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Kingston Advocacy Group offers services in the following areas:
IMCA service
In April 2007 KAG Advocacy was commissioned by the Local Authorities to provide the IMCA service in the Kingston, Richmond and East Surrey areas.
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Citizen Advocacy for Mental Health
Citizen advocates are trained volunteers who offer information and support to their partner (the client) over specified issues. The volunteer is given back-up and supervision from a paid member of staff and works to a set of approved guidelines. |
Citizen Advocacy in Learning Disabilities
Volunteers are trained and supported to work in often long-term partnership with a person with a learning disability. |
Direct Advocacy
Professional workers are employed by KAG to provide advocacy in a crisis or when it is either not possible or appropriate for a volunteer to deal with the issues. |
Black and Minority Ethnic Advocacy
To meet the specific needs related to minority ethnic issues, a full-time BME worker offers support in Kingston and Richmond. As well as offering direct advocacy to individuals in need, close liaison with minority ethnic communities and the recruiting of volunteers from these groups to be advocates is undertaken. |
In-Patient Advocacy
A professional in-patient advocate visits the acute psychiatric wards serving Richmond, Kingston and Epsom. |
Self Advocacy
Kingston Advocacy Group provides a worker to give support to SHOUT, a self-advocacy group run by and for people with learning disabilities in Kingston. |
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Group Advocacy
Richmond User Forum (RUF) employs a group advocate to ensure the opinions of service users are represented to service providers. Kingston Advocacy Group gives management support to this project. |
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Appropriate Adults
Trained volunteers under the supervision of a KAG co-ordinator, are made available to anyone in police custody deemed vulnerable. |
Mentoring Employment Scheme
In partnership with Springboard Community Enterprises, KAG runs an employment mentoring scheme for people with mental health problems in the Kingston area. A mentor provides one-to-one support in work placements for someone returning to work. |
| In all forms of advocacy work, the basic principles of independence, confidentiality and partner-led work apply. | |
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