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KAG Services      Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) Services KAG offer this service in Kingston, Richmond and East Surrey. We have specially trained staff to provide an IMCA service. The aim of the service is to provide additional safeguards for people who lack the capacity to make certain important decisions at the time a decision needs to be made, and who have no appropriate family or friends to consult. For more information or download IMCA form please click here Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) Services Most people detained under the Mental Health Act, including people on CTOs (Community Treatment Orders), have the legal right to an IMHA. An IMHA is a specialist mental health advocate, dealing with issues of care, treatment and detention. Trained KAG staff can act in this capacity. Crisis 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. Specialist Advocacy KAG provides specialist advocacy services for people; with mental health problems; with learning disabilities; with physical disabilities; for older people with mental health problems and for people from black and ethnic minority communities. Professional advocates provide a service to help and support people with drug and alcohol problems. In-Patient Advocacy KAG's professional advocates provide a service on in-patient psychiatric wards and to residents of local care homes. Advocacy in Private Hospitals  KAG Advocacy is commissioned by private hospitals including Whiteposts and Priory Hospital Roehampton to provide independent advocacy support to their patients. For more information on this service please contact KAG Head Office on 020 8549 1028. Citizen Advocacy in Learning Disabilities and Mental Health KAG volunteers are trained and supported to work in partnership with a person with a learning disability, often long term. 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. Appropriate Adults  Trained volunteers under the supervision of a KAG co-ordinator, are made available to anyone in police custody deemed vulnerable and who does not have the support of an appropriate family member or friend. Self-Advocacy KAG Advocacy regularly facilitates self advocacy groups Group-Advocacy and Xchange Network  KAG Advocacy 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. KAG Advocacy is funded by NHS Richmond and the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames to engage with service users in Richmond upon Thames about local mental health services. Spot Purchase Contracts KAG Advocacy can be commissioned by local authorities, PCTs, independent providers and hospitals to provide advocacy support to their service users [individual and group advocacy]. For more information and a quotation please contact Head Office on 0208 549 1028.  Qualification Assessment Centre  KAG Advocacy is an approved satellite assessment centre of the British Institute of Learning Disabilities [BILD] to provide the Independent Advocacy Qualification. For more information contact Head Office on 0208 549 1028.