Our services in Redbridge

Independent Mental Health Advocates (IMHAs) support people with issues relating to their care and treatment when they have been detained (sectioned) under the Mental Health Act. They also help people understand their rights under the Mental Health Act.

Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs) support people who lack capacity to make decisions about their long term accommodation or serious medical treatment and who do not have any friends or family appropriate to consult.

Independent Care Act advocates support people to understand their rights under the Care Act and to be fully involved in decisions about any care and support they need. This includes local authority assessments, care reviews, care and support planning and safeguarding processes.

When a DoLS authorisation is in place and there is no suitable RPR, an advocate can take on the role of RPR.

Support if someone is or may be deprived of their liberty in a community or domestic setting.

NHS complaints advocates support people to complain about the treatment or care that they or a friend or family member have received from an NHS service. This support is available at every stage of the complaints process. 

General advocacy is non-statutory advocacy to help people secure their rights and have their interests represented in a range of situations, for example, housing, employment, family matters, social services, debt or benefits problems, when other mainstream services are not able to. This is non-statutory or general advocacy.