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ADVOCATE Location: Bradford (travel across the area, home based for administration). Salary: £24,500 - £29,500 per year, pro-rata. Contract Type: Permanent Position Type: Part Time 31 Hours Per week All applications by Midnight 7 April 2026; however, we reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy before this date. Do you want to work with a leading advocacy charity organisation supporting those in need? Do you have experience of working or volunteering in welfare, support or health and social care and are looking for a new challenge? Are you keen to make a difference to people who want to be heard? Then come and join us here at VoiceAbility. We have an exciting opportunity for an Advocate to join our team in Bradford. Your role will require you to travel to locations such as hospitals and care homes across the area to meet with clients and professionals and be home based for administration; therefore, a suitable home internet connection is essential. About us VoiceAbility is an independent charity and one of the UK’s largest providers of advocacy and involvement services. We deliver a wide range of service contracts funded by local authorities, health trusts and other voluntary and private sector organisations. We’ve been supporting people to have their say in decisions about their health, care, and wellbeing for over 40 years. We make sure people are heard when it matters most. For more information on what Advocacy is and the services offered then please visit our website. About you Desirably you will have some experience of working as an Advocate, providing welfare, supporting, or caring for Adults or young people who have support needs, ideally for those with a variety of communication needs, mental ill health, physical health issues, or barriers to accessing education and support. You should have worked or volunteered in health, social care, welfare, support services, education or young person’s services, or advice and guidance. How will you make a difference? You will be responsible for ensuring the individual’s wishes, feelings, beliefs, needs, and values are met to create positive outcomes for the people you support. You will support people to speak up for themselves and grow in confidence, equip them to understand and exercise their rights and options, and will assist them in the decision-making process relating to their care, treatment, and support. You will work resourcefully and collaboratively with the individuals you support. You’ll be creative in your approach to empower our clients by ensuring you meaningfully explain people’s options and rights to them. You’ll support individuals to fully participate in decisions affecting them and will make sure they have their voices heard. Professional Development? You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your professional abilities and you will make a real difference every day. Advocates are expected to be willing to gain, or to already hold, the Level 3 Award in Independent Advocacy Practice with disciplines suitable for the role they work in. Benefits * 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time colleagues) rising to 30 days upon 5 years’ service * 5% employer pension & minimum 3% employee contribution * Salary sacrifices pension scheme * Separate Life Assurance Cover (equivalent of two times your annual salary) * Staff discount scheme including retail discounts, entertainment, holidays, gym membership etc * 24/7 Employee Assistance programme * Access to remote counselling service * Paid Disability Leave * Paid compassionate Leave * Home Working Allowance Support with continuous professional development Personal Development Plans How are staff supported to work remotely? VoiceAbility has a small number of offices. Employees including Team Leaders are homebased for Administration and meetings will be held online as well as in person in the relevant community. When you need to travel for work, expenses will be paid (mileage or public transport costs). VoiceAbility offers the usual regular manager one to ones, Staff forums and communities of practice depending on role. Team meetings with a mix of virtual and in person approach. Equality and Diversity VoiceAbility believes in fostering an inclusive workplace which welcomes, values and celebrates the diversity of its staff and partners, treats all on a basis of equality and encourages all to meet their maximum potential. VoiceAbility are a Disability Confident employer, any applicant that identifies themselves as having a disability and can demonstrate that they meet all the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview. If you need to apply in a different way, please contact the People Team. How to apply To apply for this role please sign up for a recruitment account by clicking the apply button on this page. Follow the instructions to create your account, upload your CV, and complete our short application form. Important Dates: Closing date for applications; Midnight 7 April 2026 Don’t forget to read the person specification so you can tell us about yourself and how your skills, abilities and experiences match the criteria outlined in the person specification. