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Explain how a person with a disability can access and make use of an advocate/advocacy service to lodge a complaint.
Disability Advocacy NSW (DA) is a program of Advocacy Law Alliance Inc. DANSW provides non legal advocacy services to people with a disability and the MNCCLC provides legal advocacy to disadvantaged groups.
Disability advocacy may include:
An advocate is simply someone who supports you and fights for your cause; in the world of Social Security disability, this means an advocate answers your questions, works with your doctors to get the proper records, represents you at hearings, and generally helps you win disability benefits.
The code of conduct imposes five obligations that all disability service workers must abide by: A disability service worker must provide services without engaging in abuse, exploitation, harassment or neglect. A disability service worker must report any form of abuse or suspected abuse.