Senior Advocate – Mental Health Services

Job title:

Senior Advocate – Mental Health Services

Company

National Youth Advocacy Service

Job description

Interviews to take place week commencing 19th August 2024About the serviceNYAS provides mental health advocacy to children, young people and vulnerable adults within mental health settings throughout the UK.Our service provides independent advocacy to people within mental health hospitals and community-based settings. We support individuals to ensure their voice is heard regarding their care and treatment and that they are aware of their rights.The primary users of our services are vulnerable adults however some settings do include working with children and young people.The roleWe are looking for a Senior Advocate who will have day to day responsibility for the running and promotion of the advocacy service within several allocated settings across the UK.You will manage a pool of advocates which involves recruitment, supporting them through induction and by conducting supervision, regional meetings and best practice meetings, ensuring the provisions of the service we offer to vulnerable adults and young people is to a high standard.You will be responsible in managing the allocated weekly hours of each service, allocating these to the most appropriate advocate to meet the needs of the service users, whilst also attending an inpatient setting yourself where you will provide independent and confidential generic mental health advocacy to children, young people and vulnerable adults to empower them to express their wishes and feelings in respect of their care and treatment within a hospital setting to ensure their voices are heard.You will help drive the performance of the service by monitoring the hours, activity and budgets, and support advocates to produce quarterly reports using statistical and qualitative data for monitoring meetings to evidence service target achievements. This will also enable you to identify recurring themes and concerns which can be escalated.This role also provides the opportunity to work in co-operation with other NYAS services and departments and well as acting the link between NYAS and the settings.For more information, please view the attached job description below.In your application, you will need to evidence, using specific examples, how your skills and experience meet the criteria laid out in the person specification, within the job description attached. Requirements include:

• Significant experience in working with children and young people in a social care setting
• Experience and understanding of child protection/vulnerable adult safeguarding procedures
• An understanding of the importance of listening to children and young people without bias or prejudice
• An ability to communicate effectively and to a high standard both orally and in writing to a wide range of people.

NYAS operates robust safeguarding procedures to ensure the protection of the children, young people and adults at risk we work with. To comply with NYAS’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, references and a Digital Risk Assessment.We reserve the right to close this vacancy early once we receive a high number of applications.As an established leading rights-based charity, NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) is well positioned to ensure that children, young people, and adults across England and Wales are fully respected, represented, and supported in expressing their views and having their rights upheld.We work with care-experienced children, young people, and adults who are often reliant on statutory services suffering the negative impact of the cuts in public expenditure. Our combination of social care and legal services places us in a unique position to ensure that they receive the services they need and that their voices are heard.We are an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment which means NYAS welcomes applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief, or any other protected characteristic.NYAS is proud to share that we are a Disability Confident Employer and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies.Work with us to help change young lives.Telephone:
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Location

England – Wales

Job date

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 07:18:28 GMT

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