Section 3 – Adult & Children Social Care Care Act 2014 An Act to make provision to reform the law relating to care and support for adults and the law relating to support for Carers; to make provision about safeguarding adults from abuse or neglect; to make provision about care standards; to establish and make
An older person
People with mental health needs including Dementia and Personality Disorders
Someone with physical and/or learning disabilities and or sensory impairments
Care and Support needs
People who have been sexually exploited, domestically abused or forced into modern slavery
People with long-term health conditions
provision about Health Education England; to establish and make provision about the Health Research Authority; to make provision about integrating care and support with health services; and for connected purposes. The Care Act 2014 puts people and their Carers in control of their care and support. It has a has a number of core duties: • Assessing whether people have care and support needs, and then establishing their eligibility for publicly funded care and support. • Providing Carer assessment. • Safeguarding vulnerable adults from abuse and neglect. Under the Care Act where it appears as a local authority that a Carer may have needs for support the authority must assess. The duty to carry out a Carer assessment applies regardless of the authorities view of the level of the Carer’s needs for support, or the level of the Carer’s financial resources or of those of the adult needing care. Care and Support Needs The Care Act states that local councils must provide or arrange services that help prevent people from developing a need for care and support, or delay people deteriorating to the point where they will need long-term care and support.
People who misuse alcohol and/or substances where it e ects their ability to manage day to day living
Children & Families Act 2014 The Children and Families Act is a wide-ranging act designed to fully reform services for vulnerable children, by giving them greater protection, paying special attention to those with additional needs, and helping parents and the family as a whole. There are nine parts to the Act, each of which makes substantial changes and new provisions to various areas of child welfare and family law.
The areas covered included:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Adoption
Family Justice
Children and young people with Special Educations Needed (SEN) and disabilities
Childcare
Child Welfare
The Children’s Commissioner 7, 8 & 9 Working Rights to Leave and Pay
So, who has care and support needs?
More information can be found online www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for- education/about
Councils must provide information and advice on how people can lead healthier and more active lives, and on what care and support will be available to them should the need arise. Under the Care Act you have a right to be assessed for free by your local council if you appear to need care and support to complete activities in your day-to-day life. You have this right to be assessed regardless of your financial situation, or whether the council thinks you will then be eligible for support from them. The assessment must be carried out with involvement from you and, where appropriate, someone who looks after you (perhaps a relative or friend). It can also involve someone else nominated by you to help you get your views and wishes heard, or an independent advocate provided by the council.
Carer Assessment A Carer Assessment is the opportunity for the Carer to express and document their thoughts and feelings in relation to the caring role. The purpose is to identify support that the Carer may need now or in the future to help maintain the caring role should they wish to do so. The duty to carry out a Carer Assessment applies regardless of the authority’s view of the level of the Carer’s needs for support, or the level of the Carer’s financial resources. The Carer Assessment will look at:
• The caring role and how it affects the Carer’s day to day life
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