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• Adult Social Care - Policies and Procedures
• Advocacy Strategy
• Carers
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• Civil Emergencies - Trauma Support Service
• Compliments and Complaints - Adult Social Care
• Dementia and Older People’s Mental Health
• Direct Payments
• Disability and Long Term Conditions
• Home Support
• iHub
• Intermediate Care Services
• Learning Disabilities
• Mental Health
• Needs Assessment
• Older Persons' Strategy
• Out of Hours Social Services Support
• Personalisation
• Prevention and early intervention guide
• Private, Independent and Voluntary Sector Learning and Development
• Safeguarding Adults
• Support for Older People
• Stroke Strategy
• Substance Misuse
• Support for Adults with HIV

Advocacy is a way of helping people to speak up for themselves.

Everybody has the same rights:

• To make choices about our lives
• To get help from Adult Social Care or Health Services if we need it
• To be told about our rights
• To have opportunities for leisure, education, training and employment whether we have a disability or not
• To make a complaint when something goes wrong.

An advocate can:

• Listen to you
• Help you to plan any action you may need or wish to take
• Write letters and make telephone calls with you, or for you
• Make sure your views are heard by attending meetings/reviews with you
• Get information for you, or put you in touch with someone who can
• Spend time with you preparing for meetings
• Find out other ways you can get support
• Find out what your rights are
• Liaise with relevant agencies

If you want to know more, you can call the Community Team on 01344 311737.

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