Advocacy Year: Trainee Youth Advocate Programme

About the Role:

Role: Trainee Youth Advocate – Full-Time Fixed Term 12-month post from September
Location:  Based in Newham (Barking Road, London E16) with regular travel throughout East London boroughs and other Just for Kids Law office
Salary: London Living Wage

We are looking for “the best and the brightest” Graduates!

Are you ready to commit to a life-changing challenge and gain advocacy experience, and valuable personal and leadership skills in the process?

Do you want to be part of an award-winning and law-changing organisation advocating for some of the most under-supported young people in London?

Just for Kids Law (JfKL) provides holistic support, representation and legal advice to under-supported and often isolated children and young people.  In 2016, we launched Advocacy Year, our graduate scheme based loosely on other professional graduate schemes, to expand our holistic model of support into East London.  Advocacy Year recruits recent graduates, who may be considering legal, policy, or youth related careers, to serve a year working as community-based Trainee Youth Advocates.  Trainee Youth Advocates will:

• Complete an intensive training and immersion programme covering:
  • Advocacy style;
  • Child safeguarding;
  • Legal knowledge in social welfare, education, youth justice and immigration;
• Work in the community directly supporting young people in difficulty.
• Formally advocate for young people in legal and quasi legal proceedings such as Looked After Child reviews, Social Services assessments, school reintegration meetings, governing body meetings and school exclusion hearings.
• Be supervised by our team of in-house lawyers to ensure that young people are adequately supported across all their issues.

Key dates:

Closing dates for applications:  Tuesday 1^st May 2018, 9am

Date of Interviews: Week commencing 14^th  May 2018

Start Date: Monday 3^rd September 2018

To apply go to at

Further Information:

Advocacy Year Recruitment Information

Advocacy Year Role Description and Person Spec

Advocacy Year Application Form

You can also visit www.justforkidslaw.org/advocacy-year for more information.