The Care Act 2014 sets out new responsibilities for all Local Authorities and for all Local People.
• Provision of information and advice, including independent nancial advice
• Promoting diversity and quality in the market of care providers so that there are services/supports for people to choose from
Who’s It For?
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Adult social care as well as wider elements of local authorities
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Health and other local authority partner organisations
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Social care provider and support organisations in all sectors
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Those involved in the governance of these organisations and people who work, care, support and
volunteer in them -
Professionals and practitioners
An Integrated Act:
- Different sections of the Act are designed to work together
- Local authority wide
- Overlap with Children and Families,
- including transitions
- Partnerships and integration
- Leadership
- The definitive guide to The Care Act 2014
New Duties - Advocacy, Safeguarding & Transitions
A duty to arrange independent advocacy if a person would otherwise be unable to participate in or understand the care and support system.
New statutory framework for protecting adults from neglect and abuse. Duty on local authorities to investigate suspected abuse or neglect, past or present, experienced by adults still living and deceased.
Duty to assess young people and their carers in advance of transition from children’s to adult services, where likely to need care and support as an adult. You may also be interested in our previous post on Why was The Care Act Introduced?
