Structure
Advocacy Highland is a registered charity with a Board of Directors. Reporting directly to the Board, the Advocacy Manager is responsible for the management of Area Co-ordinators and other paid staff. Area Co-ordinators are responsible for the recruitment, training, support and supervision of volunteer advocates. In addition to Area Co-ordinators, Mental Health Advocates are employed, but they have no responsibility for volunteer teams.
Advocacy Highland currently employs the following paid staff:
- 1 x Area Manager (full time)
- 1 x Area Co-Ordinator (full time)
- 4 x Area Co-ordinators (part time)
- 2 x mental health advocates (part time)
- 2 x advocates (part time)
The service covers all of Highland, with Area Co-ordinator posts distributed as follows:
- Lochaber
- Inverness & Nairn
- Ross & Cromarty
- Caithness & Sutherland
- Skye & Lochalsh
- Badenoch & Strathspey
Across the Highland area, there are currently 51 volunteer advocates, split geographically as follows:
- Lochaber - 3
- Inverness - 13
- Ross & Cromarty - 6
- Caithness & Sutherland - 12
- Skye & Lochalsh - 9
- Badenoch & Strathspey - 4
- Nairn - 4