The new independent mental capacity advocate service

Bradley, Andy

doi:10.1108/13663666200700004

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“…Other adult protection decisions accounted for seven per cent of the total. The relatively low number of referrals for serious medical treatment decisions (nine per cent) reflects the pattern found in the evaluation of the IMCA pilot sites (Redley et al, 2006). Accommodation reviews are the least common reason for referral (one per cent).…”

Section: Early Lessons From Imcas Involved In Adult Protection Proceedingsmentioning

confidence: 83%

“…Is the person safe enough, compared with where a person should live, or whether an operation should go ahead.). The evaluation of the IMCA pilots (Redley et al, 2006) did not explore the extent of time required to represent and support individuals in adult protection proceedings because the collection of data preceded the introduction of the discretionary powers.…”

Section: Boundaries Of the Imca Rolementioning

confidence: 99%

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The role of the independent mental capacity advocate in adult protection

Gorczynska¹,

Thompson²

2007

The Journal of Adult Protection

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The Mental Capacity Act 2005 introduced the role of the independent mental capacity advocate (IMCA). This is essentially a new safeguard for adults when they lack the capacity to make critical health and welfare decisions, particularly those without family or friends to represent them. IMCAs can have a statutory role in adult protection cases that is detailed in this paper. Advocacy Partners (AP) was one of seven organisations piloting this service in England before the service was introduced nationally in April 2007. AP is now commissioned to provide the IMCA service in 10 local authorities in the South East. Of the 270 cases referred to Advocacy Partners that have met the criteria for an IMCA since the Act was implemented, 38 were referred as part of adult protection proceedings. This early experience of IMCA involvement in adult protection cases is discussed.

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Section: Early Lessons From Imcas Involved In Adult Protection Proceedingsmentioning

confidence: 83%

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The role of the independent mental capacity advocate in adult protection

Gorczynska¹,

Thompson²

2007

The Journal of Adult Protection

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“…Working with non-instructed advocates (in that the service user will not necessarily have requested the input of an advocate, understand its meaning or be able to communicate) demands new relationships between professionals and mutual understandings will need to be fostered. As Bradley (2007) observed, some relationships will need to be built up at regional or subregional levels as it seems difficult to commission viable IMCA services in small authorities. While the role of IMCAs was highlighted and welcomed as the first statutory right to advocacy (Rapaport et al 2006), social workers need to remember its limited applicability and to report and monitor any increased demand for more advocacy services, thus placing possible pressure on scarce advocacy resources.…”

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The Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Its Influences on Social Work Practice: Debate and Synthesis

Manthorpe¹,

Rapaport²,

Stanley³

2008

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The newly implemented Mental Capacity Act 2005 in England and Wales enshrines much of the practice established under case law to safeguard people who lack ability to make specific decisions, enhances personal autonomy and enables people to make advance decisions to refuse treatment. It introduces new proxydecision-making roles to address health, welfare and financial matters and specialist advocacy for people who do not have family or friends where major health and welfare decisions are to be made. This article outlines the scope of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, considers some of the implications of the Act for social work practitioners around the areas of planning and working with others in new roles, and clarifies some of their responsibilities. The article concludes that the potential for good practice will need to be supported by professional reflection and service monitoring.

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“…Besides self-determination and interpersonal relationships, valued social roles are also a priority in personcentred planning (Bradley, 1994). According to one of the precursors of social role valorisation (Wolfensberger, 1972(Wolfensberger, , 1983(Wolfensberger, , 2000, people generally define themselves according to the roles they occupy in the community.…”

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Person‐Centred Planning in Centres of Activities for Inclusion

Carvalhais,

Fernandes,

Almeida

2023

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Person‐centred planning includes the active social participation of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and is the fairest path towards assuring human rights and citizenship among people with IDD. Semi‐structured interviews were undertaken with four technicians from centres of activities in Portugal, four family members, and four adults with IDD to observe the best practices that facilitate/hinder the implementation of person‐centred interventions. Several discrepancies were identified regarding inclusive practices in centres of activities and capacity building, associated with the sense of mission, vision and perspective of technical structures, the bureaucratic weight that conditions the transition between intervention models, the participation and positioning of families regarding their representation of the centres, as well as the investment these centres make concerning effective and fair inclusion in surrounding communities. Still far from successful implementation, a person‐centred approach must be considered and include all participants’ perspectives to build robust and integral life projects.

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The new independent mental capacity advocate service

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The role of the independent mental capacity advocate in adult protection

The role of the independent mental capacity advocate in adult protection

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Its Influences on Social Work Practice: Debate and Synthesis

Person‐Centred Planning in Centres of Activities for Inclusion

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