Aspirations & values
Our vision
Our vision for the future is a fair, equitable, just and inclusive society for all.
Our mission
Advocacy Tasmania Inc., acting independently at all times, works to both empower and uphold the rights and interests of our various client groups.
The staff of Advocacy Tasmania can assist clients by:
- informing clients of their rights
- helping clients explore options
- helping clients to help themselves
- speaking on behalf of clients when asked
- assisting clients to resolve their complaints
The advocates employed by Advocacy Tasmania work to achieve the organisation's mission by providing advocacy services within the disability, mental health, aged care, and alcohol, tobacco and other drugs sectors. Our staff are called advocates. An advocate can help you (or a friend or relative of your choice) to put your views forward clearly and confidently to another party. An advocate can speak on your behalf if you wish.
The advocates employed by the organisation are professionals with strong working backgrounds in, and commitment to, advocacy within the disability, mental health, aged care, and alcohol, tobacco and other drugs sectors.
Our values
We believe:
- in upholding and advancing fundamental human rights
- in advancing the wellbeing of individuals, communities and our society as a whole, and in ending disadvantage
- that all people should be treated with dignity and respect
- in the right of each person to have maximum control over their own lives and to make choices
- that all people are entitled to services and supports to live a dignified quality of life
- in the right of all people to have their voice heard and the right to an independent advocate if necessary in order to exercise this right
- in working to remove the barriers which exclude some people from participating in the life of the community
- that changing the way the community and the service system responds to our clients is fundamental to a humane, inclusive and just society
- that community engagement is an important element of respect for our client's capacities and abilities
- that we must model these values by working in a collaborative, open team which shares core values about client rights. Our team is made up of Board, staff and volunteers who act separately and jointly to progress the interests of our clients at an individual and systems level.
