We are looking for a Senior Advocate who will have day to day responsibility for the running and promotion of the advocacy service in Dorset. You will manage a pool of advocates which involves recruitment, supporting them through induction and by conducting supervision and best practice meetings, ensuring the provisions of the service we offer to children and young people is to a high standard. You will be responsible in managing the advocacy referrals and allocating these to the most appropriate advocate to meet the needs of the child or young person, whilst also carrying a small caseload of advocacy referrals yourself where you will provide independent and confidential advocacy to children and young people to empower them to express their wishes and feelings in decision that affect their lives to ensure that their voices are heard. You will help drive the performance of the service by monitoring the referrals, activity and budgets, and using bespoke system, to prepare statistical and qualitative data reports for monitoring meetings to evidence service target achievements. This will also enable you to identify recurring themes and concerns which can be escalated. This role also provides the opportunity to work in co-operation with other NYAS services and departments and well as acting the link between NYAS and the local authority. Although the role is home based, there will be some travel around the Dorset area so we are looking for our successful candidate to live within the Dorset area or within a close surrounding area. You will be encouraged to engage in virtual meetings with your local team and attend NYAS wide virtual monthly meetings. For more information, please view the attached job description but if you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please contact Rob Elkins, Service Manager: [email protected] Early applications are strongly encouraged as interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis and this role may be filled before the advertised closing date. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early once we receive a high number of applications. Further Information In return for joining NYAS, employees will receive the following benefits: pro rata of 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays salary sacrifice pension scheme additional sick pay enhanced pay for family friendly leave death in service health care plan employee assistance programme learning and development opportunities About Us As an established leading rights-based charity, NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) is well positioned to ensure that children, young people, and adults across England and Wales are fully respected, represented, and supported in expressing their views and having their rights upheld. We work with care-experienced children, young people, and adults who are often reliant on statutory services suffering the negative impact of the cuts in public expenditure. Our combination of social care and legal services places us in a unique position to ensure that they receive the services they need and that their voices are heard. We are an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment which means NYAS welcomes applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief, or any other protected characteristic. NYAS is proud to share that we are a Disability Confident Employer and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. Work with us to help change young lives.