• 0.6 FTE
• Contract position until 30 June 2020

The Advocate will employ a range of methods to provide advocacy support to clients, including self-advocacy information and personal contact.

The Advocate will:

• Identify self-advocacy paths for individual clients and support them along those paths
• Contribute to the development of self-advocacy tools
• Provide information and support to workers and agencies working with people living with disability and who seek services on behalf of their consumers
• Provide advocacy, information and referral services to people living with disability, their families and primary carers
• Contribute to reporting requirements that meet the governance and contractual requirements of the organisation
• Contribute to organisational development as part of the team
• Maintain currency in the disability field and in issues affecting the lives of people with disabilities
• Participate in performance development and training, utilise networks, and attend professional development as required
• Promote, maintain and contribute to their own, and the team’s, health and safety
• Attend regular staff meetings
• Maintain industry standards and legislative obligations

A position description is attached.