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Out of County Care Act advocacy arrangements
In this section
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1Introduction
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2Purpose
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3Scope
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4Legislation
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5Associated policies
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6Definitions
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7Care Act duty to involve people in decisions that affect them
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8What substantial difficulty means
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9Care Act Advocacy for Adult Social Care processes including complaints
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10Care Act Advocacy for safeguarding processes
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11Who is appropriate to act as an informal representative
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12When an Independent Care Act Advocate will be arranged even though there is an appropriate informal representative
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13Changes to representation
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14Out of County Care Act advocacy arrangements
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15The Independent Care Act Advocate’s role
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16Independent Care Act Advocates’ rights to access health and social care records
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17The Council and Independent Care Act Advocates – working together
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18Care home closures/provider failure
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19Decisions that require an Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA)
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20Independent Mental Health Advocates (IMHA)
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21Commissioning requirements for Independent advocacy
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22Dissatisfaction/Complaints
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23Implementation
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24Monitoring and review
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25Appendix– Definitions
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26Policy details
14.1 The council will arrange an Independent Care Act Advocate to support and represent any person who:
- is ordinarily resident in Gloucestershire or in the case of a carer is caring for someone ordinarily resident in Gloucestershire, and
- is entitled to an Independent Care Act Advocate, and
- has been placed by the Council in another local authority’s area
14.2 Arranging an Independent Care Act Advocate for someone placed in Gloucestershire by another local authority will be the responsibility of the placing authority.
Policy published : 1996
Policy reviewed : 2023
Last reviewed: