Advocacy and Participation Worker 15 Hours

2 weeks ago


York, United Kingdom City of York Council Full time

This will require you to show considerable sensitivity and demonstrate your ability to use creative and innovative methods to communicate with young people, creating an environment where trust can be built and they feel comfortable discussing sensitive topics. Regularly advocating on behalf of children and young people often involves dealing with complex and contentious issues. The role requires the use of purposeful and effective communication between the young person, their carers, families and multi-agency professionals, sometimes including council officers and elected members. You will need to demonstrate strong and well-developed communication skills and an ability to offer appropriate professional challenge when supporting a child or young person to have their wishes and feelings heard and their rights upheld.

Experience of working with children and young people in an advocacy, advice or counselling capacity would be desireable, as would experience of working with looked after children and young people and facilitating group work with children and young people.

Advocacy and participation work takes place in many different settings, such as homes, council offices, foster homes and residential homes. The nature of the work requires the post holder to plan their own workload against service priorities and timescales, while prioritising the needs of individual children. The post holder will regularly work out of ‘office hours’, including some evenings and weekends. Lone working is required to undertake this and the work may involve travelling out of the local authority area to meet children who are living outside of York and also to attend meetings to provide advocacy support for them.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.

The Council is highly committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.

**Closing date**: Sunday 6 August 2023 at 12 midnight

**Shortlisting**: week commencing 7 August 2023

**Interview date**: Friday 1 September 2023


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