Procedures, Practice Guidance and Tools for Adult Social Care

1. Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Procedure
2. Recognising and Responding to Deprivations of Liberty

1. Financial Assessment
2. Commissioning and Brokerage
3. Direct Payments

Contact and Referral

1. How to Access the ICS
2. Receiving a Contact or Referral
3. Deciding the Outcome of a Contact or Referral
4. Actions and Next Steps

Establishing Needs

Establishing Needs

1. Introduction, Purpose and Tools
2. Preparing to Establish Needs
3. The Skilled Conversation
4. Agreeing Needs, Making a Formal Record and Next Steps

After ICS (Understanding and Applying Care Act Eligibility Criteria)

1. Understanding and Applying Eligibility Criteria
2. Communicating the Outcome and Next Steps

Meeting Needs

Ordinary Residence and Financial Assessment

1. Establishing Ordinary Residence
2. Requesting a Financial Assessment

Reablement

1. The Reablement Plan
2. Arranging the Reablement Service

After ICS (Care and Support Planning)

1. Setting an Indicative Budget
2. Care and Support Planning
3. Signing Off a Care and Support Plan and Agreeing a Final Personal Budget
4. Arranging Support and Services

Equipment

1. Equipment under the Care Act

Monitoring and Review

Reablement and Equipment

1. Monitoring Reablement
2. Reablement Monitoring Actions
3. Monitoring and Review (Occupational Therapy)
4. The Reablement Review
5. Deciding the Outcome of a Reablement Review and Making a Formal Record
6. Actions Following a Reablement Review

Initial Care and Support Plan Review

1. Legal Requirements of a Care and Support Plan Review and Tools
2. Preparing to Carry out a Care and Support Plan Review
3. The Full Review Conversation
4. The Light Touch Review Conversation
5. Deciding the Outcome of a Care and Support Plan Review
6. Actions Following a Care and Support Plan Review

Contact and Referral

1. Receiving a Contact or Referral
2. Deciding the Outcome of a Contact or Referral
3. Actions and Next Steps

Establishing Needs

1. Introduction, Legal Requirements and Tools
2. Preparing to Establish Needs
3. The Skilled Conversation
4. Agreeing Needs and Making a Formal Record
5. Understanding and Applying Eligibility Criteria
6. Communicating the Outcome and Next Steps

Meeting Needs

1. Establishing Ordinary Residence
2. Requesting a Financial Assessment
3. Setting an Indicative Budget
4. Care and Support Planning
5. Signing Off a Care and Support Plan and Agreeing a Final Personal Budget
6. Arranging Support and Services

Reviewing Support and Services

1. Legal Requirements of a Care and Support Plan Review and Tools
2. Preparing to Carry out a Care and Support Plan Review
3. The Full Review Conversation
4. The Light Touch Review Conversation
5. Deciding the Outcome of a Care and Support Plan Review
6. Actions Following a Care and Support Plan Review
7. Monitoring Urgent or Interim Support and Services
8. Review of a Direct Payment

Contact and Referral

1. Receiving a Contact or Referral
2. Deciding the Outcome of a Contact or Referral
3. Actions and Next Steps

Establishing Needs

1. Introduction, Legal Requirements and Tools
2. Preparing to Establish Needs
3. The Skilled Conversation
4. Agreeing Needs, Making a Formal Record and Next Steps

Care Act Eligibility Criteria

1. Understanding and Applying Eligibility Criteria
2. Communicating the Outcome and Next Steps

DFG Eligibility

1. Establishing Likely Eligibility for a Disabled Facilities Grant

Meeting Needs

1. Establishing Ordinary Residence
2. Requesting a Financial Assessment

Care and Support Planning

1. Setting an Indicative Budget
2. Care and Support Planning
3. Signing Off a Care and Support Plan and Agreeing a Final Personal Budget
4. Arranging Support and Services

Equipment and Adaptations

1. Applying for a Disabled Facilities Grant
2. The Outcome of the Disabled Facilities Grant Application and Next Steps
3. Equipment under the Care Act
4. Equipment in a Care Home
5. Providing Direct Support

Reviewing Support and Services

Care and Support Services

1. Legal Requirements of a Care and Support Plan Review and Tools
2. Preparing to Carry out a Care and Support Plan Review
3. The Full Review Conversation
4. The Light Touch Review Conversation
5. Deciding the Outcome of a Care and Support Plan Review
6. Actions Following a Care and Support Plan Review
7. Monitoring Urgent or Interim Support and Services
8. Review of a Direct Payment

Equipment and Adaptations

1. Monitoring and Review

Contact and Referral

1. Receiving a Contact or Referral
2. Deciding the Outcome of a Contact or Referral
3. Actions and Next Steps

Establishing Needs

1. Introduction, Legal Requirements and Tools
2. Preparing to Establish Needs
3. The Skilled Conversation
4. Agreeing Needs and Making a Formal Record
5. Understanding and Applying Eligibility Criteria
6. Communicating the Outcome and Next Steps

