Trainee Care Act Advocate

Responsibilities

• To provide advocacy for learning disabled people whose children are being assessed by children's services.
• To provide advocacy for people to access and engage with the social care system.
• To provide general advocacy as appropriate.
• To attend multi agency meetings, assessments and court hearings, alongside the people you advocate for, to ensure they are able to fully participate.
• To work holistically with people, recognising other areas in their lives where support would be beneficial that does not directly relate to our service.
• To support parents to access help which will improve their parenting skills and confidence, for example volunteer 'parenting mentors' who can be matched with parents and work with them at home.
• To support parents to access help, advice and information they may need in relation to housing, benefits, physical or mental health issues.
• To ensure parents understand information in meetings, letters, reports and legal documents.
• To make information accessible so people understand what actions they are required to take.
• To work in collaboration and share knowledge with other professionals, so that they can develop how they work with disabled people.
• To travel across the borough of Wigan and occasionally beyond, to deliver the service.
• To work inclusively with people of different age groups, disabilities, gender identities, ethnic backgrounds and any other relevant groups.
• Keep up to date case notes.
• To be able to work out of normal office hours.
• Ensure that the views of the people who use our service are central to all that we do.
• Be involved with the wider work of Embrace - this means fundraising activities, social events and in house committees.

Benefits

• Inclusive employer with a clear reasonable adjustments policy to ensure all of our disabled staff can thrive in our organisation.
• Free employee health and well being offer.
• Free on site parking.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Accredited Real Living Wage Employer.
• Regular team building events.
• Opportunities to get involved in other work in the organisation.

Working Pattern

• Monday to Friday, 9 am - 5 pm.