Collective Advocacy Worker (Veterans)
C A P S Independent Advocacy, Abbeyhill, City of Edinburgh
Collective Advocacy Worker (Veterans)
£25778 - £28533
C A P S Independent Advocacy, Abbeyhill, City of Edinburgh
- Full time
- Contract
- Hybrid working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 27 Feb | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: 18-03-2025 (In 4 days)
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Full Job Description
36.25 hours per week (full time)
Salary: £25,778 - £28,533 p.a. Full Time
Starting salary £25,778 p.a.
Scotland remit (Edinburgh based) – one year fixed term initially.
CAPS is delighted to be facilitating Collective Advocacy for veterans across Scotland. We require a proactive collective advocacy worker to gather the views of veterans to help shape the work of the Scottish Veterans Wellbeing Alliance, bringing the voice of lived experience to their work.
Your role is to ensure veterans’ voices are heard by the Alliance and encourage them to draw on their experiences and express their views and wishes, to influence and improve the services available to veterans across Scotland.
This role offers autonomy and flexibility, with sole responsibility for this project. You should be friendly and approachable, with the ability to form trusting relationships with veterans and understand their experiences. Good knowledge will be helpful of how serving in the Armed Forces affects people’s lives. Experience of working within different areas of Scotland is also an advantage. Some working from home is possible.
There will be a 4-month probationary period attached to this post. This post may be subject to membership of the PVG Scheme and appropriate check. The closing date for applications is Tuesday 18th March 2025 at 12 noon. Proposed interview date is Monday 31st March 2025.
CAPS Independent Advocacy is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Scottish Charity Number: SC021772
About this company
C A P S Independent Advocacy
View full company profileCAPS is an Independent Advocacy Organisation which provides Individual Advocacy to people from East Lothian and Midlothian who have mental health issues or are using drugs and alcohol. We also provide advocacy for children and young people going through the Children’s Hearings process, in these areas. We provide Collective Advocacy to groups of people across Lothian with mental health issues so they can come together and voice their experiences in order to bring about change for others or improvements in services. The main purpose of CAPS’ work is therefore to assist people, through advocacy, as individuals or as members of a group, to set their own agenda, make their wishes known and to have a say in how they live and what services they use. Visit our website for more details www.capsadvocacy.org We are set up so that the organisation and its staff are as free as possible from any conflicts of interest. We are independent from the people who fund us and those who provide other services to the people we work with. CAPS is a member of the Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA) and we adhere to the Principles and Standards of Independent Advocacy. CAPS was established in 1991.