Employer: Reed
Salary: £24,200 – £24,800 per annum, inc benefits
Date Added: 28/11/2023
Do you believe every individual is entitled to a voice?
Do you have excellent interpersonal skills and a supportive outlook?
Are you ready to empower those who can’t speak up for themselves?
Role: Advocate
Location: Durham (remote working)
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £24,200 – £24,800
Contract: Permanent
Start Date: January 2024
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of an amazing advocacy service in County Durham. Flexible working hours Monday to Friday. This role is to support people through social care processes, help them to participate and have a voice, supporting at meetings and helping them to understand the information that is being shared with them. You will be obtaining and sharing a person’s views with health or social care professionals involved in making best interest decisions on their behalf.
This role includes supporting people of all ages. You will be working with people with dementia, people with learning disabilities, autistic people, people with physical and sensory impairment, people with an acquired brain injury and those with mental health needs. Please note, this role does not involve supporting people with their personal care and you are not required to work shifts, evenings or weekends.
What is the day-to-day of the role:
- Providing face-to-face support to people who lack capacity to make decisions about where they live, medical treatment, information being shared with them and be involved in planning their future care and support.
- Representing people who are subject to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
- Supporting all ages with various learning disabilities and additional needs.
- Keeping up to date, accurate records in line with Data Protection and demonstrate a good working knowledge of legislation, policy and procedures around the Mental Capacity Act, Care Act and wider legislations.
- Working in the community and attending meetings with professionals.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Must have full driving licence and access to own vehicle for working hours.
- Must have advocacy experience.
- Must live within the County Durham area.
- Have experience working in the Health and Care sector and with people who have additional needs.
- Have excellent communication and negotiation skills both verbally and in writing.
- Good IT skills and be proficient using Microsoft Office 365.
- Be passionate and resilient.
- Able to work on own initiative and maintain own calendar and databases.
Benefits:
- 28 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- Day off on your birthday.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- A Mental Health Day – A paid day away from work to focus on well-being.
- Access to employee benefits platform.
- Paid expenses.
- Flexible working.
- Workplace pension.
- No weekends.
Applying is easy!
Application Deadline: 28/12/2023
Contract Type: Permanent
Submitted Applications: 0