{"id":862,"date":"2020-10-07T09:25:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T08:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/?p=862"},"modified":"2020-10-07T09:25:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T08:25:10","slug":"vacancy-advocate-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/2020\/10\/07\/vacancy-advocate-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacancy &#8211; Advocate (Mental Health)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Advocacy Highland is a leading Highland-wide voluntary organisation, providing person-centred advocacy for people with a wide range of complex support needs.\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 seeking an Advocate that has enthusiasm and excellent communications skills, to promote and provide independent advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is essential that you have good people skills and are committed to upholding the rights of people who are marginalized by society. You will have a sound knowledge of advocacy and an understanding of the circumstances which can lead to people needing advocacy support. Applicants with lived experience either personally or through supporting people with mental ill health are welcomed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This post is usually based in Advocacy Highland\u2019s Head Office Inverness however you will be working from your own home at present due to current circumstances with Covid 19.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Post holders must possess a full driving license and have access to personal transport. Applicants will be subject to satisfactory PVG Disclosure Scotland checks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The closing date for applications is: 23<sup>rd<\/sup> October 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Virtual Interviews online will be held in Inverness on 30<sup>th<\/sup> October 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Application form and information:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Advocate-MH-Combined-web-info.pdf\">Advocate (MH) Post Information<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Application-Form-SDF-Monitoring-form.doc\">Application Form MH Advocate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocacy Highland is a leading Highland-wide voluntary organisation, providing person-centred advocacy for people with a wide range of complex support needs.\u00a0\u00a0 We are an organisation driven by strong values and a firm commitment to choice, dignity and social inclusion. &nbsp; We are seeking an Advocate that has enthusiasm and excellent communications skills, to promote and [&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-862","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\/862","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=862"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":978,"href":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862\/revisions\/978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advocacy-highland.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}