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| Care Act learning event, 27 January 2015 |
On Tuesday we held our first Care Act learning event and thanks to SCIE staff for scurrying around, organising badges, welcoming delegates and taking photos at the first overview session in London. The picture shows local authority staff, care providers and others getting stuck into detail of the Care Act 2014. With Just over two more months to go until it comes into effect, social care minds are concentrating on the changes.
Delegates provided a lively discussion and really came together well, but they do seem concerned about how councils are going to cope with the new responsibilities that the act places on them; and indeed, how the changes are to be paid for.
I thought it might be useful to take your through our contribution to supporting implementation of the Care Act 2014. Before I do though, I encourage you to watch and listen to this presentation, voiced by my colleague Patrick Hall (practice development manager – policy); because it’s a really helpful introduction to changes that start on 1 April.
Learning events. See above and this link. Tick.
Commissioning advocacy. Under the Care Act, local authorities will have to provide independent advocacy when someone has ‘substantial difficulty’ being involved in the process of care, and does not have an appropriate individual to support them. Our guide is called Care Act 2014: Commissioning independent advocacy. The guide is based on good practice in commissioning and sets out principles that local authorities should follow. It also provides a checklist to help assess their current practice. Version two of this resource will be on the SCIE site soon.
Assessment and eligibility. From April 2015, carrying out social care assessments - and determining eligibility for adults - are to be separate processes. Under The Care Act, local authorities must ensure that any adult who appears to require care and support - including carers with support needs - has their needs assessed. This is regardless of their likely eligibility for state-funded care. Assessment should be proportionate and appropriate to individual situations and take into account factors such as fluctuating need – Someone’s condition could be different on different days so this must be factored in. Our assessment and eligibility resources are here. Here’s a handy article from my colleague (and SCIE practice development manager) Rose De Paeztron.
Prevention Library. Investing early in prevention in adult social care can reduce or delay the need for costly crisis intervention or care services – and support people’s independence and wellbeing for longer. Our new Prevention Library finds information and examples of emerging research and practice in the provision of prevention services across England. The resource, which has been commissioned by the Department of Health, will run as a “beta” site for the first six months. SCIE is continuing to develop the Prevention Library and is particularly keen to feature more service examples, either pilot or established, reflecting the broad spectrum of prevention provision in adult social care.
Adult safeguarding. A new guide focuses on the sharing of sensitive or personal information between the local authority and its safeguarding partners (including GPs and health, the police, service providers, housing, regulators and the Office of the Public Guardian) for safeguarding purposes. This may include information about individuals who are at risk, service providers or those who may pose a risk to others. It aims to enable partners to share information appropriately, and lawfully, to improve the speed and quality of safeguarding responses. The guide will be useful to frontline workers and managers from a range of sectors who work with people with care and support needs.
We’ll soon have Care Act resources on transitions. And do book onto our remaining Care Act learning events. You’ll be met with a smile; you’ll meet like-minded professionals who all want to get up-to-speed on the Care Act.
And roll on 1 April.
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SCIE’s Care Act resources are part of a suite of tools commissioned by the Department of Health in partnership with the Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Adult Social Services to support those commissioning and providing care and support in implementing the Care Act 2014. Find out more on the LGA website. More support can be found on the Think Local Act Personal site.
Delegates provided a lively discussion and really came together well, but they do seem concerned about how councils are going to cope with the new responsibilities that the act places on them; and indeed, how the changes are to be paid for.
I thought it might be useful to take your through our contribution to supporting implementation of the Care Act 2014. Before I do though, I encourage you to watch and listen to this presentation, voiced by my colleague Patrick Hall (practice development manager – policy); because it’s a really helpful introduction to changes that start on 1 April.
Learning events. See above and this link. Tick.
Commissioning advocacy. Under the Care Act, local authorities will have to provide independent advocacy when someone has ‘substantial difficulty’ being involved in the process of care, and does not have an appropriate individual to support them. Our guide is called Care Act 2014: Commissioning independent advocacy. The guide is based on good practice in commissioning and sets out principles that local authorities should follow. It also provides a checklist to help assess their current practice. Version two of this resource will be on the SCIE site soon.
Assessment and eligibility. From April 2015, carrying out social care assessments - and determining eligibility for adults - are to be separate processes. Under The Care Act, local authorities must ensure that any adult who appears to require care and support - including carers with support needs - has their needs assessed. This is regardless of their likely eligibility for state-funded care. Assessment should be proportionate and appropriate to individual situations and take into account factors such as fluctuating need – Someone’s condition could be different on different days so this must be factored in. Our assessment and eligibility resources are here. Here’s a handy article from my colleague (and SCIE practice development manager) Rose De Paeztron.
Prevention Library. Investing early in prevention in adult social care can reduce or delay the need for costly crisis intervention or care services – and support people’s independence and wellbeing for longer. Our new Prevention Library finds information and examples of emerging research and practice in the provision of prevention services across England. The resource, which has been commissioned by the Department of Health, will run as a “beta” site for the first six months. SCIE is continuing to develop the Prevention Library and is particularly keen to feature more service examples, either pilot or established, reflecting the broad spectrum of prevention provision in adult social care.
Adult safeguarding. A new guide focuses on the sharing of sensitive or personal information between the local authority and its safeguarding partners (including GPs and health, the police, service providers, housing, regulators and the Office of the Public Guardian) for safeguarding purposes. This may include information about individuals who are at risk, service providers or those who may pose a risk to others. It aims to enable partners to share information appropriately, and lawfully, to improve the speed and quality of safeguarding responses. The guide will be useful to frontline workers and managers from a range of sectors who work with people with care and support needs.
We’ll soon have Care Act resources on transitions. And do book onto our remaining Care Act learning events. You’ll be met with a smile; you’ll meet like-minded professionals who all want to get up-to-speed on the Care Act.
And roll on 1 April.
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SCIE’s Care Act resources are part of a suite of tools commissioned by the Department of Health in partnership with the Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Adult Social Services to support those commissioning and providing care and support in implementing the Care Act 2014. Find out more on the LGA website. More support can be found on the Think Local Act Personal site.
