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Supporting, Promoting and Developing Independent Advocacy in Gateshead |
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| "Advocacy is when a person or a group of people speak up for themselves or others. It is about supporting and sometimes representing people's needs, opinions and choices." What's new? |
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Putting People First Newsletter - No.3 Personalisation newsletter from Gateshead Council VACANCY - part time administrator for GAIN two days a week £19,621 pro rata, fixed term until March 2011, closing date 23 July, interviews 6 August Manifesto for independent advocacy services in England & Wales produced by a consortium of advocacy organisations, including GAIN Eligibility criteria for Adult Social Care new Department of Health guidelines Adult Social Care Newsletter - No.2 second newsletter in series, from Gateshead Council Adult Social Care Newsletter - No.1 new bulletin from Gateshead Council Valuing People Now - March 2010 newsletter for people with learning disabilities, family carers, self advocacy groups and anyone who works with people with learning disabilities three leaflets on implications of personalisation for nursing homes, personal assistants and those with autistic spectrum conditions Gateshead Personalisation Bulletin - March 2010 sets out priorities for year 2010/2011 Employing a Personal Assistant - for those on personal budgets a series of nine factsheets produced by Gateshead Council At Your Service - a DEMOS report on personal budgets and implications for "the social care market" concludes that local authorities need to change they way they work and establish "a new operating system" Rights With Meaning - Baring Foundation report this report looks at the independence of the advice and advocacy sectors, concluding they need to be free of public control Newcastle Interpreting Service Download information (pdf) about this free service for people seeing their doctor, health or social worker Timetable for getting people with learning disabilities into paid employment published Three year delivery plan announced. Details at Appendix 3 of this pdf document (583KB) GAIN secures three-year funding GAIN secures funding to carry out advocacy research and development. Deprivation of Liberties Safeguards An outline of the new safeguards from Skills for People and where to find more information Nationally accredited advocacy qualifications This City & Guilds link provides details of the new Level 3 Certificate in Independent Advocacy and the new Level 3 Diploma in Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (Deprivation of Liberties Safeguards) with a pdf handbook to accompany courses. |
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