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This chapter highlights the differing approaches to advocacy and how young people and their families are supported through particular interventions, especially Family Group Conference (FGC). The various types of advocacy approach are explored and framed within the current political context. Alternative advocacy roles are identified and highlight a shift in advocacy practice from one that was seen as less formal to a preferred formalised process. How these approaches impact the FGC and the level of support for the participants is examined and discussed in terms of the client’s best interest or wishes and feelings.
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Fox, D. (2018). Advocacy. In: Family Group Conferencing with Children and Young People. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71492-9_3
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