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Advocate needed for a busy statutory advocacy HUB based in Widnes.
Closing date 4 October 2024 - Interviews to be held 9 October 2024
Are you looking for a job where your qualities and expertise will make a real difference to people’s lives?
Hoping for a varied, interesting workload as part of a friendly, supportive team?
If so, then read on!
A bit about us
Engaging Communities Solutions CIC (Community Interest Company) (or ECS for short) are an independent Community Interest Company that delivers Healthwatch and advocacy services throughout England. Our mission is to ensure people get their voices heard and that people are empowered.
Through our Advocacy HUB in Halton, which also covers NHS Complaints Advocacy provision for Warrington, we offer free, confidential, and independent advocacy support to residents who need help to get their voice heard in relation to health and social care needs.
We have a team of amazing and dedicated staff who provide high-quality, confidential, independent advocacy services, supporting people, often vulnerable and/or excluded from services and communities, in having a say about issues that are important to them and decisions that are being made about their lives.
For more information about advocacy and what we do, please go to our main ECS website and see the local website for Healthwatch Halton and the advocacy HUB, where this role will be based
About the role
We are looking to recruit a permanent multi-skilled advocate to join our busy Halton Advocacy HUB multi-disciplinary team, working 22.5 hours per week.
Based in Halton, for this exciting multi-disciplinary role, we are looking for those with a particular interest in Non-Statutory Advocacy as the role will be based in a secure unit for up to two days a week. This role involves providing general advocacy support to patients in supporting form filling, sourcing general information, signposting and general low-level concerns and safeguarding issues around their care not covered by the IMHA role. The role also covers the NHS Complaints Advocacy in our Warrington HUB (or Halton Hub when required), helping people who need support in making a complaint about their care and treatment under the NHS.
We also require a talented person to undertake the role of the RPR to support individuals detained under the Mental capacity Act on a DoLS when needed.
What we need from you
We are looking for someone who has the creativity and enthusiasm to support people in difficult circumstances, ideally has experience in a health or social care and may have their own life experiences relevant to the role. Although it would be useful to already hold a formal advocacy qualification, if you have not got advocacy qualifications it is not a problem, we will provide the required training.
You will be working from a secure mental health unit for up to two days a week and then the rest of the week may be working from home so must have access to a stable home broadband service. There will also be an element of the role where you will be out in the community, but not exclusively, in Warrington, Halton, Widnes and Runcorn areas and therefore you must have access to your own transport.
There may be times when work is required outside normal working hours, so flexibility is required.
Details
Advocate Vacancy - Advocacy HUB in Halton and Warrington
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Healthwatch Independent Strategic Advisory Board vacancies
We are recruiting right now for new Advisory Board Members
How often do you hear people share their stories of long waits for hospital appointments or short notice cancellations or difficulty in getting to see their GP? Then the really glowing stories where people feel the service they have received at a hospital or from their GP has been brilliant. Ever thought ‘…if only people at the top could listen to what’s its actually like for people who are unwell, frail, or vulnerable struggling to access services and what would they change if it was their close family…’ Or to equally tell them ‘…what’s working well and ask why can’t you do some of the same for other services?’
You could just have such opportunities.
Healthwatch Halton is your local health and social care champion, ensuring people’s voices are at the centre of shaping NHS health services and social care services in Halton.
Healthwatch Halton is one 152 across England, set-up in April 2013 to bring the voices and experiences of local people to influence the decisions made in their health and social care. We use local people’s voices and experiences to work to influence planners, decision-makers, and service providers in Halton. The government provides money for each local authority to set up a Healthwatch. Local Healthwatch organisations have the right to go to places where health and social care is delivered and report what they find.
We are recruiting right now for new Advisory Board Members.
Engaging Communities Solutions CIC (ECS) was awarded the contract to deliver Healthwatch in Bedford Borough from April 2018.
ECS retains contractual responsibility for the service so takes care of all infrastructure requirements like HR matters and finance. That means the Advisory Board focuses on agreeing on the work programme and providing oversight to ensure the work programme is achieved as well as supporting with the promotion of Healthwatch and collection of intelligence.
There are recruitment packs and role descriptors available for the Advisory Board Members.
The recruitment packs give details of the recruitment process, further information about Healthwatch Halton, the role of the Advisory Board Members plus how to apply.
If you would like an informal chat about the roles, please contact Dave Wilson, Chief Officer, either by phone or email
0300 777 6543