Lead Advocate (Fixed Term)

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen within Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability for a Lead Advocate to join our ASSIST and Domestic Abuse service on a fixed-term basis for a period of up to 12 months.

NRS brings together a diverse range of Glasgow City Council operational, technical and development services that focus on sustainable transport, place making and delivering essential city services.

If you’re interested in working within a service that touches on all aspects within the city, please read on.

Position Details

ASSIST is an accredited Independent Domestic Abuse Advocacy service which works in close partnership with Police Scotland, COPFS and other statutory and voluntary partner agencies to support the delivery of a pro-active, rapid, and stream-lined response to those affected by domestic abuse, and who are interacting with the criminal justice system. ASSIST uses risk assessment and safety planning processes to ensure the client is at the centre of interventions.

The Lead Advocate will be the first point of contact for Advocacy Workers and Children and Young Persons Advocacy Workers in the provision of the ASSIST service to clients, primarily via telephone. The Lead Advocate will also complete an initial review of all ASSIST client intake to identify and focus on those most at risk.

Further details regarding what this role entails are noted within the Job Description for the post, whilst the Person Specification document confirms the key competencies you are required to demonstrate in your application.

Contract Details

Weekly Hours: 27

Work Pattern: To be worked across Monday - Friday

Annual Salary: £27,169.99 - £32,655.71 on an incremental scale

Hybrid working is available in this role. If you’re shortlisted for the post, we look forward to telling you more about our approach to ensuring needs of the business are met along with flexibility to maintain your work-life balance.

ASSIST staff are co-located in Police stations in East Kilbride, Kilmarnock, Paisley, and Dumbarton as well as having their main office in Glasgow. The location of the post will be discussed during the interview process.

Key Pre-Employment Information

The position requires membership to the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme (Vulnerable Adults & Children). For further information on this scheme, please visit https://www.mygov.scot/working-jobs/finding-a-job/disclosure/. The cost of membership, or scheme record update, will be met by the successful candidate(s).

As part of the pre-employment checks for this post the successful candidate(s) will have to undergo a Non-Police Personnel Vetting Level 2 check which assesses the honesty, integrity, reliability, and overall suitability for clearance of non-police personnel who have unsupervised physical and/or remote access to police premises, classified police information and/or intelligence, financial or operational assets, and/or police systems.

Benefits of working with us

Glasgow City Council employees have access to a wide-ranging and generous benefits package. If you’re successful in your job application, you’ll have access to these benefits which include:

• 26 days (182 hours) paid annual leave, rising to 29 days (203) hours after 5 years’ service
• 5 days (87.5 hours) paid public holidays each year
• Local government pension scheme
• Life and Personal Accident Insurance
• Occupational Sickness Pay
• Staff Benefit Scheme
• Glasgow Credit Union

For guidance on completing your application, and to view other benefits on offer for employees of Glasgow City Council, please visit the following link: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/vacancies.

Application Packs

Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, Audio and other languages. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 0141 287 1054. Packs will be posted out to you within 3 working days of receiving your telephone request. Please note the closing date of the job advert to ensure that you give yourself plenty of time to complete your application form and return it to us.

Further Information

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