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Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000: information on Part 6 of the Act - intervention orders and guardianship
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Astron
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The advocate's compromise: strategies and tactics to improve the well-being of people with diminished status
- Author:
- MOXLEY David P.
- Journal article citation:
- Ethics and Social Welfare, 8(3), 2014, pp.277-292.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon
The author examines how advocates seek to improve the well-being of recipients who reside in organizations or systems of care in which there is the potential of neglect or abuse. Data from multiple action research projects is used to frame ‘the advocate's compromise’. It is argued that this compromise is actually a proactive strategy of advocacy designed to incrementally improve well-being. It is argued that in systems and organizations regulating people who are considered vulnerable or dependent the advocate must advance collaborative relationships with care providers and supervisors so they become allies in advancing the well being of their charges. The advocate's compromise is placed in context by amplifying a theory of diminished status, which offers a rationale for advocacy in social work. By identifying variation in its forms the author hopes to illuminate the richness of advocacy practice in which the compromise is readily observable and highlight some of its ethical demands. Finally, the author delineates principal strategies and tactics advocates employ to make the compromise a useful tool. (Edited publisher abstract)
Paid advocacy pays!
- Author:
- LANE Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 100, Autumn 2011, pp.41-42.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
The foundation of Advocacy Matters (Wales) (AMW) began in 1989 as a result of the closure of Ely hospital in Cardiff. AMW provided a Citizen Advocacy partnership to patients which involved preparing and training local volunteers to form a long-term partnership to help their ‘partner’ speak up about their rights and communicate what they wanted. This article discusses the Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) scheme, a part of AMW which was introduced to give significantly greater protection and support to adults from abuse and inappropriate care. Three case studies are presented which detail the need for paid advocacy in people’s lives, each highlighting the positives that a paid advocate can bring to vulnerable adults living in care.
Perspectives: own worst enemy?
- Author:
- WHITE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.4.02, 2002, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author expresses his concern that disabled people are their own best advocates, and would prefer someone who knows the opposition and how to represent disabled people against their prejudices.
An evaluation of Prioritise Me
- Authors:
- SPEAKE Beth, GILBERTSON Jan
- Publisher:
- Sheffield Hallam University. Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
This short report presents the findings from an evaluation of the Prioritise Me training programme. The aim of the Prioritise Me project was to support vulnerable people who are energy consumers in genuinely creative ways, and to support capacity and understanding for people with learning disabilities and/or autism. Prioritise Me aimed to provide accessible and interactive advice and training about energy use and the energy market where understanding was limited; to develop accessible ideas and resources through piloting innovative work with University design and evaluation partners; and to engage people to speak confidently to energy providers, giving maximum impact for vulnerable adults in South Yorkshire. The evaluation indicates that the rationale and initial concept for the project has been validated: the importance and effectiveness of co-production of materials and training in this context has proved itself, and the materials produced have been both innovative and useful. Further, it has been demonstrated that the materials produced by the project have the potential for much wider application, not only for vulnerable groups but for a much wider section of the public, and not only locally but also at a regional level and nationally. (Edited publisher abstract)
Striking the right balance: police experience, perceptions and use of independent support persons during interviews involving people with intellectual disability
- Authors:
- HENSHAW Marie, SPIVAK Benjamin, THOMAS Stuart D. M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31(2), 2018, pp.e201-e211.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: Several jurisdictions mandate the presence of an independent support person during police interviews with vulnerable people. The current study investigated police officers’ experiences and perceptions of these volunteers during interviews with people with intellectual disability(ies) (ID). Methods: The sample comprised 229 police officers who attended a mandatory firearms training course in Melbourne, Australia, in 2010. Results: Participants commonly reported utilising independent support persons and displayed a fair understanding of their role. Overall, volunteers were engaged more frequently than family/friends; police considered the volunteers to be more impartial during interviews, whereas family/friends provided a greater level of emotional support to interviewees. Conclusions: Independent support persons need to demonstrate two quite different types of support to people with intellectual disability(ies) during police interviews; these require quite different skill sets and suggest the need for more tailored training and support for these volunteers. Implications for future research and policy are discussed. (Edited publisher abstract)
Voices from the Frontline policy influencing guide. Part one: influencing local policy
- Author:
- DRINKWATER Nicola
- Publisher:
- Making Every Adult Matter
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 23
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide helps build the skills and expertise to influence local policy and ensure decisions and policy changes have a positive impact on people with multiple needs. It aims to help engage with a wide range of different bodies and stakeholders across criminal justice, health and housing; make them aware of the distinct needs of this group; and ensure they are taken into account in the design and delivery of services. The guide gives eight practical hints and tips for influencing policy: work closely with experts by experience; do your research; develop an influencing strategy; get a place at the table; work in partnership; de clear what you are asking for; develop a communication strategy; and keep your commissioner in the loop. In addition, the document provides details about the many structures and bodies whose decisions affect people with multiple needs, explaining what they are responsible for, where they exist and why they are relevant. This guide is for organisations working in England and Wales. (Edited publisher abstract)
An appropriate response
- Author:
- CARSON Gordon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.10.11, 2011, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The role of the appropriate adult in helping vulnerable people in criminal investigations is discussed. The article also highlights what social workers can bring and gain from being an appropriate adult themselves.
Deprivation of liberty safeguards: an initial review of implementation
- Authors:
- HARGREAVES Roger, (comp.)
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Alliance
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) were introduced in England and Wales in April 2009. They allow care homes and hospitals to obtain a power to detain residents or patients who lack capacity, if this is necessary in their best interests to protect them from harm. This is an initial review of the progress of implementation based on feedback from Mental Health Alliance (MHA) members and other organisations involved in the DoLS process. The briefing highlights some positive achievements and concerns. It discusses how, so far, there has been less use of this scheme than predicted and there are big variations between different areas. Flaws in the scheme and poor understanding of it mean that people’s human rights are not being adequately protected. A number of recommendations are provided by the MHA. These include the need for the Government to look at why so few applications have been made compared to levels expected and why there are such disparities between supervisory bodies and geographical areas. They also include the need for revised guidance on the meaning of deprivation of liberty which is comprehensible to care providers, and especially to care home staff.
Mental Capacity Act (England and Wales) 2005: the emergent Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) service
- Author:
- REDLEY Marcus
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 40(6), September 2010, pp.1812-1828.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The Mental Capacity Act (England and Wales) 2005 (MCA) introduced the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) service to ensure that the views of adults who lack capacity to make particular potentially life-changing health and social care decisions are represented to substitute decision-makers. Fifteen months prior to the introduction in April 2007 of the IMCA service, the Department of Health invited 7 advocacy organisations all operating in the third sector to provide pilot IMCA services. This paper presents quantitative and qualitative data from an evaluation of these pilot services. The quantitative data described the number and types of referrals to the pilot IMCA, and qualitative interview data captured key stakeholders’ experiences and perceptions of IMCA casework. The findings suggest that in more than half of the decisions completed during the period of the evaluation (54 per cent of 109 completed cases), clients were able to provide some indication of their wishes, enabling them to participate directly in personal decisions that they were unable to make autonomously. The implications of the findings are discussed both for the development of statutory advocacy in England and Wales and for other models of substitute decision-making.