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Learning Disability week 2019 Day 1

Learning Disability Week 2019 is the 17th to 23rd of June. POhWER will release 1 client story per day to show how we support people with a Learning Disability.
Relevant Person Paid Representative

Relevant Person’s Paid Representative Home Based – London Contract Type: Permanent Role no: 59 Full-time – 37 hours, 5 days per week Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm Salary: £20,000 - £22,438.00 (dependent on experience) plus London weighting £3,182.00 per annum, + Benefits
Relevant Person's Paid Representative

Relevant Person’s Paid Representative Home Based – Norfolk Contract Type: Fixed term for 6 months Role no: 56 Part-time – 22.2 hours, 3 days per week between Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm (days to be agreed at interview) Salary: £12,655 (full time equivalent £21,092 per annum (dependent on experience), + Benefits
Independent Mental Health Advocate

Independent Mental Health Advocate Home Based – working in Barnet, Enfield and Haringey and supporting other London contracts Contract Type: Permanent Role no. 58 1 x Full-time: 5 days per week, 37 hours – Working between Monday to Friday Salary: £22,500 - £25,623 depending on experience + London weighting £3,182.00 per annum

NHS Complaints Advocacy

NHS Complaints Advocacy can support anyone who is unhappy with the care or treatment they or someone they know has received from the NHS and is thinking about making a complaint. Read more about this service.
Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)

An IMHA is an independent advocate who is specially trained to work within the framework of the Mental Health Act to support people to understand their rights under the Act and participate in decisions about their care and treatment. Read more about this service.
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Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)

An Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) can support someone who is not able to make certain decisions about their lives for themselves and has no suitable family or friends to speak for them. Read more about this service.
Central and East of England

We provide services across nine county councils/local authorities of Central and East of England that help people who need to get their voices heard. Here you can find the latest information on what’s happening in your local area. If you cannot find your local area listed below, this maybe because we currently do not provide service in the local area. However, you can call our advisers on 0300 456 2370 to find out who can help you.
London

We provide services across London that help people who need to get their voices heard. Here you can find the latest information on what’s happening in your local area. If you cannot find your local area listed below, this maybe because we currently do not provide services in the local area. However, you can call our advisers on 0300 456 2370 to find out who can help you.
What we do

POhWER is a charity and membership organisation. We provide information, advice, support and advocacy to people who experience disability, vulnerability, distress and social exclusion.
NHS Complaints Advocacy resources

POhWER NHS Complaints Advocacy Self Help Information for NHS Complaints Process. For those who wish to make a complaint about an NHS service they or one of their family or friends received we have a special NHS Complaints Advocacy Service self help pack.
Southern England

We provide services across six boroughs of Southern England that help people who need to get their voices heard. Here you can find the latest information on what’s happening in your local area. If you cannot find your local area listed below, this maybe because we currently do not provide service in the local area. However, you can call our advisers on 0300 456 2370 to find out who can help you.
West Midlands

We provide services across seven boroughs of West Midlands that help people who need to get their voices heard. Here you can find the latest information on what’s happening in your local area. If you cannot find your local area listed below, this maybe because we currently do not provide service in the local area. However, you can call our advisers on 0300 456 2370 to find out who can help you.

Islington POhWER advocate Lewis Ireland did a charity cycle

Lewis Ireland cycled solo for ten days, averaging around 100 miles per day and slept in a tent (to keep costs down!) from Lands End to John O'Groats. Read more

Biz4 Biz finalist

We have received our certificate to celebrate that we were a finalist at the biz4Biz Awards. Read more