Mental health advocate Work, Jobs in Birmingham, Eng (with Salaries)

Advocate (Supporting children with well being and emotional support)
Barnardo's —Walsall
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Mental Health / Support Work
SCCU Group —Coventry
- No experience needed
Quick apply
Maternity Link Support Worker (Urdu)
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust —Birmingham
- £28,392 - £31,157 a year
- Part-time
4d
Maternity Link Support Worker (Somali)
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust —Birmingham
- £28,392 - £31,157 a year
- Part-time
4d
Activities Support Worker
Focus Birmingham —Birmingham
- £22,561.50 a year
- English
- Care plans
- Communication skills
- Employee assistance programme
Rough Sleeping Outreach Worker (Complex Women's Navigator)
Coventry City Council —Coventry
- £28,598 - £34,434 a year
13d
Rough Sleep Support Worker
Civic Recruitment Limited —Walsall
- Weekend availability
- Organisational skills
- IT
- Communication skills
Quick apply
Youth Support Mentor
Spectrum Children's Services - Supported Accommodation 16-18 year old —Birmingham
- £13.30 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Childcare
- Cooking
- Working with children
Quick apply
5d
Maternity Link Support Worker (Arabic)
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust —Birmingham
- £28,392 - £31,157 a year
- Part-time
4d
Sales Assistant
Smiggle —Birmingham
- Part-time
- Sales
- Communication skills
- Store discount
- Annual leave
Area Manager - Community Services
Eden Futures —Wolverhampton
- £44,575 a year
- Annual leave
- Referral programme
Early Years SEND Lead
OurCoop —Warwick
- £42,670 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Travel
- IT
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Quick apply
Swimming Inclusion Specialist
Places for People —Sparkhill
- £19,603.78 a year
- Employee discount
10d
Area Manager - Supported Living
Eden Futures —Wolverhampton
- £44,575 a year
- Annual leave
- Referral programme
Conference and Banqueting Manager
Hilton —Birmingham
- £28,045 a year
- Full-time
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Annual leave
10d
Sports Course Helper
Places for People —Harborne
- £13.45 an hour
- Employee discount
10d
Duty Manager
Places for People —Sparkhill
- £14.59 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Customer service
- IT
- Leadership
- Employee discount
Teaching Assistant
Compass Schools —Tipton Green
- £23,995 a year
- English
- School
Casual Learning Assistant
St John Ambulance —St. John
- Childcare
- English
- Microsoft Office
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
1d
Team Lead - CAMHS Cannock and Seisdon
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust —Cannock
- £49,387 - £56,515 a year
- Full-time
- Leadership
- Free parking
- Annual leave
4d

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Advocate (Supporting children with well being and emotional support)

Barnardo's -
Walsall

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Barnardo’s is committed to providing ‘Better Outcomes for More Children’. Our children’s services volunteers help the charity to deliver essential services in local communities, providing support to over 300,000 children, young people and their families. This role provides a great opportunity to join our fantastic children’s services and help make a real difference. **Barnardo’s Advocates** empower children and young people experiencing the care system, to make sure that their rights are respected and their voices are heard at all times. Advocates represent the views, wishes and needs of young people, helping them to navigate the social care system at a very challenging and often scary time for the young person. Alongside supporting project workers with engaging children to use the well being service, there are options to help develop our presence in hospital settings, improving the reach and awareness of service, helping to signpost children to this and other services available to support their well being, and option to attend additional training, to support our service users who may need extra support after service support has finished. We are looking for approachable and confident people, who are able to listen to young people, support them to make their voice heard and guide them through the social care system. You will need to be a great communicator and able to support and encourage young people to engage with professionals.
Could you support children and young people to ensure their voice is heard on decisions that affect them, by accompanying them to meetings or attending on their behalf?

Tasks: Accompanying children and young people to attend meetings or attending on their behalf.

Supporting children to have their voices heard on decisions that affect them.

Promoting and encouraging service users to make active choices and informed decisions.

Encouraging and enabling service users to better participate with the service and opportunities provided, by ascertaining their views and ensuring their voice is heard.

Providing emotional/moral support for children and young people, while maintaining an appropriate volunteer/service user rapport.

Adhering to Barnardo's policies and procedures at all times, including Barnardo's: Safeguarding; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; Health & Safety; Data Protection; Confidentiality; Recording policies and procedures.

Participating fully in training and supervision.

Volunteering within Barnardo's Values and Behaviours

Skills: Reliable, punctual and trustworthy.

Approachable and welcoming.

The ability to empathise with children, who may be facing difficult times in their lives.

Awareness of factors impacting on and issues facing young people (e.g. Disadvantage, poverty, disabilities, health conditions including mental health).

Being passionate about making a difference in the lives of children, young people and families.

Benefits: Full induction and training.

Other training opportunities relevant to the volunteer role.

Regular supervision and support.

Out of pocket expenses agreed in advance.

Access to the Barnardo’s internal vacancy listing.

Our volunteers tell us about lots of other benefits of volunteering including; experience of working with children, young people and families; experience for your CV; supporting your local community; meeting new people; increasing self-confidence; feeling like you are making a difference; improving your health and wellbeing; and a chance to contribute to a worthwhile children’s charity.

Disclaimer: We look to recruit a diverse range of volunteers. If your skills don't fit the role exactly, please do not let this put you off as we are able to be flexible with most of our roles. If you are unable to apply online through the link on this page, please contact the Barnardo's Volunteering Team on [email protected] or call us on 0208 498 7320

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mental health advocate jobs in birmingham, eng

Advocate (Supporting children with well being and emotional support)

Mental Health / Support Work

Maternity Link Support Worker (Urdu)

Maternity Link Support Worker (Somali)

Activities Support Worker

Rough Sleeping Outreach Worker (Complex Women's Navigator)

Rough Sleep Support Worker

Youth Support Mentor

Maternity Link Support Worker (Arabic)

Sales Assistant

Area Manager - Community Services

Early Years SEND Lead

Swimming Inclusion Specialist

Area Manager - Supported Living

Conference and Banqueting Manager

Sports Course Helper

Duty Manager

Teaching Assistant

Casual Learning Assistant

Team Lead - CAMHS Cannock and Seisdon

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