Self-Employed Independent Parent Advocate

NYAS; Lewisham; Sur place; GBP 32 000 - 45 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

NYAS is seeking Self-Employed Independent Parent Advocates to provide confidential advocacy for parents of children on protection plans and looked-after children under 18 in Lewisham. You will carry your own caseload and help parents engage with social services and other agencies to secure positive outcomes.

Applicants must have substantial direct work with families and reside in or near Lewisham. Training, safeguarding, and compliance requirements are part of the recruitment process.

Qualifications

• Significant experience working directly with parents and families.
• Must be self-employed and able to manage a caseload.
• Commitment to safeguarding and equal opportunities in service delivery.

Responsabilités

• Provide independent, confidential advocacy to parents on child protection matters.
• Support parents to engage with professionals from third sector and statutory bodies.
• Assist parents in using policies and complaints procedures and provide information and advice.
• Attend accredited advocacy training and complete safeguarding and compliance requirements.

Connaissances

Independent advocacy

Case load management

Engaging families

Description du poste

The vacancy

We are looking for aSelf-EmployedIndependent Parent Advocate(s) to provide independent and confidential advocacy to parents with children subject to a child protection plan and parents of looked after children under the age of 18 years.

The role of the parent advocate is to support parents to positively engage with professionals from third sector and statutory organisations to resolve issues that are negatively impacting their family.

You will have direct responsibility for a case load and will enable parents to make effective use of policies or complaints procedures by providing information, support, and advice.

You will empower parents to achieve positive outcomes and help them deal with issues that are affecting their families.

To be considered you must have significant experience of direct work with parents and families.

To meet the requirements of the role you must live within or within the close surrounding area of Lewisham.

NB: As part of the recruitment process, all candidates who have been successfully interviewed and completed our safer recruitment process will be required to attend and complete accredited Advocacy training. This is a recognised qualification across this sector.

You will also be required to complete annual safeguarding and compliance including, Personal Safety, Data Protection, Information Security, Safeguarding and Equality and Diversity. You will be able to subscribe to an e-learning platform provided by NYAS.

• NYAS provides this training at a significantly reduced rate for self-employed advocates.
• You can do this on the e-learning platform at a significantly reduced cost compared to undertaking each course individually with different providers.

NYAS operates robust safe 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.

About NYAS

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 employerand 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.

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