Children and Young People’s Advocacy Service in Oxfordshire

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Are you a child or a young adult?

If you are in a care home and you are aged 5 to 17, or if you are a looked-after child in Local Authority care, we can help you to tell adults about the things you need and the things that are important to you.

We run the Children and Young People’s Advocacy Service. The people who work here are called advocates. We can help you in different ways.

How we can help

Call: 01865 597 316

Email: info@advocacy1st.co.uk

Generic Advocacy

If you are not happy with your social worker, key worker, or care worker, we can help you to make a complaint.

Child Protection meetings

These are meetings to talk about how to keep you safe. At these meetings, we make sure you are involved with decisions made about you.

Complaints

We can help you make a complaint. We can help you understand information about your complaint. We can help you at meetings.

CVA/RVA drop-in service

Our drop-in service gives you support and information on what we do and where you can go for more help.

This is how our advocates can help you

We will listen to you and help you say what your wishes and feelings are.

Call: 01865 597 316

Email: info@advocacy1st.co.uk

An advocate can support you at your meetings. They can help you in Looked After Child Review meetings, Child Protection conferences, and meetings about your school.

Call: 01865 597 316

Email: info@advocacy1st.co.uk

We can make sure you have a say in decisions about your life.

Call: 01865 597 316

Email: info@advocacy1st.co.uk

An advocate can explain things you don’t understand and help you know what your rights are.

Call: 01865 597 316

Email: info@advocacy1st.co.uk

An advocate can help you make a complaint. An advocate will explain what you can do, but they won't tell you what to do.

Call: 01865 597 316

Email: info@advocacy1st.co.uk

 

An advocate works just for you.

Call: 01865 597 316

Email: info@advocacy1st.co.uk

 

How do I get an advocate?

  • You can ask your social worker, Independent Reviewing Officer, parent, carer, teacher or doctor to contact Advocacy 1st.
  • You can contact us yourself.

Get in touch.

Call: 01865 597 316

Email: info@advocacy1st.co.uk

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