Contract Type: Permanent
Role Type: Employment
Hours: Full time
Application deadline: Friday, October 24, 2025 - 00:00
Based: Middlesbrough
Salary: £27,662 Per Annum
Salary Type: Fixed Salary
Location: Teesside
Role description: Project Support
We Are Seeking a Qualified Advocate To Join Our Dedicated And Supportive Team. If You Are Already Qualified, This Is a Great Opportunity To Contribute To a Dynamic Service Where You Will Work Flexibly And Manage Your Own Caseload. We Offer
* Ongoing supervision and support
* Travel expenses
* Continuous professional development and training
* A culture that encourages innovation and creative approaches
Our current contracts include IMHA, IMCA, RPR, Care Act, and General Advocacy (including 1.2 Representative). If you do not yet have experience in all these areas, we will support you to gain the necessary skills and qualifications.
The Purpose Of The Role Is
* To provide Independent Advocacy to qualifying people across Teesside within inpatient and community settings.
* Provide statutory and non-statutory advocacy across Teesside as required.
Main Duties
* To provide Independent Advocacy (instructed and non-instructed) to qualifying service users across Teesside as required.
* To meet with individual service users to determine their needs for support, information and representation.
* To promote self-advocacy and assist service users to self-advocate as appropriate.
* To provide information to service users about their care, treatment and legal rights under the Mental Health Act, Mental capacity Act, Care act and a
* range of other legislation.
* To provide general information on advocacy issues, including complaints, discharge and care planning where appropriate.
* To assist service users to access appropriate support services as required.
* To advocate for service users at key meetings including discharge meetings, children’s services reviews, care reviews and ward meetings.
* To carry an advocacy caseload and ensure service users are kept informed and up to date on any work being carried out on their behalf.
* To record all activity undertaken using agreed methods including numbers and types of referrals, demographics, caseload information, issues raised,
* outcomes of the service and unmet needs.
* To undertake all necessary case and time recording to ensure good practice and in line with Mind policies.
* To maintain strict confidentiality with regard to information given by, and information about, service users.
* To work as part of a team contributing to service developments and planning processes.
* To maintain up to date knowledge of policy, structure and legislation relating to advocacy issues.
* To work within Mind’s policies and procedures at all times including safety planning and management processes, Lone Working, Data Protection,
* Confidentiality and Safeguarding.
* To attend and actively participate in monthly support and supervision meetings and Peer Group Supervision.
* To take part in training and development activities as required.
* To undertake other tasks commensurate with the position as required.
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