Report: Advocacy and Representation for Healthcare Services

This report examines the crucial aspects of healthcare advocacy and representation, focusing on a case study involving a patient with severe health issues. The report details the types of advocacy to be used, including individual advocacy, and explores strategic alliances and reporting requirements. It delves into community consultation and decision-making processes, emphasizing the rights of the client and the involvement of key stakeholders such as parents and government agencies. Furthermore, the report discusses conflict resolution strategies, particularly negotiation, and evaluates the effectiveness of implemented strategies through monitoring. The conclusion underscores the importance of understanding patient issues and implementing appropriate solutions. The report references relevant literature on advocacy and healthcare services.

Provide advocacy and
representation services

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
1. Type of advocacy should be used, strategic alliances and reporting requirements.................1
2. Types of community consultation and decision-making processes........................................1
3. Key people that are involved and ways to resolve conflict.....................................................2
4. Effectiveness of the strategies that is implemented and adjustments that should be made to
attain the support required...........................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
In this modern world, there are different type of health related issues that are being faced
by at very young age (Srikantiah and Koh, 2010). Present report is on a Charlie severe laryngeal
tracheal and bronchial malaciaa. This can be determined as rare condition that affects airways.
Further, later on, he was also diagnosed with Kanner's autism and immunodeficiency. This report
covers the role that will be taken by a practitioner. Further, it includes type of types of
community consultation and decision-making processes. Lastly, it also includes key people
involved as per the case.
1. Type of advocacy should be used, strategic alliances and reporting requirements
There are different type of roles that has to be played by a practitioner. In this context,
one of the major role is to understand the health condition that is faced by Charlie. As per the
case, there are different set of issues that are being faced by him. As a practitioner, it is essential
to understand the issues that is faced by them (Featherstone, Fraser and Ledward, 2011). Further,
there are various type of advocacy that can be used. In accordance with the case, individual
advocacy will be used. This is a type of informal advocacy in which friends and family member
will advocate that is based by voluntary community based organization that is NDIS.
In accordance with the strategic alliance, Normative strategy should be implemented.
This is a type of strategy in which all parties share same values. Further, they understand the
issues and needs of the client and take appropriate steps so that they overcome the issue.
Reporting should of the case should be made to community service providers, individual
specialist or government bodies.
2. Types of community consultation and decision-making processes
In order to represent the interests of client, it is important to understand their motive.
Further, it is also important know what all are the priorities. Further no affair can be advocated
until there ethical and legal implications. In this context, it includes human rights that are based
on dignity, mutual respect and equality. All the legal policies that are given by the government
should be followed. Further, there are many legal rights that are enacted by Australian
government. These includes Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination, Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, etc. (Pettignano, Bliss and
1

Caley, 2014). The right to make decision is given to client but if they are not in the position or
metal or physical condition of taking decision, then parents play vital role in taking decision.
This is done as per the type of issues that are being faced by them.
3. Key people that are involved and ways to resolve conflict
As per the case, stakeholders who are involved includes Charlie, his parents, government
agency that is NDIS which is helpful to get fund. Further, when compared with both
collaborative and negotiation planning process, the best process that can be used as per the case
is negotiation (Kimberlin, 2010). This is because it sets out objectives according to the case of
the client. When objectives are set, then it becomes easy for each of the key persons who are
involved to know their part of roles that has to be played by them. In this context, it includes
time to be taken, funding and physical resources that will be required.
Further, it resolves conflicts that are different type of strategies. In this context, when
conflicts arise, then it is important that all the issues that are faced by each of the key person
should be discussed. Then appropriate decisions are make to overcome them.
4. Effectiveness of the strategies that is implemented and adjustments that should be made to
attain the support required
In order to evaluated the effectiveness of strategy, monitoring will be made for the
changes that take place within the mental and physical condition of the client. This will be
helpful enough to make sure the areas in which improvement needs to be made. All the roles that
are not being played by key players ineffective will be identified. This way the effectiveness can
be determined in an effective manner.
CONCLUSION
As per the report, it can be stated that it is important for the professional to understand
that type of issues that are being faced by patients. Then accordingly, steps should be taken
through which the problem that is faced can be solved.
2

REFERENCES
Featherstone, B., Fraser, C. and Ledward, P., 2011. Advocacy for parents and carers involved
with children's services: making a difference to working in partnership?. Child & Family
Social Work. 16(3). pp.266-275.
Kimberlin, S. E., 2010. Advocacy by nonprofits: Roles and practices of core advocacy
organizations and direct service agencies. Journal of Policy Practice. 9(3-4). pp.164-182.
Pettignano, R., Bliss, L. and Caley, S., 2014. The health law partnership: A medical-legal
partnership strategically designed to provide a coordinated approach to public health legal
services, education, advocacy, evaluation, research, and scholarship. Journal of Legal
Medicine. 35(1). pp.57-79.
Srikantiah, J. and Koh, J. L., 2010. Teaching Individual Representation Alongside Institutional
Advocacy: Pedagogical Implications of a Combined Advocacy Clinic.
3