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Advent Advocacy - a person-centred organisation

Join Our Team

At Advent Advocacy, our people bring the passion, drive and determination needed to deliver highly regarded advocacy services. Every day, we help people to find their voice, understand their rights and ensure that their views are heard.

To provide consistent, high-quality support across the UK—month after month and year after year—our employees are our priority. We actively support continuous professional development and regularly review career-development opportunities at every level of the organisation.

We are committed to promoting wellbeing in the workplace. Advent Advocacy is accredited by the Mental Health at Work Commitment and Mindful Employer because we know that mental health matters. Our dedicated Reflective Practice and Wellbeing Team provides accessible, ongoing support to colleagues across the organisation.

Our Employment Package

Our benefits include:

  • 28 days’ annual leave, including bank holidays, pro rata for part-time colleagues

  • Additional annual leave after three and five years’ service

  • An additional day of annual leave for your birthday

  • Monday to Friday working patterns, typically 9.00 am to 5.00 pm

  • Workplace pension contributions

  • Travel Contribution Allowance, paid directly through salary where applicable

  • Access to the WeCare benefits package, including 24/7 GP services, mental-health support, fitness programmes and dietary advice

  • Life assurance cover, providing beneficiaries with a lump-sum payment equivalent to twice your annual salary

  • Career progression opportunities

  • Enrolment on the City & Guilds Level 4 Independent Advocacy Practice qualification

  • Internal continuing professional development (CPD) and training

  • Family-friendly policies

A Range of Opportunities

Advent Advocacy offers a wide range of roles for people who are passionate about delivering quality services and making a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

We are one team, united by shared vision and values, and committed to supporting one another to achieve the best possible outcomes for the people who use our services.

Roles at Advent Advocacy include:

  • Independent Advocates

  • Supervisors

  • Staff Development

  • Administration

  • Business Development

  • Human Resources

  • Deployment and Scheduling

  • Wellbeing and Reflective Practice

  • Safeguarding

  • Health and Safety

  • Quality Assurance and Compliance

Apply Now

To join our team, please view our current vacancies below.

To apply, download and complete the application form, then return it by email to jobs@adventadvocacy.co.uk.

Advent Advocacy - Application Form

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Advent Advocacy is an equal-opportunities employer. We are committed to meeting the aims and commitments set out in our Equality Policy and to complying with the Equality Act 2010.

To help us understand the diversity of our workforce and monitor the effectiveness of our equality, diversity and inclusion practices, we invite applicants to complete our Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form. Completing this form is entirely voluntary.

Any information you provide will be treated confidentially and used for monitoring purposes only. It will not form part of the recruitment or selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments

If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the application or recruitment process, please contact our HR and Administration Manager, Kerry Critchlow, in confidence to discuss how we can support you.

Advent Advocacy Equality and Diversity Form 

All completed forms should be returned to jobs@adventadvocacy.co.uk

Current Vacancies

To make an application for any of the vacancies below please use this link
Application Form

independent advocates in mental health

Job Description

Advent Advocacy is offering an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Independent Advocate in Mental Health.

In this role, you will provide independent advocacy to people receiving care and treatment in secure mental health settings, as well as residential and care-home services. You will support people with a range of needs, including learning disabilities, physical health conditions, mental health needs, acquired brain injuries and dementia.

You will help people to understand their rights, express their views and wishes, and ensure that their voice is heard in decisions about their care, treatment and wellbeing.

Role Overview

You will work independently across assigned services, supporting eligible people under the Mental Health Act 2025 and providing advocacy in line with relevant legislation, contractual requirements, and Advent Advocacy’s policies and procedures.

This is a lone-working role. You will be required to travel to and work in the allocated services as an Independent Advocate.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required for this post.

Purpose of the Role

You will deliver effective:

  • Generic mental health advocacy

  • Paid Relevant Person’s Representative (PRPR) advocacy

You will support people using the services allocated to you, ensuring they can communicate their wishes, feelings, beliefs, and views to staff and professionals involved in their care, treatment, and wellbeing.

When appropriate, you will help people self-advocate and make informed decisions. You will also promote awareness of advocacy services among people using services, their families, and service staff.

Key Responsibilities

  • Deliver high-quality, person-centred independent advocacy across allocated services, building positive relationships with clients, staff and professionals. Ensure all clients are kept informed of the opt-out advocacy service through a range of communication methods, including non-instructed advocacy where appropriate.
  • During service visits, obtain relevant handover information, provide appropriate feedback to staff, and offer advocacy support at meetings. Where needed, provide remote support for important meetings taking place outside scheduled visits.
  • Empower people to understand and uphold their rights, including under the Mental Health Act 2025, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Human Rights Act 1998. Maintain knowledge of relevant advocacy provision—including IMHA, IMCA, Care Act and PRPR advocacy—and make appropriate referrals.
  • Work in accordance with the client’s wishes and instructions, maintaining independence, professional boundaries, integrity and confidentiality. Identify, escalate, record, monitor and follow up safeguarding concerns in line with organisational procedures and relevant local-authority requirements.
  • Maintain clear, timely and accurate case notes and records for all advocacy activity, including ad-hoc cover, and prepare and submit required monthly and quarterly reports within agreed timescales.
  • Complete induction, probation, supervision, mandatory training and ongoing CPD; contribute to shared learning and good practice; and undertake other reasonable duties consistent with the purpose of the role.

Person Requirements

You will be passionate about empowering people, committed to upholding rights, and able to work independently while building effective professional relationships.

You will demonstrate:

  • Understanding of the purpose and value of independent advocacy.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to adapt to a range of communication needs.
  • Ability to work independently, manage a varied workload and travel across the local area.
  • Strong organisational, time-management, record-keeping and reporting skills.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality, professional boundaries and accurate case records.
  • Working knowledge of safeguarding responsibilities.
  • Commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights.

Derby & Mansfield - Independent Advocate in Mental Health

Permanent, full-time position

Location: Derby DE24 8WZ, DE72 3JZ and Mansfield NG17 4LW

Salary: £24,800 per annum

Job Type: Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Working Pattern: Monday – Friday

Essential: A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be carried out for this position

wellington, Somerset - independent Advocate in Mental Health

permanent -part time position

Location: Wellington TA21

Salary: £18,517.33 per annum (£24,800 pro rata)

Job Type: Part-time (28 hours)

Working Pattern: Monday – Friday

Essential: A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be carried out for this position

North London - independent advocate in mental health

Permanent, full-time

Location: Hatfield AL9, Potters Bar EN6 and Borehamwood WD6 3QU

Salary: £24,800 per annum

Job Type: Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Working Pattern: Monday – Friday

Essential: A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be carried out for this position

Solihull - Independent advocate in mental health

Permanent, part-time position

Location: Solihull B91 3DE and advocacy cover around the Birmingham region (travel expenses will be paid for cover advocacy visits)

Salary: £16,533.33 per annum (£24,800 pro rata)

Job Type: Part-time (25 hours per week)

Working Pattern: Hours to be completed across 4 days (includes working-from-home hours)

Essential: A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be carried out for this position

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