National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS)
Location
Remote | United Kingdom
Job description
We are looking for a Senior Advocate who will have day to day responsibility for the running and promotion of the advocacy service in Bedfordshire.
You will manage a pool of advocates which involves recruitment, supporting them through induction and by conducting supervision and best practice meetings, ensuring the provisions of the service we offer to children and young people is to a high standard. The role will involve coordinating return interviews and residential visiting advocacy. You will be responsible in managing the advocacy referrals and allocating these to the most appropriate advocate to meet the needs of the child or young person, whilst also carrying a small caseload of advocacy referrals yourself where you will provide independent and confidential advocacy to children and young people to empower them to express their wishes and feelings in decision that affect their lives to ensure that their voices are heard. You will help drive the performance of the service by monitoring the referrals, activity and budgets, and using bespoke system, to prepare statistical and qualitative data reports 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 local authority. For more information and to apply, please visit the link. In order to meet the requirements of the role, you must live within the geographical area. 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: Proven experience in working with children and young people in a social care setting, particularly children in careProud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
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Salary
£13.11k - £16.17k per annum