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Advocacy

Advocacy services that are provided by the commissioned service, CIIAS, delivered by Rethink Advocacy, Details about eligibility and how to refer into the services.

Advocacy

The Camden and Islington Integrated Advocacy Service (CIIAS) is delivered by Rethink Advocacy.

CIIAS provides the following advocacy services:

Court of Protection 1.2 Representative (CoP); Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS); Independent Care and Support Advocacy under the Care Act (ICSA); Independent Health Complaints Advocacy (IHCA); Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA); Non-statutory Advocacy; and co-ordination of Paid Relevant Person Representatives (PRPR),

The Camden and Islington Integrated Advocacy Service Local Operating Procedure (LOP) provides details about eligibility criteria, how to make a referral and how referrals are allocated.

General eligibility criteria

To be eligible for support from the CIIAS, the person must be ‘ordinarily residing in Camden’ (i.e., living in Camden, or placed by a Camden social work team in specialist accommodation outside of Camden)

The person must be over 18 years old.

For IMCA and IMHA referrals the person must be over 16 years old.

For details regarding the eligibility criteria for each type of advocacy, please see Section 2 of CIIAS's Local Operating Procedure or see the tabs for the different types of advocacy on the left of this webpage.

Last updated: 20 July 2023