This course will enable you to develop an integrated, person-centred model of advocacy to use with children and young people who are not in a position to clearly and specifically communicate their wishes, feelings, and instructions, for whatever reason. You will explore the mandate for non-instructed advocacy and consider the ethics and professional boundaries necessary to work skilfully and safely. You will
practice a step-by-step framework for using and evaluating a non-instructed approach.

All our courses use a range of accelerated learning methods to ensure that the learning is long lasting, memorable and fun.

“The course was thought provoking and engaging, a fantastic breadth of information” Youth Worker

Who the course is for

The course is aimed at existing advocates and professionals working with children and young people who are not able to give clear directions.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Explain what gives advocates a mandate to represent children and young people who may not have asked for representation
• Evaluate criteria for the adoption of non instructed advocacy
• Describe a range of approaches to non instructed advocacy
• Summarise the boundaries of the non instructed role
• Utilise a framework to plan, manage, record and report on Non Instructed Advocacy cases

Course information

This is a one-day course with comprehensive training materials.

Also recommended

We recommend that anyone who will be working with disabled children and young people also undertakes our companion courses Advocacy with Disabled Children and Young People and Communication with Disabled Children and Young People. Anyone new to advocacy should first take our 1 day Introduction to Advocacy or 3-day Being A Voice advocacy courses.

 Publications

Our specialist booklet, ‘Non-Instructed Advocacy’.

Click below to download the course leaflet.