Your rights

As a client of Advocacy Tasmania we will work to promote and protect your rights. This includes your right to:

fundamental health and well being, including receiving good quality community support services if you need them
be safe from harm, and protected from abuse and neglect
shelter – somewhere to live
freedom and personal liberty, and to have a fair hearing if this right is under threat

The most common situations where we assist people are:

where someone has a complaint or concern about a community service they are receiving
where important decisions about a person’s life are being made, such as aged care assessments, care planning for older people; and personal planning and case conferences for people with disabilities and mental health disorders
where someone’s basic rights are being threatened or denied