Advocacy Coordinator

Advocacy Coordinator (Job Ref 18-08)

Salary: £ 24,549 (Pro-rata) -    18.5 hours per week    -    Permanent Contract

Based at Young Devon, Newton Abbot - with flexibility to cover Devon

This is an exciting role which will require the successful applicant to:

1)    Co-ordinate a team of advocates who work alongside young people with additional needs; supporting them to make decisions, have their voice heard and obtain services they need. 

2)    Co-ordinate other advocates and deliver advocacy to young people.

3)    You and your team will prepare young people for their transition to adulthood and/or adults services, ensuring it is a supportive and positive experience.  

These are high profile and prestigious roles and the successful candidates will need to be flexible, adaptable to change and have a good knowledge of participation and advocacy.

Young Devon is a youth work charity (1057949) who is actively committed to embracing diversity.

Wheelchair access available

Closing date for applications: 12:00 noon on Monday 26^th February 2018 with interviews on Monday 12^th March 2018.

If you would like an informal discussion please contact:  Andrew Turnock on 01752 424759

For an application pack please contact hr@youngdevon.org

Young Devon is committed to Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable groups and all applicants who will or could have unsupervised access to these groups will complete the required checks through the Disclosure and Barring Service