Amendments

In October 2024, this chapter was replaced with an updated version following a full review. This new version reflects feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource section ‘Direct Payments’.

In October 2024, Section 4, Understanding the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards was updated to provide additional clarity about continuous supervision, free to leave and state imputability. In Section 5, a ‘need to know’ box was added with information about responding to requests from an eligible person.   

 In October 2024, Twitter was changed to X (formerly Twitter).

In October 2024, this chapter has been updated following a full tri.x legal review.

In October 2024, information was added to Section 2, Notifying Others about notifications that may need to be made when a person/carer dies, including the requirement that local authorities should notify Ofsted of the death of any care leaver under the age of 25, where it is aware of their care leaver status.

In October 2024, Section 3, Applying the Eligibility Criteria was updated to include information from the Care and Support statutory guidance about establishing whether the person's needs arise from a physical or mental impairment or illness. Minor text amendments were also made to Section 3, Applying the Eligibility Criteria. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘The National Eligibility Criteria’.

In October 2024, text amendments were made to Section 5, Arranging the Review and Preparing the Person. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘Carrying Out an Assessment’.

In Octoer 2024, text amendments were made to Section 1, Arranging the Assessment and Preparing the Person. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘Carrying Out an Assessment’.

In October 2024, this chapter was amended to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource section ‘Meeting Needs’.

In October 2024, text amendments were made to Section 3, The Purpose of any Assessment. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘The Purpose of Assessment’. 

In October 2024, a scope box was added to the top of this chapter, alerting and signposting practitioners to the statutory guidance issued in January 2024: Discharge from mental health inpatient settings. The chapter also had a full legal review and additional information was added in Section 5, Aftercare Planning and Assessment, around support to claim benefits in line with the findings of the ombudsman decision NHS Devon ICB (22 008 927b).

In October 2024, text amendments were made to Section 4, Arranging the Assessment and Preparing the Person. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘Carrying Out an Assessment’.  

In October 2024, information about fixed costs and Deputy renumeration was updated in Section 5, Exploring all Available Options. Information was also added to Section 4, Concerns About an Appointee, Deputy or Donee, and Section 5, Exploring All Available Options, to clarify that the Court of Protection can also revoke a Deputyship or Lasting Power of Attorney. Further information was also added to Section 6, Making a Property and Affairs Deputyship Application regarding notifications.

In October 2024, Section 9, Out of Area Services was updated to reflect amends made previously to Ordinary Residence chapters following a legal review and to clarify that Extra Care Housing is classified as specified accommodation.

In October 2024, this chapter was amended to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource section ‘Meeting Needs’.

In October 2024, Approved Mental Capacity Professionals were removed from the list of individuals that can apply for a Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space.

In October 2024, information about the Probation Finder was added to Section 2, Information about Prisons and Approved Premises.

In October 2024, the SCIE End of Life Hub was removed from Section 7, Good Practice Guidance for End of Life, as it is no longer available. It was replaced with BASW guidance: The role of social workers in palliative, end of life and bereavement care.

In October 2024, text amendments were made to Section 3, The Purpose of any Assessment. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘The Purpose of Assessment’.

In October 2024, text amendments were made to Section 5, Arranging the Assessment and Preparing the Person. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘Carrying Out an Assessment’. 

In October 2024, text amendments were made to Section 2, The Purpose of any Assessment. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘The Purpose of Assessment’. 

In October 2024, this chapter was amended to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource section ‘Meeting Needs’.

In October 2024, Section 3, Applying the Eligibility Criteria was updated to include information from the Care and Support statutory guidance about establishing whether the person's needs arise from a physical or mental impairment or illness. Minor text amendments were also made.  These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘The National Eligibility Criteria’.

In October 2024, text amendments were made to Section 7, Preparing for the Review. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘Carrying Out an Assessment’.

In October 2024, text amendments were made to Section 5, Arranging the Assessment and Preparing the Young Person. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘Carrying Out an Assessment’.

In October 2024, text amendments were made to Section 5, Arranging the Assessment and Preparing the Carer. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘Carrying Out an Assessment’.  

In October 2024, text improvements were made to this chapter. This included adding information about the Right Care Right Person guidance used by the police and the interface between the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

In October 2024, text amendments were made to Section 3, The Purpose of any Assessment. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘The Purpose of Assessment’.  

In October 2024, text amendments were made to Section 5, Arranging the Assessment and Preparing the Young Carer. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘Carrying Out an Assessment’.

In October 2024, text amendments were made to Section 5, Arranging the Assessment and Preparing the Parent Carer. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘Carrying Out an Assessment’.

In October 2024, minor text amendments were made to Section 3, Applying the Eligibility Criteria. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘The National Eligibility Criteria’.

In October 2024, this chapter was amended to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource section ‘Meeting Needs’.

In October 2024, this chapter was amended to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource section ‘Meeting Needs’.

In October 2024, this chapter was amended to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource section ‘Meeting Needs’.

In October 2024, text amendments were made to Section 5, Arranging the Review and Preparing the Carer. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter ‘Carrying Out an Assessment’.

In October 2024, this chapter was amended to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource section ‘Meeting Needs’.

In October 2024, this chapter was amended to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource section ‘Meeting Needs’.

In April 2024, relevant text amends have been made throughout to reflect the feedback received following a full tri.x legal review. In addition to this, information about use of the ADASS Priority Tool for Deprivation of Liberty Requests was added to Section 5, 'Receiving a Standard Authorisation Request'. 

