Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994

Health and Disability Services Consumer Advocacy Service

25: Functions of Director of Advocacy

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"The Director of Advocacy's main jobs are to manage and promote advocacy services."

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The Director of Advocacy has some important jobs. You can think of these jobs as their main tasks. The Director's tasks include administering agreements for advocacy services. They also promote advocacy services by teaching people about them and telling them about the services. The Director oversees the training of advocates and checks how well the advocacy services are working, then reports back to the Minister.

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24: Director of Health and Disability Services Consumer Advocacy, or

"A person chosen to help people with health and disability services problems, working independently."

26: Advocacy services to operate independently, or

"Advocacy services must work independently, without being controlled by others."

Part 3Health and Disability Services Consumer Advocacy Service

25Functions of Director of Advocacy

The functions of the Director of Advocacy are as follows:
to administer advocacy services agreements:
to promote, by education and publicity, advocacy services:
to oversee the training of advocates:
to monitor the operation of advocacy services, and to report to the Minister from time to time on the results of that monitoring.