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Trafford Council is committed to providing a high quality, consistent and integrated Advocacy Hub Service. This service will play an important role in maximising people's independence and to promote control by the individual over their care and support and the way in which it is provided. The primary role of the Hub will be to meet all statutory requirements of the council. Trafford Council is committed to providing a high quality, consistent and integrated Advocacy Hub Service. This service will play an important role in maximising people's independence and to promote control by the individual over their care and support and the way in which it is provided. The primary role of the Hub will be to meet all statutory requirements of the council for the provision of independent advocacy under the terms of the: — Care Act 2014 (ICAA). — Mental Capacity Act 2005 including deprivation of liberty safeguards (IMCA, Paid RPR). — Mental Health Act 2007 (IMHA). — Health and social care act 2012– NHS complaints advocacy (ICA). The service will offer support across all categories of need, including adults with learning disabilities, dementia, mental health needs, acquired brain injury, physical and sensory impairment and young people in transition to adult services. The Advocacy Hub will also be required to provide wider social value in the form of leadership in respect of wider advocacy matters across Trafford, working in partnership with the voluntary and community sector and advice providers to ensure that the concept of advocacy is understood and that support is widely available to citizens who may have genuine difficulty articulating or negotiating their needs and personal goals. The contract period will be for 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years, renewable on an annual basis. It is anticipated that the contract will start on 1.4.2018. Bidders will be required to download all documents free of charge from the chest procurement portal which can be found at https://www.the-chest.org.uk/. Once completed the bidder is required to upload the documents via the chest portal by no later than ... ?