Trainee Multidisciplinary Advocate

Posted Thursday 28 May 2026 at 01:00 | Expires Friday 26 June 2026 at 00:59

At Rethink Advocacy, we believe everyone deserves to have their voice heard — especially those who face barriers in navigating care, rights, and decision‑making. If you’re passionate about empowering people, eager to learn, and ready to grow into a skilled advocate, this could be the perfect role for you.

This role is a full‑time 35 hour per week position, Monday to Friday between 9:00am till 17:00pm based in Exeter and the Devon & Torbay surrounding areas
. It requires that the successful candidate is able to travel to appointments within this area throughout their working day.

As a Trainee Multi‑Disciplinary Advocate
, you will work across 2 of our local Advocacy Teams. The first Team has a fixed base at Langdon Secure Hospital on Exeter Road in Dawlish. The second Team works remotely across Devon & Torbay as part of the Devon Advocacy Consortium (DAC) whose headquarters are based in Exeter. You’ll support people with a wide range of needs — including mental health conditions, learning disabilities, and physical or sensory disabilities — to express their wishes, understand their rights, and be part of decisions that affect their lives.

You don’t need previous advocacy experience.
What you do need is compassion, commitment, and a willingness to learn.

We’ll support you through:

• Full enrolment onto the Level 4 Independent Advocacy Practice qualification
• Protected study time
• Shadowing, observation, supervision and ongoing training
• Gradual progression to holding your own caseload
• Development in instructed and non‑instructed advocacy approaches

Once qualified, you’ll move into a full Multi‑Disciplinary Advocate role.

• Empowering people to understand their options, rights, and decisions being made about their care
• Delivering advocacy across community and care settings, including homes, hospitals, secure units, and supported living
• Learning and working across three statutory advocacy remits (Independent Mental Health Advocacy IMHA, Independent Care Act Advocacy ICAA and Independent Health Complaints Advocacy IHCA)
• Building strong professional relationships with the people you support
• Maintaining accurate case records and ensuring safeguarding concerns are appropriately raised
• Working flexibly in the field — managing your own diary and travel across Devon & Torbay
• Contributing to service promotion, community awareness, and occasional projects

You’ll thrive in this role if you:

• Are passionate about empowering others and supporting their rights
• Can communicate clearly and sensitively with a wide range of people
• Are organised, self‑motivated and confident managing your own workload
• Are willing to learn and complete the Level 4 qualification
• Can work within clear professional boundaries and uphold confidentiality
• Have strong values around fairness, respect, equity and person‑led support
• Can travel throughout Devon and Torbay for client visits, training and meetings

This is a field‑based role with homeworking for admin. You’ll travel regularly across Devon and Torbay.

If this sounds like you, apply now!

At Rethink Mental Illness, we believe that when you feel supported, you can make the biggest difference. That’s why we offer a range of benefits to help you thrive:

• Inclusive Culture: Join staff networks that champion diversity and inclusion.
• Wellbeing Support: Access our Wellbeing Hub, Employee Assistance Programme, and the Unmind mental health app.
• Recognition & Rewards: Enjoy discounts, cashback offers, and celebrate achievements through our PULSE platform.
• Flexible Working & Generous Leave: Starting at 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and your birthday off), with options to buy or sell extra days.
• Learning & Development: Grow your career with structured onboarding and training opportunities.
• Financial & Family Support: Contributory pension scheme, enhanced family leave, and travel benefits like season ticket loans and cycle‑to‑work schemes.
• Referral Bonus: Earn up to £300 for introducing someone to our team.

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