What are the different types of advocacy on offer?
How can an advocate help me?
- Help you become aware of your won rights
- Help you exercise your rights and be involved in decisions that are being made about your future
- Raise your concerns
- Ensure your voice is heard
- Empower you to act
- Attend meetings /ward rounds/appointments with you
- Advocates CANNOT give legal or financial advice - but they can guide you to sources of help
- Advocates WILL NOT share the details of their discussions with you except with your permission or in the event of safeguarding such as revelation of harm to self or others
- Advocates CANNOT perform care support work
How can a See Me worker help me?
- Help the trust to gain an insight into your views and experiences
- Share opportunities that you can get involved in within the trust
- Raise your issues, concerns and compliments (often anonymously) with management to help improve services and your experience of these services and to resolve issues that have affected the services/ward
- Promote greater involvement of service users in the planning and delivery of mental health services
- Attend/arrange regular service user meetings or forums and to meet with you on one to one to share your experience of the service you receive
- Encourage you to get involved in training, interviewing, focus groups and project work
