An exciting opportunity for an experienced Community Advocate to work with a new partnership of local VCS organisations working together to provide an accessible advocacy service, across the borough of Enfield. The role will suit someone with experience of promoting vulnerable individual voices, and representing their rights through the provision of high quality information, advice, and advocacy support. Duties will include:

·Providing goal focused community advocacy to eligible clients
Processing new referrals and queries, ensuring that appropriate referrals and logged and inappropriate signposted to relevant services
Supporting the triage of referrals across the LEAP partnership, signposting to other providers where appropriate, Please note we're not responsible for the content of job ads, as they're posted by the recruiter. We'll aim to resolve the reported issue and we'll use your feedback to improve the quality of our ads.

experience of working with people experiencing Mental Health issues
experience of working in an advocacy role
excellent verbal and written communication skills
excellent multi-tasking and time management skills
the ability to produce well -written reports and meet deadlines
good knowledge of relevant legislation such as Care Act 2014, Mental Health Act 2007, Mental Capacity Act 2005
knowledge of Benefits, social care, housing, and other relevant areas

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