery Advocacy Worker for the Recovery Advocacy Project (RAP) – Mid Argyll
- Part time
- £26,880 – £29,497 pro-rata
- Hybrid/Remote: Mid Argyll area
- Closing 23rd September 2024
Lomond & Argyll Advocacy Service are seeking a recovery advocacy worker in Mid Argyll to join our team.
Your core mission will be to offer people information about their rights and services and to assist them in seeking to have their voices heard and their wishes respected.
Lomond and Argyll Advocacy service are looking for a person who has Lived Experience of problematic alcohol or substance use, either;
- personally and in recovery
- Awareness through a family member or close friend
- Working knowledge of substance and alcohol dependency issues
This is a part time post, and will focus on continuing to improve access to independent advocacy and other local supports for people impacted by problematic alcohol or substance use. The post will also provide rights based peer advocacy in line with the Scottish Governments Strategy: Rights, Respect and Recovery.
Main Responsibilities:
- undertaking relevant learning and development on a Rights Based Approach in Independent Advocacy
- working with individuals in line with the Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance
- working within the aims of LAAS
- managing your workload efficiently in accordance with the policies and procedures of LAAS
- working as an individual, but also as part of a team
- developing your skills by identifying opportunities for learning
- promoting and raising awareness of LAAS and its work across Argyll and Bute with a focus on ensuring awareness within services and communities in Mid Argyll.
- uploading information, maintaining files on joint virtual working space
- sending and receiving emails and using a range of digital platforms’
- delivering rights based independent advocacy
- monitoring progress towards specific project targets and outcomes
- using and developing existing networking techniques to create links with appropriate individuals and groups (statutory and voluntary) to raise awareness of Independent Advocacy
- supporting LAAS to develop and deliver learning opportunities
This post requires the successful candidate to apply for membership of the PVG Scheme.
Flexible hours to be worked between 9-5 Monday to Friday. Ability to work from home within area however the ability to travel in the locality is essential.
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