Advocacy and Participation Worker – North East

Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our mission is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland and we currently have over 3500 Care Experienced members.  

At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced people, and the power of their voices to bring about positive change. We provide individual lifelong relationship-based independent advocacy and a broad range of imaginative participatory and engagement opportunities for Care Experienced people across Scotland. We work alongside Corporate Parents and communities to broaden understanding and create change. We work with policy makers, leaders, and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy, and practice, working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.  

Advocacy and Participation Workers work directly with children and young people with experience of care primarily in an individual advocacy role.  This means we listen to what they say and support them to ensure their voices are truly heard regarding the decisions which are being made about their lives.  

We also facilitate a very broad range of participatory and engagement opportunities and create the conditions for collective advocacy. This often brings young people together, allowing them to develop confidence, a sense of belonging and the opportunity to identify common issues. We ensure their voices are heard by care corporate parents and communities, creating positive change.   

You will be skilled at developing positive relationships with children and young people. The post holder will place young people at the heart of everything they do, helping them live a positive life now and to reach their full potential in the future. 

The successful candidate will be joining Who Cares? Scotland and working within the North East team at an exciting time, when the voices of those who are in or have experienced care are growing in power, individually and collectively – bringing with them insight, challenge, hope and change. 

If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you. If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you. For an informal conversation about this opportunity please contact Jane Donaldson, our Advocacy and Participation Manager – North East at jdonaldson@whocaresscotland.org .