Advocacy & Participation Worker – East Lothian

Who Cares? Scotland; Musselburgh; Sur place; GBP 26 000 - 34 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Who Cares? Scotland is seeking a post holder to work directly with children and young people with care experience in an advocacy role and participation across East Lothian.

You will listen to voices, uphold rights in decision-making, and help facilitate a broad range of participatory opportunities and collective advocacy within a supportive team. The successful candidate will build positive relationships, demonstrate excellent communication, and work flexibly including some evenings and

Qualifications

• Brilliant at forming positive relationships with children and young people.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Commitment to children's rights and inclusive practice.
• Willingness to work evenings/weekends and hold a driving licence.

Responsabilités

• Work directly with care-experienced children and young people in an advocacy role.
• Lead participation and group activities across East Lothian.
• Listen to voices and support rights in decision-making processes.
• Facilitate participatory opportunities and collective advocacy.

Connaissances

Interpersonal communication

Relationship-building

Advocacy

Team collaboration

Description du poste

Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our strategic vision is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland. At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced people, and the power of their voices to bring about positive change. We provide individual lifelong relationship-based independent advocacy and a range of local and national participatory and engagement opportunities for Care Experienced people across Scotland. We work alongside Corporate Parents and communities to broaden understanding and create change. We work with policy makers, leaders, and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy, and practice, working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.

The post holder will work directly with children and young people with experience of care, in an individual relationship-based advocacy role, and within participation and group activity across East Lothian. This unique role requires you to listen to what children and young people with experience of care say and support them to ensure their rights are upheld and their voices are heard in the processes of making decisions about their lives. You will also help facilitate a broad range of participatory and engagement opportunities and create the conditions for collective advocacy.

The right candidate for this post will be brilliant at forming positive relationships with children and young people. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, adaptable to a wide range of contexts. You will enjoy working collaboratively with partners. You will be committed to children’s rights, inclusive working, equal opportunities, and believe that all young people can make transformative change happen in their lives if given the opportunity.

Flexibility will be required given the remit of the role. Some evening and weekend work will be necessary, as will a full driving licence and access to transport. While we would welcome the knowledge gathered through relevant qualifications, we are just as interested in relevant work experience. We welcome and encourage applications from those with experience of care. The successful candidate will be joining Who Cares? Scotland at an exciting time, when the voices of those who are in or have experienced care are growing in power, individually and collectively – bringing with them insight, challenge, hope and change.