{"id":23,"date":"2014-11-20T16:44:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T16:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/appoint.renaissancetest.co.uk\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2023-07-20T12:34:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T11:34:27","slug":"safeguarding-children-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Safeguarding Children Advocacy and Family Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Referrals can be made by Solicitors, Social Workers, other professionals or by individuals.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this service there are several things we can help with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We can support from Single assessment through to Final Hearing. We can attend home visits, Conferences, core group meetings, Assessments and\u00a0 support through Court processes and hearings and ensure that the client understands what is happening and that their thoughts and wishes are being represented.<\/li>\n<li>When appropriate we can request and carry out a mental capacity assessment or request an Official Solicitor.<\/li>\n<li>We can support\u00a0 in engaging legal services<\/li>\n<li>We are able to stand in the witness box with the client to ensure that they understand the questions being asked of them and advise the court if there are any concerns over methods of questioning.<\/li>\n<li>We offer support to and gain the trust of the client.<\/li>\n<li>We can give support at police stations for statements.<\/li>\n<li>We can offer advocacy support to children, parents or foster carers in need of support.<\/li>\n<li>We have staff who have experience and training in Fostering and Child Protection.<\/li>\n<li>We also work alongside other reputable Advocates should Advocates from two or more independent agencies be required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Family Support Services<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our highly qualified staff can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Offer support with Daily Living Skills (such as learning to cook, performing household tasks etc)<\/li>\n<li>Offer support with parenting skills (Teaching play, teaching boundaries, teaching day to day parenting etc)<\/li>\n<li>Offer short or daily respite breaks to Carers\/Guardians to support with placements<\/li>\n<li>Look after children whilst parents attend Child Protection\/Child in need meetings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For more information please call 02476998416 or email <a href=\"&#x6d;a&#x69;l&#x74;&#111;:&#x6a;u&#x6c;&#105;e&#x40;a&#x70;&#112;o&#x69;n&#x74;u&#x73;&#x73;e&#x72;v&#x69;&#99;e&#x73;.&#x63;&#111;.&#x75;k\">julie&#64;appoint&#117;&#115;&#115;&#101;&#114;&#x76;&#x69;&#x63;&#x65;&#x73;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x2e;&#x75;&#x6b;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px; background-color: #e3e3e3;\">\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;You have always been so professional and supportive.&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em>Jane<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;Thanks Julie, I wouldn&#8217;t know what to do without you.&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em>Laura<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2097\" src=\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_7716-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_7716-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_7716-768x906.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_7716-700x826.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_7716.jpg 786w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;Thank you for all your support Julie. I wouldn&#8217;t be able to do this without you. I really appreciate it. Thank you.&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em>Rhys<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Testimonials from solicitors<\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>Please pass on thanks from ourselves (and the OS) to Julie for helping organise this.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Thank you for your email below and I am thankful that xxxx has such a supportive Advocate in yourself to assist her and I am also grateful for you keeping me informed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patrick was an excellent support for xxxxx on a difficult day for the client so please pass on my thanks to him, the Judge also thanked Patrick in his judgment during the afternoon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m very grateful to you for all your help, especially as this one was all very last minute!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best regards Chris\u00a0 \u00a0 (Representing solicitor)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Referrals can be made by Solicitors, Social Workers, other professionals or by individuals. As part of this service there are several things we can help with: We can support from Single assessment through to Final Hearing. We can attend home visits, Conferences, core group meetings, Assessments and\u00a0 support through Court processes and hearings and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628,"parent":8,"menu_order":317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Safeguarding Children Advocacy and Family Support - Appoint Us Services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Children Advocacy and Safeguarding is about protecting vulnerable children. By providing children advocacy services it can help them get their voice heard.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Safeguarding Children Advocacy and Family Support - Appoint Us Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Children Advocacy and Safeguarding is about protecting vulnerable children. By providing children advocacy services it can help them get their voice heard.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Appoint Us Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-20T11:34:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Safeguarding-Children-Advocacy.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/\",\"name\":\"Safeguarding Children Advocacy and Family Support - Appoint Us Services\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Safeguarding-Children-Advocacy.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-20T16:44:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-20T11:34:27+00:00\",\"description\":\"Children Advocacy and Safeguarding is about protecting vulnerable children. By providing children advocacy services it can help them get their voice heard.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Safeguarding-Children-Advocacy.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Safeguarding-Children-Advocacy.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667,\"caption\":\"Safeguarding Children Advocacy\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Who can access our services\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Advocacy Services\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Safeguarding Children Advocacy and Family Support\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/\",\"name\":\"Appoint Us Services\",\"description\":\"Appoint Us Services (Midlands) CIC\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Appoint Us Services\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AppointUs-Services-Midlands-CIC-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AppointUs-Services-Midlands-CIC-logo.png\",\"width\":450,\"height\":159,\"caption\":\"Appoint Us Services\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Safeguarding Children Advocacy and Family Support - Appoint Us Services","description":"Children Advocacy and Safeguarding is about protecting vulnerable children. By providing children advocacy services it can help them get their voice heard.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Safeguarding Children Advocacy and Family Support - Appoint Us Services","og_description":"Children Advocacy and Safeguarding is about protecting vulnerable children. By providing children advocacy services it can help them get their voice heard.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/","og_site_name":"Appoint Us Services","article_modified_time":"2023-07-20T11:34:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Safeguarding-Children-Advocacy.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/","url":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/","name":"Safeguarding Children Advocacy and Family Support - Appoint Us Services","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Safeguarding-Children-Advocacy.jpg","datePublished":"2014-11-20T16:44:32+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-20T11:34:27+00:00","description":"Children Advocacy and Safeguarding is about protecting vulnerable children. By providing children advocacy services it can help them get their voice heard.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Safeguarding-Children-Advocacy.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Safeguarding-Children-Advocacy.jpg","width":1000,"height":667,"caption":"Safeguarding Children Advocacy"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/safeguarding-children-advocacy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Who can access our services","item":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Advocacy Services","item":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/services\/social-care-department\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Safeguarding Children Advocacy and Family Support"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/","name":"Appoint Us Services","description":"Appoint Us Services (Midlands) CIC","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/#organization","name":"Appoint Us Services","url":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AppointUs-Services-Midlands-CIC-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AppointUs-Services-Midlands-CIC-logo.png","width":450,"height":159,"caption":"Appoint Us Services"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2296,"href":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/2296"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appointusservices.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}