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Advocacy

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  • information and advice about child protection and care proceedings

  • information about child welfare law and procedures

  • information and advice about further support available, including access to legal advice

                   PLEASE NOTE

 

For the best chance of securing advocacy support, contact us as early in the process as you can.

This service is in a great demand and as a small team we may not be able to respond to the short notice requests.

  • support in accessing, reading, understanding and responding to professional documents, for example social work and other expert reports and assessments

  • support during professional meetings, such as child protection conferences and child in care reviews

  • support in keeping a diary of meetings, phone calls, conversations and information about child contact visits

  • support in communicating with professionals, particularly when parents face communication barriers due to learning disabilities and/or difficulties, fear and anxiety, lack of trust and/or lack of means to communicate (such as lack of access to telephone or internet)

  • help in accessing other support available

‘Every parent involved in child protection process should have a right to have an independent advocate. I really don’t understand why this is not the case everywhere.’ Family law student

  • support in contacting and working with solicitors, helping parents to understand what their lawyer is advising

  • care / adoption hearing preparation

  • support during and after court hearings (face to face and online

We attend child in need, child in care and child protection meetings / conferences, as well as PLO meetings and court hearings.            

Our advocates assist parents in professional individual appointments and home visits.

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