Statutory Advocate (Part Time)
Location: Essex
Salary: £21,703.54 to 23,906.01 pro rata
Closing Date: Tuesday 02 February 2021 at 11:59pm
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Would you like to work for a leading mental health charity?
Do you want a rewarding career where you can really make a difference?
If yes, join us here at Rethink Mental Illness.
We have an exciting opportunity for 2 Statutory Advocates to join our inspiring and friendly Essex Advocacy team. Your role will be a permanent position working part time, either 28 hours or 17.5 hours per week based in the community.
Our Essex Advocacy service provides specialist advocacy services as appropriate across a range of disciplines including, IMCA, DOLS, Children & Young People’s Advocacy, RPR, IMHA, Care Act and Independent Health complaints. We provide a range of statutory (instructed or non-instructed) and non-statutory advocacy support in secure units, hospitals, care settings or in the community.
If you are looking for further flexibility then please get in touch with us as we also have zero hour roles available.
Who are we?
We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”
In everything we do, we seek to demonstrate our values: Passion, Commitment, Openness, Hope, Expertise and Understanding. If these values resonate with you, we would love to hear from you.
What will you be doing?
Do you have what we are looking for?
What will you receive?
You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your abilities with the opportunity to make a real difference every day. In addition, you will have excellent development opportunities including funded training, career development and a range e-learning courses. You will also receive:
Don’t just change jobs, change lives!
The Recruitment Advisor looking after this role is Katie Wright. If you have any questions about the position, please feel free to drop her an email at recruitment@rethink.org or give her a call on 07483431770
Just a couple of final things,
We welcome applications from everyone, applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning+ (LGBTQ+), people with a disability, or those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are actively encouraged to apply. We are proud to have also been awarded Disability Confident employer status. We have an ambition of becoming an anti-racist organisation and we recognise there is more to do in ensuring our recruitment is fair and inclusive, which is why we are recruiting new roles in helping us to achieve this. Please be mindful that we may need to close adverts early if we receive a high volume of applications, we therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible. If a shortened closing date has a significant impact on your ability to apply, please let us know.
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