We currently have a vacancy for an Advocacy Worker and invite applications for this post.
If you are interested in this this position, please follow the links below for the necessary documentation:
Information about Solihull Action through Advocacy
Job Description and Person Specification
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
The closing date for the return of application forms is 5 pm on Wednesday 5th November.
Please do not send a C.V. as these will not be considered, but return your completed application form to our address which can find on the "Contact Us" page. There is more information about us and the work we do on this website. If you would like more information feel free to contact us.
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Changing Lives is a group for people with learning disabilities to have their say about advocacy in Solihull.
If you have an advocate now or have used advocacy in the past we want hear your views. If you would like to find out more about the group or take part
phone Nicky or Debbie on 0121 603 5576.
Our next meeting is on 7th October at 2pm in the Café at Solihull Library. You are very welcome to attend.
Join us for Coffee and Biscuits at St. Andrew's Church, Pike Drive, Chelmsley Wood,the last Thursday of the Month in October and November, from 1 pm to 2:30 pm. Anyone with a learning disability (and carers, relatives, friends and volunteers) is welcome, to enjoy a friendly chat and several different games.
Due to unforseen circumstances, we have postponed the Craft Group Exhibition at Solihull Library.
When we have a new date we will announce it through the website.
You are invited to join us at the upstairs Gallery of Solihull Library from 1st to 8th September for an exhibition of the work of our Craft Group.
Download our exhibition poster
The following article appeared in the Solihull Times on Weds 16 July:
A Solihull charity is looking to recruit volunteers in the north Solihull area.
Solihull Action through Advocacy is a group that helps adults who have a learning disability. At the moment they only have one volunteer in the whole of north Solihull and are on the look-out for more.
Joanne Brown, from SATA said:
“We try to make volunteering as accessible as possible to people from all walks of life and we find work to suit our volunteers’ lifestyles. Volunteers can therefore choose their own hours”.
Call 0121 603 5576 or visit www.solihulladvocacy.org.uk
You are invited to join us for “An Audience with Solihull Advocacy” at Chelmsley Wood Baptist Church, Hedingham Grove,on Thursday 17th July at 4 pm. This will include news, views and celebrations of our work over the past 12 months. This will also be an opportunity for some of the parents we support to share their DVD with you, which shows the ups and downs of life as a parent with a learning disability.
At the end of this celebration we will be conducting our AGM.
Earlier this year the Solihull Action through Advocacy team of Nicky, Caron, Mike, Joanne and Norman moved from very cramped offices in Shirley to new premises in Chelmsley Wood.