Some people find it very difficult to plan their social care support and do not have someone to represent them or support them to take part in their assessment, or to help plan or review their care. If this applies to you, we must provide you with an independent advocate to speak on your behalf. Some people may also be able to have an advocate to help with their financial assessment. If you can have this support, it will help you to be fully involved in your social care assessment and in planning and reviewing your care. It will also help you if we are supporting you because you are at risk of abuse or neglect. We provide this service free of charge.

For more information about this support, please ask a social care worker, visit the West Sussex Connect to Support website at westsussexconnecttosupport.org or contact our Adults’ CarePoint. Please see our contact details on the 'Contact us' page.

Confidentiality and privacy

We will keep all the information you give us confidential. We will only share your information with other organisations if you give us your permission or if we are allowed to do so under the Data Protection Act 2018.

We are the data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018. This means that we are responsible for making decisions about how we use your personal information.

We have a security procedure to protect information we hold on paper files and on computer, and only the relevant staff can have access to your information.

If you have any questions about data protection, please contact our Adults’ CarePoint. See our contact details on the 'Contact us' page.