Advocate

7 days ago


London, United Kingdom Community Connex LTD Full time

Job description

**About us**: Community ConneX is a campaigning organisation and a multi-project service provider working across West London, Oxfordshire and Bedfordshire. We support autistic people, people with a disability, and people and families experiencing barriers to live healthier, happier, and inclusive lives. We do this by ensuring their needs, rights and aspirations are met.

Advocacy 1st is a free, independent service provided by advocates who specialise in the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and the Mental Health Act.

**Hours**: 35 hours per week

**Location**: Hybrid based in Oxfordshire

**Key duties**:

- Provide independent representation of young people’s wishes and views and ensure their voices are heard when key decisions are being made
- Empower children and young people to make effective use of local authority policies or complaints procedures
- Complete advocacy plans and work according to the agreed outcomes
- Take responsibility for individual caseloads, ensuring that visits and case recording is completed
- Contribute to and maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders and professionals
- Holds a relevant advocacy qualification or intends to work towards this
- Has experience of working with children and young people
- Can travel independently to meet client
- Is aware of legislation such as Care Act 2014, Children and Families Act 2014, Children Act 1989, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
- Is experienced in delivering direct work to children, young people and vulnerable adults in a relevant setting.
- Can communicate effectively

**In return we offer a range of benefits including**:

- Pension contribution up to 5%
- Death in service insurance
- Employee assistance programme
- Bluelight Card
- Cycle to work scheme
- 23 days of annual leave + bank holidays (increases after 2 years of service)
- Gym membership
- Healthcash plan
- Professional development

We are committed to safeguarding and equal opportunities, and we guarantee an interview to all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the post.


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