Advocacy

Overview of what advocacy is...

Advocacy helps you understand your rights.
Advocacy helps you explore the options available to you.
Advocacy can't and won't tell you what to do, it's your choice.
Advocacy will support you once you make your decision to have your choices listened to.

When and why might you need an advocate?

If you need help understanding your rights and how to access them.
If situation feels out of your control and you need support.
If you don't feel listened to, or you feel that others speak on your behalf without your agreement.

Our Advocacy Service is currently only available to people living in certain areas, or with certain disabilities. Please see the options below. You can also find out about our Employment Advocacy service on this page.

Southern Trust - Learning Disability

Who's it for? Adults with learning disabilities living within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, who need support to help them understand and achieve their rights. Read more

Southern Trust - Physical or Sensory Disability

Who's it for? Adults with physical or sensory disabilities living within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, who need support to help them understand and achieve their rights. Read more

Western Trust - Physical or Sensory Disability

Who's it for? Adults in the Western Trust with a physical disability, a sensory disability, a brain injury, and/or on the Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Read more

Southern Trust: Transitions Advocacy

Who's it for? For younger people living within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, who are going through the transitions process and need support to understand their rights. Read more

Employment Advocacy

We aim to help disabled people who are experiencing difficulties or discrimination in the workplace. Read more

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Community Navigator x 4 Posts (Ref CNO19)

The Community Navigator will have the responsibility for providing tailored one to one support to people with disabilities to help address their social isolation.

Peer Advocate Coordinator (Ref PACO19)

The Peer Advocate Coordinator will have the responsibility for recruiting, developing, training and supporting a network of volunteer peer advocates to provide ongoing support for disabled people.

Research Coordinator (Ref RCO19)

The Research Coordinator will have the responsibility for instigating and co-ordinating a comprehensive mapping and research process across the ONSIDE Project operating area to establish the scope of services currently available on a cross border bases for people with disabilities to reduce social isolation and improve health and wellbeing. This will be action research, supported by Peer Researchers and the information will be used to populate on online web resource.

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