Youth Advocate

Job Title: Youth Advocate

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours (will include some out of hours work)

Salary: £28,000 – £32,500 per annum – dependent on experience

Location: Coram Campus, Brunswick Square, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 1AZ

About Coram:

Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people. We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.

Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

About Coram Voice:

Coram Voice is a leading children’s rights organisation. We champion the rights of children. We get young voices heard in decisions that matter to them and work to improve the lives of children in care, care leavers and others who depend upon the help of the state.

About the role:

Voices in Action is a dynamic area of work within Coram that ensures a joined up approach in our work with young people across the Coram Group bringing together different skills and resources to get a lasting impact on long term systemic issues.

As a Youth Advocate you will provide holistic advocacy support to these vulnerable young people and be based in Coram Voice. Coram Voice is a leading children’s rights organisation. We champion the rights of children. We get young voices heard in decisions that matter to them and work to improve the lives of children in care, care leavers and others who depend upon the help of the state.

To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.

Closing date: Wednesday 14th February 2024 at 23:59

Interviews will be held week beginning 19th February 2024

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from, Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.

If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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