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please note this is a training programme with career placement and fees apply* If you are looking to progress a career in computer programming or web development, then this training and placement programme is made for you? Skills shortages in the IT sector are driving the need for qualified, entry-level career seekers and career changers. All you need is a desire to work hard and invest some time and money in yourself to build the foundations for a new career. We help you start your career journey in programming by firstly ensuring you have the necessary industry recognised certifications and skills required to build a career. We ensure you market yourself properly through a structured career driven cv and LinkedIn profile highlighting your skills, any experience, and relevant transferable skills from other roles. Finally, our tutors will help you create a credible portfolio to demonstrate your skills and abilities to potential new employers. We have many years of experience in helping graduates find their first roles in top UK companies and organisations who need to employ entry-level qualified programming staff that can hit the ground running with up-to-date skills gained from this programme. The programme is specifically designed for individuals with none or limited experience but a real desire to start a career. Therefore, please do not apply if you are already an experienced programmer. Whether you are working full-time, part-time or are unemployed, this package has the flexibility to be completed at a pace that suits you and can be completed in as little as a few weeks or a few months (see steps 1 to 4 below). Study timings are approximate and assume you can study for a minimum 5 hours per week. *Training times will be reduced if you are able to invest more time each week. Stage 1 – Learn HTML and CSS (*up to 12 weeks) The first step is completing a selection of professional and industry-recognised courses. We have carefully selected these courses to give you the most out of both your learning and employment journey. • HTML Essentials (*up to 6 weeks), • CSS Essentials (*up to weeks) Training is delivered through multimedia rich video tutorials, presentations and quizzes using an online portal enabling you to study online from anywhere you choose. You will also be assigned an expert tutor and a support mentor who will work with you 1-2-1 or in group sessions to provide additional training and support. Once the HTML & CSS courses are complete, your trainer will move you forward to the next stage. Stage 2 – Additional Online Training (*up to 12 weeks) The second step includes a selection of more advanced courses to get you up to speed for what is required and relevant for many entry level programming roles and help you get a step ahead. • Learn the Command Line (*1.5 weeks), • Learn Git & GitHub (*1.5 weeks), • Learn JavaScript (*1.5 weeks), • Learn Python 3 (*1.5 weeks) JavaScript forms the foundation of almost everything you see on the Internet. Therefore, this is an essential addition language in building your programming and development foundation. Python is a highly versatile programming language and due to its relatively “easy to understand” commands now one of the most common programming languages used. You can use it for both small and complex tasks, and it is used across many different industries broadening your scope of opportunity. Step 3 - Building a Portfolio Website Project (1 week) Your tutor will provide you with some exercises and guidelines to help you build your own personalised portfolio. Having a strong portfolio to which demonstrates and showcases your range of skills and ability is essential within a programming career. In addition, we will now provide additional Study Courses for your continued development and broadening of your skills. Completion of these course is voluntary but recommended. • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate Step 4 – Entry Level Coding placement (£25K - £40k) We will now work with you to help you secure your first role in a role utilising your new skills in a coding, programming, or web development role. Entry level roles typically start between £25K - £40k dependant on any prior knowledge or experience you may have. There are many entry level roles where your newly learned skills can be applied meaning a vast array of opportunities are now available to you. Examples of some of these are listed below: - • Junior Developer, • Website Support Developer, • Junior Web Developer, • Content Editor, • Wordpress Developer, • Junior Software Developer, • Junior Front or Back End Development, • Development Support We have been helping career changers and new career seekers gain new careers since 2009 and we are a CompTIA Gold Partner, accredited by the BCS (Chartered Institute of IT/ British Computer Society) to ensure we provide the highest levels of training. We also have a 4.9 Trustpilot rating and numerous testimonials available on our website. Our money back Job Guarantee Due to our success and confidence in the results we deliver, and the skills shortage for entry-level coding staff we guarantee you will secure a job upon completion of your study programme, or we will refund you 100% of your course fees back. This is subject to our terms of learning/ terms of business. Qualification for this programme? To ensure we maintain a high level of support for our candidates, we limit spaces to this programme. Apply before the deadline and one of our consultants will speak with you to check your eligibility for the programme

