The Consultation & Advocacy Promotion Service
How collective advocacy works
Collective advocacy supports people who use, or have used, mental health services by:
- ensuring that people who use mental health services have an opportunity to have a say in the way that services are planned, provided and evaluated;
- encouraging partnerships between service users and the people who plan, purchase and provide mental health services;
- advocating for service user involvement in the training of doctors, social workers and other health professionals;
- publishing service user perspectives on mental health issues.
Involving people who use services
CAPS believes that the most effective services:
- are designed to meet the needs of the people who use them, as expressed by the people who use them;
- are based on a partnership between all stakeholders;
- involve people who use the services in decision making and management;
- involve people who use the services in evaluating those services;
- involve people who use the services in training staff that provide the services.
Getting Involved
If you use or have used mental health services and are interested in getting involved, try one of these links:
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