Advocacy Manager

Regulators: Social Care Wales
Nations: Wales
Sectors: Health and care

Regulatory or professional bodies

Primary regulator

Regulatory authority: Social Care Wales
Address: Registration Team, Southgate House
Wood Street
Cardiff
CF10 1EW
Email address: info@socialcare.wales
Website: http://socialcare.wales
Phone number: +44 (0)3003 033 444

Regulation

Regulation summary

Advocacy is taking action to help people say what they want, secure their rights, represent their interests and obtain the services they need. Advocates and advocacy schemes work in partnership with the people they support and take their side. Advocacy promotes social inclusion, equality and social justice (Advocacy Charter, Action for Advocacy).

Advocacy can take many forms from peer advocacy to independent professional advocacy where the advocate is trained and paid as a professional advocate. The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 defines advocacy services as: “services which provide assistance (by way of representation or otherwise) to persons for purposes relating to their care and support”. The act refers to services being provided by independent professional advocates in relation to adults’ and children’s care and support.

Other advocacy functions are defined by different legislation including:

Independent mental health advocate (IMHA) under the Mental Health Act 1983
Independent mental capacity advocate (IMCA) under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

The advocacy services manager will be responsible for the operational direction and the effective running of the independent advocacy provision to meet the statement of purpose.

Regulation type

Licence

Reserved activities

Adult Placement Manager

More about regulated activities and titles: https://socialcare.wales/qualifications-funding/qualification-framework/job-roles/advocacy-services/advocacy-services-manager-services-for-children-and-young-people

Qualifications and experience

New professionals

Routes to qualification: A full list of qualifications and routes to register can be found on our website.
More about qualification: https://socialcare.wales/qualification-framework

Professionals from other UK nations

Routes to recognition within the UK

For further information on the routes to recognition for professionals outside the UK please contact InternationallyQualified@socialcare.wales.

Please apply to Social Care Wales and if your qualification has been assessed as equivalent elsewhere in the UK this will be considered as part of our process.

Professionals from outside the UK

Recognition for professionals outside the UK

All - there are routes to recognition for professionals from all countries

Summary of routes

Please see here for further information: https://socialcare.wales/registration/how-to-apply

Social Care Wales are currently reviewing any existing free trade and recognition agreements. In the meantime if you hold a qualification that you think is equivalent and allows you to practise in Wales please share it with us.

More about recognition for professionals outside the UK

https://socialcare.wales/registration/how-to-apply

Registration

Registration requirements

Please see the below for information on how to register, and any post-recognition requirements: https://socialcare.wales/registration/how-to-apply

Some applicants will need to complete a qualification post-registration.

More about registration