Success Stories - Advocacy Focus

Stephen’s Story

What the person’s situation before working with Advocacy Focus? Stephen* is 7 years old and has ASD& ADHD. After a...

Deprivation of Liberty safeguards (DoLS)

What was the person’s situation before working with Advocacy Focus? Mark is a 21-year-old-man who lived in a Care Home....

Community Advocacy

What the person’s situation before working with Advocacy Focus? George is a 33-year-old gentleman who lives at home with his...

Spot Purchase Advocacy for Molly

We received a request under our Spot Purchase project to help Molly, who was appointed as a Relevant Person’s Representative...

39d IMCA Support for Rosie

The relevant person’s representative (RPR) is a lady called Rosie, who is the RPR for her Sister who lives in...

Advocacy Strand: Spot Purchase Support to Parents

What was the person’s situation before working with Advocacy Focus? Carla was a new mum experiencing periods of poor mental...

Child Protection Advocacy

What the person’s situation before working with Advocacy Focus? Ellis is a 14-year-old boy who came to the notice of...

Helping Sophie

What was the young person’s situation before working with Advocacy Focus? Sophie was a 17-year-old female who lived at home with...

Helping Dave

When I first met Dave, he resided within a care home. I explained my Advocate role to him, and he expressed very...

Helping Sylvia

What was the person’s situation before working with Advocacy Focus? Sylvia is 21 years old and has autism and learning...

Helping Sunita

What the person’s situation before working with Advocacy Focus? Sunita has a diagnosis of Global Development Delay and was completing her...

Helping George

What was the person’s situation before working with Advocacy Focus? George had been living in his own flat with support...

Helping Bill

What was the person’s situation before working with Advocacy Focus? Bill had an acquired brain injury and sight issues. He...

Helping Tyson

What was the person’s situation before working with Advocacy Focus? Tyson had an acquired brain injury and resided in a...

Helping Luke

What was the person’s situation before working with Advocacy Focus? Luke is a 17 year old young person who is...

Helping Lauren

Lauren* self-referred to advocacy in 2019. Lauren contacted the advocacy service due to the mistreatment of her partner David. David...

Helping Tim

Tim* was a 20-year-old male who was living at home with his mother and younger brother. Tim had a diagnosis...

Helping Kim

Kim* was admitted to hospital under a Section 2 of the Mental Health Act and was referred into our service...

Helping Ava

Ava was a 26 year old woman detained under the Mental Health Act on a specialist hospital ward, Ava’s baby...

Helping John

John was a 60-year-old Jamaican man who was detained under the Mental Health Act. He had been in hospital for...

Helping Dorothy

Dorothy* is an 82 year old lady suffering from Dementia and living in a care home, she has stated numerous...

Helping Betty

Betty* had a diagnosis of a severe Learning Disability and Autism, staff at her supported living accommodation noticed that two...

Helping Grace

Grace is an 82 year old lady who has been residing in a care home for the last three years....

Helping Patricia

Patricia* is an elderly lady diagnosed with Dementia and learning difficulties. She also suffers with Sigmoid Volvulus, a condition causing...

Helping Thomas

Thomas* is 18, he was referred to Advocacy Focus by Social Services as there was a concern about his safety...

Helping Cheng

Cheng* is a 79 year old gentleman being assessed for a Deprivation of Liberty (DoLS) authorisation, we had previously represented...

Helping Roy

After Roy* had a stroke his cognition ability deteriorated rapidly. His wife and three children were struggling to come to...

Helping Ahmed

Ahmed* is a 33 year old male who has a diagnosis of Autism. Ahmed was living at a shared property...

Helping Sid

As Sid* required a blood test under sedation, a Serious Medical Treatment (SMT) referral was made to Advocacy Focus. Sid,...

Helping Aisha

Aisha* was residing in a care home under a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) authorisation. An Independent Advocate was allocated...

