Current Service

2010-2011

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From April 2007 Surrey County Council commissioned us to provide the statutory Independent Mental Capacity Advocate Service under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in West Surrey. We also provide a similar service in NE Hampshire as part of a consortium of advocacy agencies.

The main service characteristics of Just Advocacy in 2008 are:

• catchment area for general advocacy service, that is professional and self-advocacy: all of west Surrey except Spelthorne, that is Guildford or Waverley, Woking, Surrey Heath and Runnymede, the Fleet/Farnborough/ Aldershot areas of North Hampshire; Bracknell Forest;
• 1:1 professional advocacy;
• Independent Mental Capacity Advocate service in West Surrey and NE Hampshire.
• strong team of trustees between them contributing skills from business, public service, PR and fundraising and voluntary agencies;
• nine staff;
• about 80 people in professional advocacy relationships at any one time;
• self-advocacy groups in Surrey and Hampshire, issue or locality based, meeting as required, up to five groups at any one time;
• support to people with learning disabilities attending statutory planning meetings;
• work experience placement producing Catalyst magazine and general office and personal skills;
• an Advisory Group of people with learning disabilities meeting every 6 weeks to give their views on current activities and ideas for the future. Members of the Group help with recruiting new members of staff.