Job | Full Time

Carer Advocate for North and West Belfast (Full-Time)

CAUSE

22443
35.00

CAUSE is a vibrant regional charity which provides practical and emotional support to empower families, partners and friends caring for a loved one with serious mental illness. CAUSE is unique in that we are a peer-led carers’ organisation.

As a Carer Advocate, the successful candidate will provide help to carers from the North & West Belfast area including one-to-one advocacy, support group facilitation, Helpline support and engaging with carers on service and policy development.  S/he will work closely with statutory health and social care agencies and other community and voluntary groups.   

The successful candidate will have personal experience of providing support to a loved one who has experienced serious mental illness.   The appointee will be a self-starter who enjoys variety in work, is prepared to work flexibly and preferably have a post-secondary level of education.  

This role is funded by The Henry Smith Charity.  CAUSE is an equal opportunities employer. 

Closing Date

Friday / 09 May 2014
1:00pm

Contact Details

Verity Cornford

CAUSE
Unit 2 Lesley Office Park
Belfast
BT4 2LS
United Kingdom