One Voice - action for disabled people
One Voice wants to recruit a person to act as Advocacy Co-ordinator for a new Advocacy Service for people with physical and sensory impairments.
Everything you need in order to apply for the job is on this page.
You can download job application and Equal Opportunities monitoring forms here, and either print them out and post completed forms to the One Voice office, or email it to us - if you send your application by email, remember to ask for a receipt, so that you know we have it.
Job Details: 22 hours/ week, 1 year post
Salary Scale SO1 pro rata: £14,121
Annual leave entitlement: 11 days p. a.
Service Objective:
To provide advocacy support for people with physical and sensory impairments living in Wolverhampton.
Principal purpose of the post:
Responsibility for the development and delivery of an advocacy service for Wolverhampton Citizens with a sensory or physical impairment.
This is a new post to co-ordinate a new service funded through Social Services commissioning and managed by One Voice, to provide an advocacy service for people with physical and sensory impairments.
The service will oversee training and development of disabled people so that they can become paid advocates for disabled clients.
The successful applicant will understand the social model of disability, and have direct personal experience of impairment.
S/he will have experience of advocacy, and a commitment to the advocacy charter.
To find out more, contact One Voice:
Telephone: 01902 810016
Email: mail@1voice.org.uk
Closing date for applications: 28th May, 2008
Job Description and person specification (doc)
Application Form (doc)
Application Form - large print plain text (doc)
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form(doc)
Job Advertisement (doc)
Principles of Advocacy (doc)
If you need any of this information in a different format - email us/phone us to let us know the details of your requirements.