How can Independent Mental Health Advocacy help you?
Last summer we featured Connecting with the mental health advocates in which we found out more about the three different advocacy roles in Powys, and met some of the advocates themselves – in particular those based in Powys. Today we talk to Adrianne Cleverly, who works for Conwy & Denbighshire Mental Health Advocacy Services , but actually provides an advocacy service for Powys (which is commissioned by Powys Teaching Health Board). I met Adrianne earlier this year, and we all agreed it was important to try to raise awareness of the advocacy service available in the county. Tell us what brought you to work in the field of mental health advocacy? I was fortunate enough, and lucky enough, to fall into the field of mental health advocacy – by complete accident. I was working in child protection; within that role I was working with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and acting as an advocate for some of the children I was working with. The role was so varied tha...