Health Inequality jobs in London

Paid Relevant Person’s Representative (RPR)
Location: Field-based across Hackney and Surrounding Areas
Job Type: Permanent Full-Time
Salary: £10,582.80 + £1200 London Allowance

Be the voice that makes a difference
At Rethink Mental Illness, we believe everyone has the right to be heard—especially when it matters most.
As a Paid Relevant Person’s Representative (RPR), you will stand alongside people who have been deprived of their liberty, ensuring their rights are upheld, their voices are heard, and their wishes remain central to every decision about their care.
This is a rewarding opportunity for a qualified or experienced advocate ready to take ownership of a diverse caseload and create meaningful change in people’s lives.

About the role
You’ll work independently across your local area—visiting hospitals and care homes to provide high-quality advocacy support.

Your role will include:

• Representing and supporting individuals subject to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
• Ensuring people understand their rights and the options available to them
• Acting on instruction, or in best interests where required, in line with the Mental Capacity Act
• Challenging decisions, including capacity assessments or authorisations, where appropriate
• Managing your own caseload using a person-centred approach
• Working collaboratively with professionals, families, and care providers
• Maintaining accurate case records and producing high-quality reports
• Identifying safeguarding concerns and taking appropriate action

You’ll also play a key role in promoting advocacy—delivering awareness sessions, supporting self-advocacy initiatives, and contributing to service development.

What you’ll bring
We’re looking for someone with experience, confidence, and a strong commitment to empowering others.

You’ll have:

• A relevant advocacy qualification (Level 2, 3 or Level 4 Independent Advocacy Practice)
• Experience of working as an advocate or Paid RPR, including managing a caseload
• A solid understanding of advocacy principles, empowerment, and relevant legislation
• The ability to work independently while maintaining clear professional boundaries
• Strong communication skills, adaptable to a range of people and needs
• Confidence in writing clear, concise reports and maintaining accurate records
• A commitment to delivering inclusive, culturally appropriate support
• The ability to travel across your working area

You’ll be proactive, organised, and passionate about making a difference.

Ready to make an impact?
If you’re passionate about advocacy, confident working with complex cases, and committed to empowering people to have their voices heard—we want to hear from you.
Apply now and help us create a fairer, more inclusive system for everyone.
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Why Work With Rethink Mental Illness?
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.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Diversity is important to us, and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.
We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background - regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.

Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation
We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.