Independent Mental Health Advocate

2 weeks ago


Essex, United Kingdom Together for Mental Wellbeing Full time

Together is an amazing place to work and it’s not just because we’re one of the UK’s oldest and most respected mental health charities. It’s because we put the people who use our services at the heart of everything we do - supporting and enabling them to take control of their lives and make a positive contribution to the community.

We are currently recruiting for an Independent Mental Health Advocates for our new service within St Andrew’s Healthcare. The post is based within a medium and low secure hospital for men and women with Mental illness, Learning disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Neuropsychiatry

1 post 15 Hours per week (Thursday & Friday)
- Experience of working within Advocacy or a care setting and understanding of the issues involved in providing independent Advocacy.
- To provide Independent Mental Health Advocacy and generic advocacy to qualifying patients including people detained under specific sections of the Mental Health Act ’83.
- To work with individual patients to provide information, support, and representation in order to assist them in any decision-making process affecting their care, treatment, legal status or other aspects of their daily lives.
- To raise awareness of Advocacy, Independent Mental Health Advocacy and the service to other professionals, individuals, and other agencies.
- To work with groups of patients on the wards, to assist them in developing and expressing a collective point of view.
- To maintain detailed cases notes and accurate statistical data.

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