Speak Out Advocacy Project and Lanarkshire Ace provide a variety of advocacy services throughout Lanarkshire. PALS (Project for Advocacy in Lanarkshire South) was a project for young people with learning disabilities which closed in June 2011.
Speak Out Advocacy Project provide professional and volunteer advocacy services for adults with learning disabilities who live in South Lanarkshire. You can find out more about Speak Out by selecting the link on the top menu or by clicking here.
Lanarkshire Ace, a collective advocacy group for people with learning disabilities who live throughout Lanarkshire, is facilitated by Speak Out on a voluntary basis. You can find out more about Lanarkshire Ace by selecting the link on the top menu or by clicking here.
PALS (Project for Advocacy in Lanarkshire South) was a collective advocacy and peer education group for young people with learning disabilities who lived in South Lanarkshire. The project closed in June 2011 after three very successful years. PALS was managed by Lanarkshire Ace and funded by the Big Lottery Fund. You can find out more about PALS by selecting the link on the top menu or by clicking here.
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Speak Out is an advocacy project which is managed by Ace Advocacy and funded by South Lanarkshire Council and NHS Lanarkshire.
It aims to help people with learning disabilities to speak up for themselves so that they can participate in decisions about their lives. If a person cannot speak up for themselves, Speak Out will provide a spokesperson who will express that person's opinions as if they were his or her own. The project was established in 1997 to support people living in South Lanarkshire (excluding Rutherglen and Cambuslang) whose lives are changing.
What We Do
Speak Out Advocacy Project provides an advocacy service for individuals with learning disabilities. Our aim is to assist people to have more say in the services they receive and to obtain information in order to be able to make choices. We also assist people with raising issues which concern them, in order that these can be properly addressed. Speak Out also has access to channels to raise more general issues regarding Learning Disability Services.
How We Do This
We will meet with the person to discuss the issue for which they require advocacy support. If we can assist them we will make an agreement about the steps we can take to resolve the issue. If we are unable to assist we will try to put the person in touch with someone who can.
How Long For
We offer advocacy support for individual issues. Once an issue has been resolved, or taken as far as we have agreed with the advocacy partner, the advocacy support will come to a close. If the person should wish advocacy support with another matter they can ask about this at any time.
Confidentiality
The advocacy worker will discuss their work with his/her supervisor and may share information with the team to access knowledge on issues. They will not pass on information about their advocacy partners to others unless this has been agreed with the person regarding the issue being pursued. The only time confidentiality would be broken if there were serious concerns for the advocacy partner's safety or the safety of others. In this case we would need to share the concern.
Data Protection
Speak Out Advocacy Project holds basic information relating to the people we have contact with on a database. The information is used only to assist the work of the project and for general statistical purposes. No personal information held will be disclosed to any other agency. If any advocacy partner has concerns about this information, or wishes to see the details held about them, they should speak to their advocacy worker.
If you would like to make a referral to the project, or become a volunteer, please click here to find out how to contact us, or click here to download a referral form from the downloads section.
Job vacancies
There are currently no vacancies at Speak Out or Lanarkshire Ace.
Volunteering
We are always looking for people to become volunteer advocates for Speak Out.
You can download a covering letter, post description and application form for the volunteer posts at the bottom of this page.
You can also download an information leaflet about becoming a volunteer with Speak Out.
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Speak Out provides an advocacy services for people with learning disabilities who live in South Lanarkshire (except Rutherglen and Cambuslang). Advocacy means to speak up for yourself, someone else or for a group of people.
Speak Out helps people to have more say about the services they receive, to get information to help them make choices and to raise problems they are worried about.
Some examples of advocacy support are:
- Helping you to get information and find out more about your rights to the services you receive
- Go to meetings with you and help you raise any problems that are worrying you
- Help you to complain if you are not happy with a service you are receiving
How We Do This
We will meet you to talk about the problem you would like advocacy support for. If we can help you we will make an agreement about what we can do to help. If we cannot help you we will try and put you in touch with someone who can.
How Long For
We provide advocacy support for individual issues. Once we have taken the advocacy issue as far as we agreed with you, the advocacy support will end. If you want advocacy support for another issue you can ask about this at any time.
Confidentiality
The advocacy worker will talk about their work with their manager. They might talk about their work with other advocacy workers so that they can get more information about issues. They will not give information about you to any other people unless you have said this is okay. If the advocacy worker is worried about your or other people's safety they may gave to tell other people about the problem. There is more information about this in our Confidentiality Policy. You can download an easy-read copy of this by clicking here.
Database
Speak Out keep information about people we work with on a computer database. This information is only used to help the project with their work and to get information on things like how many people we are working with. No personal information we keep will be given to any other people or service. If you are worried about this information, or want to see any information we have about you, please speak to your advocacy worker. There is more information about this in our Confidentiality Policy. You can download an easy-read copy of this by clicking here.
How to Contact Us
If you would like to speak to someone from Speak Out please click here to find out how to contact us.
Or you can download an easy-read form here.
How to Complain
If you are not happy with the service you receive from Speak Out Advocacy Project you can contact the project manager by telephone, post or e-mail using the information in the contact us section. There is more information about this in our Complaints Procedure. You can download an easy-read copy of this by clicking here.
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