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POhWER - Wolverhampton

POhWER is a charity that provides information, advocacy and advice services across England, offering direct and local support via Professionals and Volunteers. Our core audience is people who experience disability, vulnerability, distress and social exclusion.

Our independent, free services reach individuals struggling with particular challenges in their lives. Advocacy means enabling your voice to be heard, speaking for you when you can’t and supporting you when you can.

Advocacy can help people to:

  • understand their situation and rights;
  • prepare for meetings;
  • communicate with staff and services ;
  • explore their options and choices; and
  • access relevant support.

We offer the following services in Wolverhampton:

  • Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA), including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and Relevant Person's Paid Representative Services (RPPR) - This is a statutory advocacy service to support vulnerable people who lack capacity and need to make important decisions but have no representatives as defined under the Mental capacity Act 2005. 
  • Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA). IMHA is a free, independent and confidential service for patients subject to the Mental Health Act 1983, either in hospital or in the community, helping them to understand and exercise their rights and to be involved in decisions about their care and treatment.
  • Care Act - This is an advocacy service to help people with substantial difficulty to be involved in Care Act Assessments about their care and support needs and for safeguarding processes, Social Care staff will refer people to POhWER for this service.
  • Wolverhampton Health Advocacy Complaints Service (WHACS) a free, independent and confidential service for people wishing to make a complaint about care of treatment they have received from the NHS.

Our website contains more information, downloads and resources. You can also view our Facebook Page for the latest information about our services and activities.

Who to contact

Contact Position
Community Manager - West Midlands
Telephone
Telephone - 0300 456 2370 (charged at local rate)
Text: send the word ’pohwer’ with your name and number to 81025
E-mail
pohwer@pohwer.net
Website
POhWER

Where to go

Name
Please note we do not have a physical location where clients can visit us.
Address
Postal Address: POhWER
PO Box 17943
Birmingham
Postcode
B9 9PB

Time / Date Details

When is it on
Our Support Centre is open Monday to Friday - 8.00am to 6.00pm

Other Details

Costs

Table of costs
Table of costs
AmountCost Type
Free

Availability

Referral required
Yes
Referral Details

To make a referral for advocacy services in Wolverhampton please visit our website https://www.pohwer.net/wolverhampton and complete a referral form.

If you are not sure whether you can get an advocate, or for more information, advice and support in your area, please contact us - https://www.pohwer.net/forms/contact-us.

Record Last Updated on: 05/12/2023

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