Supporting, Promoting and Developing Independent Advocacy in Gateshead
"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."
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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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