In April 2024, this new chapter was added to the Specialist Procedures section.

In April 2024, a new section was added 'Identifying Carers'.

In April 2024, minor text amends have been made to Section 3, 'Failure of a Regulated Provider'. These amends have been made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter 'Commissioning Responsibilities under the Care Act'.

In April 2024, This chapter has been replaced with an updated version following a full review. This new version reflects feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource section ‘Charging and Assessing Financial Resources’. An additional local amendment was also made to Section 3, Charging and Top-Ups.

In April 2024, Section 8, 'Reporting Concerns about a Service Provider' was revised to better reflect the remit of the reablement team.

In April 2024, relevant text amends have been made throughout to reflect the feedback received following a full tri.x legal review.

In April 2024, Section 6, 'Making a Property and Affairs Deputyship Application' was updated to include more information about notifications, and information about Carer's Card accounts was added to Section 2, 'Identifying Support Needs'.

In April 2024, text amends have been made to Section 1, 'An Introduction to Continuity of Care Arrangements'. These amends have been made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter 'Continuity of Care when a Person Moves'.

In April 2024, relevant text amends have been made throughout to reflect the feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Procedure.

In April 2024, relevant text amends have been made throughout to reflect the feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the NHS Continuing Healthcare Procedure.

In April 2024, this chapter was fully reviewed and refreshed.

In April 2024, the Home Office Status, Verification, Enquiries and Checking service email was updated. A link to the government guidance 'Asylum support' was added to Section 7, 'Providing Information and Advice'.

In April 2024, a link to the Section 117 Aftercare chapter section on ordinary residence was added.

In April 2024, changes made as requested by the customer. This remains a localised chapter. 

In April 2024, Section 13, localised amends made as requested by the customer.

In April 2024, Section 8, localised amends made as requested by the customer.

In April 2024, the government toolkit 'Making Finance Decisions for Young People: Parent and Carer Toolkit' was added to the list of tools to support the Transition Plan conversation.

In April 2024, Section 13, localised amends made as requested by the customer.

In April 2024, relevant text amends have been made throughout to reflect the feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the NHS Continuing Healthcare Procedure.

In April 2024, text amends were made to reflect changes made to the chapter 'Financial Assessment'.

In April 2024, this chapter was fully reviewed and refreshed.

In October 2023, information about the Caldicott Principles was added to the section ‘Providing Information about a Person/Carer’.

In October 2023, information about the Caldicott Principles was added to the section ‘Providing Information about a Person/Carer’.

This new chapter was added to the Mental Health Social Work section in October 2023.

This new chapter was added in October 2023.

In October 2023, information about the Caldicott Principles was added to the section ‘Providing Information about a Person/Carer’.

In October 2023, Section 3, Ordinary Residence was updated to reflect the Supreme Court judgement R (Worcestershire County Council) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2023] UKSC 31. In addition a link to the Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults documents was added to Section 9, Further Information.  

In October 2023, information about the Caldicott Principles was added to the section ‘Providing Information about a Person/Carer’.

In October 2023 this chapter was refreshed throughout and amended to reflect changes to the immigration status requirements for people from EEA countries. In addition, in Section 11, Meeting Needs and Review was updated to include Shared Lives placements.

In October 2023, the section ‘Ordinary Residence’ was reviewed and refreshed.   

In October 2023 this chapter has been fully reviewed and refreshed. 

In October 2023 references to the Care Programme Approach were deleted. 

In October 2023, Section 10, Advance Care Planning was refreshed to include information about the Universal Principles of Advance Care Planning.

In October 2023 this chapter was fully reviewed and refreshed.

In October 2023, Section 4, Understanding the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards was updated to provide greater clarity on state imputability.

Additionally in Section 15, Challenging an Authorisation using Section 21A and Section 16, The Future of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards have been added.

In October 2023, information about the Caldicott Principles was added.

In October 2023, this chapter was fully reviewed and refreshed. Information about Best Interests was placed into the section ‘Applying to the Court’, adding information about the National Deprivation of Liberty Court and created a new section ‘Challenging a DoLS Authorisation using Section 21A’. In addition, in Section 2, Identifying Deprivations of Liberty (ages 18 and over) and Section 5, Identifying and Responding to Deprivations of Liberty (ages 16 and 17) were both updated to provide greater clarity on state imputability

In October 2023 a new section was added ‘Final Demand Guide’. Updated in May 2023, the Final Demand Guide provides basic advice for health and social care workers, describing how they can practically help people with debt and mental health problems. Additionally, Further Information and references to the Care Programme Approach (CPA) were removed.

In October 2023, Section 5, Meeting the Urgent Needs of a Person who is not Ordinarily Resident was reviewed and refreshed.

In October 2023, this chapter was fully reviewed and refreshed.

In April 2023, Section 1, Using this Procedure has been updated.

In April 2023, information about CDOLS guidance in the local resources area has been added to Section 4, 4. Responding to Deprivations of Adults in Other Settings (CDOLS).

In April 2023, Section 1, Section 117 has been updated to add a link to the new Section 117 Aftercare chapter.

In April 2023, information from this procedure relating to providing information about a person / carer has been used to create a new standalone chapter in the Universal Procedures section.

This new chapter has been added to the Mental Health Team Section.

This new chapter has been added to the Universal Procedures. The information previously sat in the chapter ‘Actions and Next Steps’ but has been relocated.