Advocate
Use your passion for helping others to make a real difference in peoples’ lives.
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- What's it like to be an Advocate?
- How to become an Advocate
- Latest Advocate jobs
- Top skills and experience for Advocates
- Is Advocate the right role for you?
- Advocate role reviews
What's it like to be an Advocate?
Advocates work to improve the wellbeing of people in need. They help people to understand their rights and access support and resources needed to resolve problems in their life.
Tasks and duties
- Helping clients to understand their rights and resolve problems.
- Acting as a facilitator and mediator between clients and community services.
- Working with community organisations, agencies and groups to develop and improve services.
- Developing action plans, compiling case records and creating reports.
- Gathering information on behalf of others.
- Contributing to the development and improvement of pilot projects and policies.
- Conducting case interviews with individuals and families.
- Maintaining close contact with clients and service providers to monitor client progress.
- Helping clients to improve their self-advocacy skills.
- Advising clients on the best courses of action available.
How to become an Advocate
You usually need a relevant qualification in social work, community services or a related field to work as an Advocate. An equivalent amount of experience in your chosen field may substitute for a qualification in some cases. Background checks are essential.
- Complete a relevant tertiary qualification. This could be a Bachelor of Social Work. This usually takes three to four years and includes a workplace placement to gain experience. Other relevant university majors include health and law. Alternatively, complete a Diploma of Community Services (CHC52015) which usually takes two years and includes a placement.
- Ensure you have a current police check and Working with Children Check before commencing your placement or applying for work.
- Develop your knowledge of ethics and policies in your chosen field to increase your ability to advocate for those in need.
- Consider joining a professional association, such as the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Membership may be available while studying.
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Advocate employers on SEEK are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Case Management
Domestic Violence Support
Social Work
Family Violence Support
Compensation
Record Management System
Empathy
Emotional Intelligence
Drivers Licence
Human Services
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Latest Advocate reviews
Mar 2025
Rewarding and challenging. Always learning
Reviewer's QualificationCertificate IV in Property (Real Estate)
Experience1 – 4 years
Organisation sizeSmall (1-19 employees)
SpecialisationReal Estate & Property
The good thingsThe ability to help someone navigate the home purchasing and buying process
The challengesLack of land availability and doing large presentations for home buyers
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May 2021
Advocacy, changing the world one person at a time
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Social Science
Experience1 – 4 years
Organisation sizeMedium (20-199 employees)
SpecialisationAged and Disability
The good thingsThe ability to assist people to exercise their rights and have a supportive person looking out for them, so they are not ignored or lost in the system
The challengesMost people who require an advocate have exhausted all other options and they can be quite vulnerable. Some can shown aggressive traits but it is generally not aimed at the advocate but through them
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