Helping Tim

Tim* has Dementia and had lived in a care home for several years. He regularly destroyed the furniture in his...

Helping Frank

Frank* is a 66 year old man who has been diagnosed with depression and has suffered two strokes that have...

Helping Yasmeen

Yasmeen* did not have an appropriate person other than her paid carers to support her through a household review, and...

Helping Clive

Clive* is a 71 year old male with an acquired brain injury as well as mental health needs, which affect...

Helping Josef

Josef* is a young man with mild learning disabilities and mental health problems. He was referred to us by a...

Helping Duncan & Maria

Duncan* and Maria* were unable to read and write successfully and needed advocacy support to help them with several complaints...

Helping Mary

Mary* is an elderly lady who suffers from dementia and resides in a care home; she was unable to leave...

Helping Natalia

Natalia* is a lady with mild learning difficulties and mental health issues. She had been married to her husband, Peter,...

Helping Amir

Amir is a 43 year old man who lives in Burnley, he has no history of accessing mental health services....

Helping Jimmy

Jimmy* lives in a nursing home and has an Acquired Brain Injury, recently his short term memory has become impaired...

Helping Brian

Brian* was living in a residential home where he was subject to a Guardianship under the Mental Health Act, as...

Helping Ella

Ella* is a 16 year old girl who often goes missing from care. Throughout her teen years, she had moved...

Helping Sean

Sean is 43 years old, he has a severe learning disability and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome – a rare and severe form...

Helping Lisa

Lisa* was in a car accident which left her with an acquired brain injury and needing a wheelchair. She wears...

Helping Jack

Jack was in a supermarket when he started behaving erratically and became confused and agitated. An ambulance was called and...

Helping Ryan

Helping Ryan Ryan lived at home with his mum, Rachel. During his exams, Ryan confided with a member of staff...

Helping Steven

Steven was homeless and living on the streets when he took a near fatal overdose, which left him on life...

Helping James

What was the service user’s situation before working with Advocacy Focus? James was 81 years of age and had been...

Helping Sam

Sam is a 14-year-old in the care of the Local Authority and he was first referred to Advocacy Focus not...

Helping Katie

What was Katie’s situation before working with Advocacy Focus? Katie is a 12 year old girl diagnosed with a learning...

Helping Peter

What was the person’s situation before working with Advocacy Focus? Peter was on a mental health ward with a diagnosis...

Helping Mike

Mike has autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and was due to have a care review which involved an assessment of his...

Helping Sarah

Proposed change of accommodation for Sarah following social care review. Before Advocacy Focus became involved with Sarah, she had been...

Helping Tyson

Tyson had an acquired brain injury and resided in a care home. Tyson regularly asked to see his wife who...

Helping Bill

Bill’s right to privacy regarding personal correspondence Bill has an acquired brain injury and has problems with his sight as...

Helping Molly

Supporting Molly with Social Care Assessment and CHC (Continuing Health Care) Molly is diagnosed with an acquired brain injury due...

Helping Ivy

Ivy was a 14-year-old girl who had been living with the same foster carer since she was 4. She loved...

Helping Jane

Independent Mental Health Act Advocacy Jane* was detained under Section 3 of the Mental Health Act, on a secure mental...

Helping Neil

Independent Mental Health Act Advocacy Neil* is an older gentleman with schizophrenia who was detained at hospital under Section 3...

Helping Chris

Independent Mental Health Act Advocacy Chris* was detained in hospital under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act due to...

Helping Elizabeth

Independent Mental Health Act Advocacy Elizabeth* was detained under Section 3 of the Mental Health Act. She had been in...

Helping Cliff

Cliff* lived in a care home where he has lived for the previous four and a half years. Cliff is...

Helping Bill

Bill is Deaf and communicates with British Sign language. His wife is also deaf and partially blind. They live independently...

Helping Andy

Andy developed mental ill health following a brain injury several years before. He had several admissions to hospital and unsuccessful...