Advocacy, Advice and Guidance Practitioner
Location: Peckham (And other sites across London as needed)
Salary: £30,000 per annum
Job Type: Fixed Term Contract until August 2025
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, evening and weekend work
Our client works with communities across the capital to transform their lives and the places where they live. They have been at the forefront of social and environmental regeneration in London for over 25 years, and today they have a simple mission: to create better places, improve people’s prospects, and promote greener living and working.
They are passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every community is strong and able to shape its own destiny, and no one is held back by their background or circumstances.
The Role
Are you passionate about empowering fathers to advocate for themselves, build stronger family connections and improve their support pathways? The Nest is looking for an Advocacy, Advice and Guidance Practitioner to support young fathers to become more confident parents, improve family functioning and reduce parental conflict.
The Nest is the organisations mental wellbeing support service for young people aged 0 – 25 living in the London Borough of Southwark. Since launching as a remote service in May of 2020, The Nest has gone from strength to strength and, as they enter their fourth year of delivery, they will be delivering an additional service funded by the VRU to improve outcomes for fathers based in Southwark, Lambeth and Tower Hamlets.
Advocate for fathers to support them in building and maintaining strong family relationships.
Create and deliver workshops and training sessions tailored to service users’ needs to improve their access to support services and help them gain a better understanding of how to improve family functioning and reduce parental conflict.
Work closely with the Program Manager, Therapeutic Practitioner and other team members to deliver wrap-around support to fathers
Provide regular updates and data on engagement and impact of the service using feedback mechanism and written reports
Skills and Qualifications
Demonstrable experience working 1:1 and in group settings with fathers or parents
Experience working in advocacy role, or advocating for fathers
Experience delivering psychoeducational groups around mental health and wellbeing
Working knowledge of Safeguarding, the ability to follow procedures, and develop and work within a culture of safe practice
Ability to follow Policies and Procedures in relation to Data Protection and Security, and Protection of Personal and Sensitive Personal Data
Ability to plan and manage a complex work programme, prioritise tasks and deliver results on time
Ability to use MS Corporate Software applications, particularly MS Office, MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook Email
Willingness to be flexible in work patterns and to fulfil regular evening and weekend duties
Commitment to the organisations Equity, Diversity and inclusion in practice in the workplace and across communities
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable organisation, please do not hesitate to apply