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Question 1 - Responses
• Promotes independence
• To have a voice
• Values people and their wants
• Assist and signpost to services
• Work with the individual for their needs• To help those in need understand what is actively
important
• To make changes
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Being on your side• Speak up for you
• Independent voice – but time limited and outcome based
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Question 1 – Responses cont.
• Not just about helping people to make choices. It’s about supportto have a voice in the wider community
• Local facilities & setting up of local services
• Support in local communities for vulnerable people. In our area wehave Safety in Doncaster (SID); local businesses and transport
advertise the SID logo to show they can support vulnerable peoplein need.
• Support to change thinking
• Support awareness on topics that could affect vulnerable people i.e.hate / mate crime
•Feed into partnership board on current & local issues
• Involved in Patient Led Assessments at Doncaster Royal Infirmary.Asked for symbols as well as text on signage, check the wards forprivacy & dignity.
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Question 1 - Responses cont.
• Involved in interview panels with local authority forsenior staff
• Evaluate for contracts and tenders for LD services
• Independent, fresh set of eyes – unbiased
• Driving up standards
• Promoting person-centered approaches
• Confident enough to flag up poor practices / tochallenge
• The professionals think they have all the answers butthey don’t!
• Someone on you side / sharing skills / raise awareness
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Question 2
If you havehad advocacy,
how did itmake youfeel? Whatwas goodabout it?
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Question 2 - Responses
• Improve confidence
• Good – helped with finance
• Guide with health needs
•Worked to find the right advocate to suit theperson
• Help with independence
• Make a difference
• Peer support• Self-advocacy
• Social opportunities
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Question 2 – Responses cont.
• It’s there for support
• Having someone on your side
•
Being able to give you info you might not haveheard the first time
• Some times – feel advocate is on the side of
“the system” • Having an advocate was really useful in the
MH unit
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Question 3
How do you thinkadvocacy should bemeasured?
Thinks about:Solving problems?
Helping people get moreconfident?
Getting more involved inthe community?
Anything else!!
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Question 3 - Responses
• Asking those who have received advocacy
• Getting local authorities involved and aware ofadvocacy
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How many people are admitted into C&T units? Withgood funding and advocacy it should lower admissions
• More involvement with autism – different groupsavailable
•
Reporting into Health and Wellbeing Boards• Website showing the work done and the help needed
• Social media
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Question 4
How can we support
commissioners to
measure advocacybetter?
What can they learn
from yourexperiences?
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Question 4 - Responses
• What does ‘good’ advocacy look like? This needsto be outlined
• Need to measure quality of service and quantityi.e. how much time have they spent with theindividual?
• Training and experience – is this the same acrossthe board? Does this need to be standardised? Isthere a need for professional accreditation?
• Feedback – from person and families
• Advocates asking if service has been satisfactory& feeding that back to commissioners.
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Question 4 – Responses cont.
• Providing regular training that is up to date
• Measured by how many people have jobs in
advocacy
• Make positive changes – constant improvement
• Learn to be a voice
• Keeping advocacy groups open – long term
effects
• Funding advocacy services
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