Please note this is a training programme with career placement and fees apply* If you are looking to progress a career in computer programming or web development, then this training and placement programme is made for you? Skills shortages in the IT sector are driving the need for qualified, entry-level career seekers and career changers. All you need is a desire to work hard and invest some time and money in yourself to build the foundations for a new career. We help you start your career journey in programming by firstly ensuring you have the necessary industry recognised certifications and skills required to build a career. We ensure you market yourself properly through a structured career driven cv and LinkedIn profile highlighting your skills, any experience, and relevant transferable skills from other roles. Finally, our tutors will help you create a credible portfolio to demonstrate your skills and abilities to potential new employers. We have many years of experience in helping graduates find their first roles in top UK companies and organisations who need to employ entry-level qualified programming staff that can hit the ground running with up-to-date skills gained from this programme. The programme is specifically designed for individuals with none or limited experience but a real desire to start a career. Therefore, please do not apply if you are already an experienced programmer. Whether you are working full-time, part-time or are unemployed, this package has the flexibility to be completed at a pace that suits you and can be completed in as little as a few weeks or a few months (see steps 1 to 4 below). Study timings are approximate and assume you can study for a minimum 5 hours per week. *Training times will be reduced if you are able to invest more time each week. Stage 1 – Learn HTML and CSS (*up to 12 weeks) The first step is completing a selection of professional and industry-recognised courses. We have carefully selected these courses to give you the most out of both your learning and employment journey. * HTML Essentials (*up to 6 weeks) * CSS Essentials (*up to weeks) Training is delivered through multimedia rich video tutorials, presentations and quizzes using an online portal enabling you to study online from anywhere you choose. You will also be assigned an expert tutor and a support mentor who will work with you 1-2-1 or in group sessions to provide additional training and support. Once the HTML & CSS courses are complete, your trainer will move you forward to the next stage. Stage 2 – Additional Online Training (*up to 12 weeks) The second step includes a selection of more advanced courses to get you up to speed for what is required and relevant for many entry level programming roles and help you get a step ahead. * Learn the Command Line (*1.5 weeks) * Learn Git & GitHub (*1.5 weeks) * Learn JavaScript (*1.5 weeks) * Learn Python 3 (*1.5 weeks) JavaScript forms the foundation of almost everything you see on the Internet. Therefore, this is an essential addition language in building your programming and development foundation. Python is a highly versatile programming language and due to its relatively “easy to understand” commands now one of the most common programming languages used. You can use it for both small and complex tasks, and it is used across many different industries broadening your scope of opportunity. Step 3 - Building a Portfolio Website Project (1 week) Your tutor will provide you with some exercises and guidelines to help you build your own personalised portfolio. Having a strong portfolio to which demonstrates and showcases your range of skills and ability is essential within a programming career. In addition, we will now provide additional Study Courses for your continued development and broadening of your skills. Completion of these course is voluntary but recommended. * AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner * Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate Step 4 – Entry Level Coding placement We will now work with you to help you secure your first role in a role utilising your new skills in a coding, programming, or web development role. There are many entry level roles where your newly learned skills can be applied meaning a vast array of opportunities are now available to you. Examples of some of these are listed below: - * Junior Developer * Website Support Developer * Junior Web Developer * Content Editor * Wordpress Developer * Junior Software Developer * Junior Front or Back End Development * Development Support We have been helping career changers and new career seekers gain new careers since 2009 and we are a CompTIA Gold Partner, accredited by the BCS (Chartered Institute of IT/ British Computer Society) to ensure we provide the highest levels of training. We also have a 4.9 Trustpilot rating and numerous testimonials available on our website. Our money back Job Guarantee Due to our success and confidence in the results we deliver, and the skills shortage for entry-level coding staff we guarantee you will secure a job upon completion of your study programme, or we will refund you 100% of your course fees back. This is subject to our terms of learning/ terms of business. Qualification for this programme? To ensure we maintain a high level of support for our candidates, we limit spaces to this programme. Apply before the deadline and one of our consultants will speak with you to check your eligibility for the programme

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