Advocacy

Child Protection Advocacy

We offer advocacy support to disabled people who are going through child protection processes. That means we work with:

People with physical disabilities
People with learning difficulties and disabilities
People with mental health needs
People who are neurodivergent
People who are deaf

who have involvement from children’s services. We can work with from the Early Help stage through to Public Law Outline. Please note that we are not able to support clients at court and we are not able to support post-court (e.g. at ongoing LAC reviews) if the child/ren have been removed and there is no plan for reunification.

We offer practical support throughout the process. We attend meetings alongside our clients and advocate for their needs to be met as well as those of their children, perhaps by making sure they have access to social care.

An Advocate Can:

Represent your views and wishes if you find it hard to communicate
Help you to make an informed choice and come up with a plan of action
Attend meetings and help you to understand what is said
Help you to understand important documents
Be non-judgemental and respectful to you

An Advocate Cannot:

Be a support worker – they can only support you around a specific issue
Make decisions for you, or tell you what to do
Automatically get you the outcome you want
Do things for you
Respond to a crisis situation

If you want to make a referral for Child Protection Advocacy, please follow this link to complete the referral form.