Advocacy

What is Advocacy?

Advocacy is taking action to help people:

• say what they want
• secure their rights
• represent their interests
• get the services and support they need

When possible friends and family should support people to get their views across.

In some circumstances people are entitled to paid advocacy.

Darlington Association on Disability provides a range of specialist advocacy.

This includes:

• Independent Mental Health Act Advocacy (IMHA):
  • when an individual is detained under the mental health act.
  • when an individual does not have capacity to make certain decisions.
• Relevant Persons Representative (RPR) when an individual is subject to a deprivation of liberty in a care home or hospital.
• Care Act advocacy when an individual needs support to:
  • engage in the assessment
  • review or safeguarding process under the Care Act
• Court of Protection 3A representative when an individual is subject to deprivation of liberty and lives in the community.
  There are other circumstances when an individual is offered paid advocacy.

This is good practice rather than a duty.

For example, support through child care proceedings for someone with a learning disability.

Darlington Association on Disability

To find out more about paid advocacy contact Darlington Association on Disability:

• call: 01325 360524
• email: [email protected]
• Darlington Association on Disability [external link]