10.1 The council will arrange an Independent Care Act Advocate to support adults who are subject to a safeguarding enquiry or safeguarding adults review where both conditions 1 and 2 below are met:
Condition 1
Without an independent advocate, the person would have substantial difficulty (see section 8) in being involved in the safeguarding enquiry or safeguarding adults review, and
Condition 2
The person has no informal representative who is appropriate (see section 11) to support their involvement and represent them.
10.2 Adults who lack relevant capacity will be entitled to an IMCA (see section 19) as well as an Independent Care Act Advocate. In these circumstances, the council will wherever possible arrange a single advocate who is able to fulfil both roles.
10.3 Advocacy arrangements will be made as soon as it is identified that advocacy is required so that there are no unnecessary delays.
10.4 An urgent safeguarding enquiry or review may proceed before a Care Act Advocate is appointed but an advocate must be appointed as soon as possible
