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Non-Instructed Advocates (NIA’s) work with people who do not use language to communicate or find it difficult to say want they want.
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NIA’s will go and meet the person.
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NIA’s will watch the person to learn more about them.
image: Moving house? NIA’s will then talk to the person’s family and people who live and work with them.
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NIA’s are independent. This means that they are only working for the person, not thier family or the staff.
A client did not want to go to a day centre.
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The NIA went to see them at the day centre and at some other places.
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This helped the NIA to see where the client liked to be and what they wanted to do.
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The NIA talked to the staff and told them what they thought.
If you would like to know more about NIA work then you can contact us
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