Advocate
| Posting date: | 30 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,050 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 May 2025 |
| Location: | Sutton, SM4 6BL |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Get Staffed Online Recruitment Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ESS-6075 |
Summary
Advocate
Sutton / Croydon / Surrey or Bexley / Bromley
Full or Part-time hours available
Are you compassionate, organised, and looking to make a real difference in people's lives? Do you have experience of working or volunteering in welfare, support or health and social care and are looking for a new challenge?
What does the job involve?
- Travel to locations such as hospitals and care homes around Sutton/Croydon/Surrey OR Bexley/Bromley.
- Supporting people to speak up, helping them to understand information, and ensure their wishes, feelings, beliefs, needs and values are considered.
- Check and challenge Local Authorities and/or professionals as appropriate to ensure they are acting in the best interest of the client.
- Compassionate communication - You'll engage with people from all walks of life from care home residents to staff to social services, ensuring that the client's voice is heard.
- Promote empowerment.
- Raise safeguarding concerns.
- Work in accordance with relevant legislation such as Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act, Care Act, DoLS and Human Rights Act.
- Monitoring and reporting - Following a checklist, and you will write and submit detailed reports to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) team.
What our client is looking for:
- IAQ qualified (including any specialist unit) or be willing to study for and obtain within 12 months of commencing employment.
- Previous experience of working as an advocate/working with a diverse range of vulnerable people.
- Kindness, compassion, good communication skills, and the ability to connect with others.
- Ability to communicate clearly in writing, verbally and nonverbally, using a range of communication tools and methods.
- IT skills - A working knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook, databases and other relevant technology.
- Strong organisational skills.
- A valid driver's license and car as this role involves travel to clients.
What's on offer:
- Salary of £24,050 per annum for a 37-hour week
- Development opportunities including funded training and career development
- Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution
- 24/7 Employee Assistance and Wellbeing Programme
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Free eye care vouchers
- Flexible working
- On-the-job training and shadowing opportunities
- The chance to make a real impact on the lives of vulnerable individuals
Hours and Location:
- Our client is looking for people who can work 37 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- The candidate will need to work flexibly in the specified locations as required, based from their Sutton/Croydon office, mainly covering those areas, but not limited to that area.