Empowered Advocacy Specialist

We are seeking a highly skilled Empowered Advocacy Specialist to join our team in Dorset. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work with children and young people, empowering them to express their wishes and feelings in decisions that affect their lives.

The Empowered Advocacy Specialist will be responsible for managing a pool of advocates, ensuring the provision of high-quality services to children and young people. You will also be responsible for allocating referrals to the most appropriate advocate and carrying a small caseload of advocacy referrals yourself.

This role requires strong communication and interpersonal skills, as you will be working closely with local authorities and other stakeholders. You will also have the opportunity to drive performance improvement by monitoring referrals, activity, and budgets, and using data to prepare reports for monitoring meetings.

NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) is a leading rights-based charity dedicated to ensuring that children, young people, and adults are respected, represented, and supported in expressing their views and having their rights upheld.

We work with care-experienced children, young people, and adults who often rely on statutory services. Our unique combination of social care and legal services enables us to provide the support they need and ensure their voices are heard.

• Manage a pool of advocates to deliver high-quality services to children and young people
• Allocate referrals to the most appropriate advocate
• Carry a small caseload of advocacy referrals yourself
• Drive performance improvement by monitoring referrals, activity, and budgets

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Experience of working with vulnerable children and young people

• Salary: £45,000 per annum
• Pro rata 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice pension contribution
• Additional sick pay
• Enhanced pay for family friendly leave
• Health care plan
• Employee assistance programme
• Death in service
• Learning and development opportunities