Meeting Needs

1. Establishing Ordinary Residence
2. Requesting a Financial Assessment
3. Setting an Indicative Budget
4. Care and Support Planning
5. Signing Off a Care and Support Plan and Agreeing a Final Personal Budget
6. Arranging Support and Services

Reviewing Support and Services

1. Legal Requirements of a Care and Support Plan Review and Tools
2. Preparing to Carry out a Care and Support Plan Review
3. The Full Review Conversation
4. The Light Touch Review Conversation
5. Deciding the Outcome of a Care and Support Plan Review
6. Actions Following a Care and Support Plan Review
7. Monitoring Urgent or Interim Support and Services
8. Review of a Direct Payment

Contact and Referral

1. Receiving a Contact or Referral
2. Deciding the Outcome of a Contact or Referral
3. Actions and Next Steps

Establishing Needs

1. Introduction, Legal Requirements and Tools
2. Preparing to Establish Needs
3. The Skilled Conversation
4. Agreeing Needs and Making a Formal Record
5. Understanding and Applying Eligibility Criteria
6. Communicating the Outcome and Next Steps

Meeting Needs

1. Establishing Ordinary Residence
2. Requesting a Financial Assessment
3. Setting an Indicative Budget
4. Care and Support Planning
5. Signing Off a Care and Support Plan and Agreeing a Final Personal Budget
6. Arranging Support and Services

Reviewing Support and Services

1. Legal Requirements of a Care and Support Plan Review and Tools
2. Preparing to Carry out a Care and Support Plan Review
3. The Full Review Conversation
4. The Light Touch Review Conversation
5. Deciding the Outcome of a Care and Support Plan Review
6. Actions Following a Care and Support Plan Review
7. Monitoring Urgent or Interim Support and Services
8. Review of a Direct Payment

Contact and Referral

1. How to Access Mental Health Social Work
2. Receiving a Contact or Referral
3. Contact and Referral Adult Care and Support Procedures

Establishing Needs

1. Introduction, Legal Requirements and Tools
2. Preparing to Establish Needs
3. The Skilled Conversation
4. Agreeing Needs and Making a Formal Record
5. Understanding and Applying Eligibility Criteria
6. Communicating the Outcome and Next Steps

Meeting Needs

1. Establishing Ordinary Residence
2. Requesting a Financial Assessment
3. Setting an Indicative Budget
4. Care and Support Planning
5. Signing Off a Care and Support Plan and Agreeing a Final Personal Budget
6. Arranging Support and Services

Reviewing Support and Services

1. Legal Requirements of a Care and Support Plan Review and Tools
2. Preparing to Carry out a Care and Support Plan Review
3. The Full Review Conversation
4. The Light Touch Review Conversation
5. Deciding the Outcome of a Care and Support Plan Review
6. Actions Following a Care and Support Plan Review
7. Monitoring Urgent or Interim Support and Services
8. Review of a Direct Payment

Deciding Whether to Start Transition

1. Deciding Whether to Start Transition
2. Deciding Whether to Start Carers Transition
3. Recording the Decision and Next Steps

Child's Needs Assessment

1. Introduction, Legal Requirements and Tools
2. Preparing to Establish Needs
3. The Skilled Conversation
4. Agreeing Needs, Making a Formal Record and Next Steps

Carer's Transition Assessments

1. Introduction, Legal Requirements and Tools
2. Preparing to Establish the Needs of Parent Carers
3. Preparing to Establish the Needs of Young Carers
4. The Skilled Conversation (Parent Carer's)
5. The Skilled Conversation (Young Carer's)
6. Agreeing Needs, Making a Formal Record and Next Steps

Transition Planning and Review

1. Setting an Indicative Budget
2. The Transition Plan
3. Reviewing a Transition Plan
4. Reviewing an Education, Health and Care Plan (from 18 years)

Contact and Referral

1. Receiving a Contact or Referral
2. Deciding the Outcome of a Contact or Referral
3. Actions and Next Steps

Establishing Needs

1. Introduction, Legal Requirements and Tools
2. Preparing to Establish Needs
3. The Skilled Conversation
4. Agreeing Needs and Making a Formal Record
5. Understanding and Applying Eligibility Criteria
6. Communicating the Outcome and Next Steps

Meeting Needs

1. Establishing Ordinary Residence
2. Requesting a Financial Assessment
3. Setting an Indicative Budget
4. Support Planning
5. Signing off a Support Plan and Agreeing a Final Personal Budget
6. Arranging Support and Services

Reviewing Support and Services

1. Legal Requirements of a Support Plan Review and Tools
2. Preparing to Carry out a Support Plan Review
3. The Full Review Conversation
4. The Light Touch Review Conversation
5. Deciding the Outcome of a Support Plan Review and Making a Formal Record
6. Actions Following a Support Plan Review
7. Monitoring Urgent or Interim Support and Services
8. Reviewing a Direct Payment