Advocacy means getting support from another person to help you express your views and wishes, and help you stand up for your rights. Someone who helps you in this way is called an advocate. Your advocate could be one of Middlesbrough and Stockton Mind's team.
A general advocate helps to:
- find out information
- speak to professionals
- empower individuals to make their own informed decisions
- ensure individuals views and wishes are heard.
- support individuals to navigate through the health and social care system
- a general advocate cannot support with filling out forms, benefits our bidding for housing.
A general advocate could support you to ensure any concerns you or your loved on has about their care are listened too heard. They can help you to understand legal processes, support you to access more services and provide support with a care act assessment. If you require we can represent the views of the person that you care for by simply completing a separate referral form.
To find out more about the different types of advocacy available through the team click here.
To access Middlesbrough and Stockton Mind advocacy you must be:
- aged 16+ or 18+ depending upon the type of advocacy
- living in Teesside
All referrals for Middlesbrough, Stockton on tees and Redcar are made to People First who run the advocacy hub they can be made online or over the phone
Website: www.wearepeoplefirst.co.uk Telephone: 03003038037
Once a referral is made to the hub it is allocated to one of five providers of advocacy locally, Middlesbrough and Stockton Mind are one of the providers, you can request to specifically receive support from Middlesbrough and Stockton Mind.
