Senior Specialist Advocate

Senior Specialist Advocate

Supporting parents with learning disabilities and/or neurodivergent needs
London (with travel across London and surrounding boroughs)
1535 hours per week (flexible subject to service need)
31044 pro rata Permanent

Charity People is delighted to be partnering with The Elfrida Society to recruit a Senior Specialist Advocate to join their dedicated advocacy team. This is a rare opportunity to play a senior practicefocused role within a respected userled charity with over 100 years of history supporting adults parents and families with learning disabilities and neurodivergent needs.

About The Elfrida Society
The Elfrida Society is a valuesdriven organisation committed to rights inclusion and social justice. Their independent advocacy services ensure that people who face systemic barriers are heard respected and supported to influence decisions that affect their lives particularly within social care health education and legal systems.

About the role
This is a senior advocacy role focused on supporting parents with learning disabilities and/or neurodivergent needs. You will lead complex and sensitive cases work confidently across multiagency environments and help shape highquality advocacy practice within the service.
Youll balance direct advocacy with contributing to service development reflective practice and informal support for colleagues helping to strengthen an already wellrespected service.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading complex advocacy cases including safeguarding care planning housing health and legal processes
• Providing independent personcentred advocacy using accessible communication and supported decisionmaking
• Preparing for and attending multiagency meetings case conferences and reviews
• Maintaining highquality accurate case records and working within safeguarding frameworks
• Contributing to quality improvement and best practice across the advocacy service

About you
Youll be an experienced advocate who is confident working autonomously values reflective practice and is deeply committed to empowerment and antioppressive approaches.

You will bring:

• A Level 4 Qualification in Advocacy (or equivalent)
• Experience supporting people with learning disabilities and neurodivergent needs
• Good knowledge of the Care Act Mental Capacity Act Equality Act and safeguarding frameworks
• Strong communication skills including making information accessible
• The ability to manage complex caseloads independently

Experience working with parents safeguarding cases or mentoring colleagues is welcomed but not essential.

Whats on offer
The Elfrida Society places real value on staff wellbeing and professional support. Benefits include:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Occupational sick pay
• Regular clinical supervision and reflective practice
• Ongoing training and development
• Flexible working where possible
• Travel expenses reimbursed (outside of to and from work)
• A supportive collaborative and valuesled culture

Applications from people with lived experience of disability neurodiversity and social disadvantage are warmly encouraged.

Charity People is a forward thinking inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age disability (including hidden disabilities) gender gender identity or gender reassignment marriage and civil partnership pregnancy and maternity race religion or belief or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.