Volunteer Mental Health Advocate (Chorley)

Mental Health Advocates support individuals with mental ill health to express their views, empowering them to self-advocate and make informed decisions in matters relating to their health and social care needs whilst in hospital.

Key Tasks:
• Whether the conviction is relevant to the position applied for.
• The seriousness of any offence revealed.
• The age of the applicant at the time of the offence(s).
• The length of time since the offence(s) occurred.
• Whether the applicant has a pattern of offending behaviour.
• The circumstances surrounding the offence(s), and the explanation(s) offered by the person concerned.
• Whether the applicant’s circumstances have changed since the offending behaviour.

You can download the role description and Privacy Notice below. The application form including equal opportunities monitoring opens up as an online form.

• Advocacy Focus Volunteer Mental Health Advocate – Role Description
• Advocacy Focus Volunteer Mental Health Advocate – Application Form
• Advocacy Focus Privacy Notice
• Criminal Convictions Declaration Form

To apply, please click the Applications form above and type into the form, including equal opportunities. When filled in, simply click submit to send.

Advocacy Focus The Old Tannery, Eastgate, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 6PW

Although we would like to acknowledge each returned application, as a registered charity, we would prefer to avoid the costs this would incur. Therefore if you have not received a response, please assume you have not been short-listed for an interview.

Thank you for your interest.