{"id":1182,"date":"2022-07-28T09:51:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T08:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2022-08-26T09:35:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T08:35:41","slug":"join-our-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/2022\/07\/28\/join-our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Join our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Independent Advocacy Worker \u2013 Skye &amp; Lochalsh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>12 hours per week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a37,350 per annum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you an excellent communicator?<\/li>\n<li>Do you believe that everyone has the right to be heard &amp; make decisions about their own life?<\/li>\n<li>Are you passionate about empowering people who may be vulnerable?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you answer yes to the above, you may wish to apply to become an Advocacy Worker with us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Advocacy Highland is a leading Highland-wide voluntary organisation, providing person-centred, independent advocacy for people with mental ill health, dementia, learning disabilities and autistic spectrum disorder.\u00a0\u00a0 We are an organisation driven by strong values and a firm commitment to choice, dignity and social inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are looking for an enthusiastic and approachable individual who shares our values and commitment to helping empower vulnerable &amp; marginalised people access their rights.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Advocacy experience is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided for the successful candidate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You will be locally based, working from your own home providing independent advocacy in the Skye &amp; Lochalsh area.\u00a0 You will need to be able to work flexibly, using your own initiative.\u00a0 Post holders must possess a full driving license and have access to personal transport. Travel and out of pocket expenses will be paid in addition to salary. The successful applicant will be subject to a satisfactory PVG Disclosure Scotland check and references.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Closing date: 26\/8\/22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Microsoft Teams at a mutually suitable date and time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/SL-Advocate-Job-Description-2022.doc\">S&amp;L Advocate Job Description <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Application-Form-MAIN-Nov-2021.doc\">Application Form <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Equality-Diversity-Monitoring-Form-May-2021.docx\">Equality &amp; Diversity Monitoring Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent Advocacy Worker \u2013 Skye &amp; Lochalsh 12 hours per week \u00a37,350 per annum \u00a0 Are you an excellent communicator? Do you believe that everyone has the right to be heard &amp; make decisions about their own life? Are you passionate about empowering people who may be vulnerable? &nbsp; If you answer yes to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1189,"href":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions\/1189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}