x1 Permanent and x1 12 months Fixed Term Contract opportunity
Hackney is one of the most dynamic and progressive local authorities in the UK. We are a resilient, vibrant, and creative borough in the heart of London, with strong and diverse communities.
About the Role
We are looking for a passionate and committed Parental Advocacy Coordinator to join our Family Led Meeting Team within the Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Service. This role involves developing and coordinating a high-quality parental advocacy offer, ensuring parents and carers understand their rights and are meaningfully involved in decisions about their children’s lives. You will play a key role in amplifying parent and carer voices across Children and Families Services, working within our systemic, trauma-informed and anti-racist practice model.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and oversee advocacy support for parents attending Child Protection Conferences and across Children and Families Services.
- Recruit, train, and support culturally competent advocates from voluntary and community organisations.
- Provide direct advocacy to parents where appropriate.
- Build strong partnerships with community organisations to reflect the diverse cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds of families.
- Support advocates through supervision and peer support to ensure high-quality, reflective practice.
- Challenge practice where there is insufficient consideration of race, culture, identity, and protected characteristics.
- Ensure parent and carer voices influence service development, engagement, and decision making.
Qualifications and Experience
Candidates must have a professional qualification, for example, a Work with Parents Qualification at Level 4; or an NVQ Level 3 in childcare, social work, social care, youth work, counselling, early years, or education, or a Diploma in Independent Advocacy Qualification (City & Guilds level 3 or 4) and demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development.
Additional Information
- This role requires flexibility, including evening work.
- Enhanced DBS required.
Benefits
- An outstanding range of local support services for staff to make a difference for children and families.
- Opportunities to build/shape your career in social work through our excellent training offer, including mentoring, coaching, systemic and anti-racist practice training, an online learning hub, and annual Hackney Stars awards.
- Financial support through a tenancy deposit loan scheme, low-cost loans, and childcare vouchers.
- Access to a Cycle to Work scheme and a flexible working environment, including remote options.
- Staff discount scheme with local discounts across the borough.
- Health and wellbeing focus, including discounted gym membership, eye tests, employee assistance programme, and a range of carer and family-friendly leave options.
Equality and Diversity
Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, and social class. We welcome applications from disabled people and support flexible working. We encourage applications from Black and Global Majority Ethnic backgrounds.
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