COVID-19: our action plan for adult social care |
Policy Paper |
Adult social care: our COVID-19 winter plan 2020 to 2021 |
Policy Paper |
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COVID-19 resource and best practice hub for social care |
SCIE resource hub containing COVID-19 guidance, resources, research, webinars and practice examples from across the sector |
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Coronavirus Act 2020 and easements of the Care Act |
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Coronavirus Act 2020 |
Legislation |
Care Act easements: guidance for local authorities |
Government guidance |
Care Act 2014 (COVID-19) tri.x resource |
tri.x resource |
tri.x Resource Coronavirus (COVID-19) |
tri.x resource-implications for procedures |
BASW Adult Social Work Group Position Statement |
BASW position statement |
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Data Protection and Information Sharing |
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Information Commissioners Office: Guidance for organisations working from home |
ICO guidance |
Health, social care organisations and Coronavirus: what you need to know |
ICO guidance |
Information Commissioner's Office: Data protection and coronavirus information hub |
ICO online information hub |
Coronavirus (COVID-19): notification to organisations to share information |
Government guidance |
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Administrative Practices |
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Good administrative practice during the response to Covid-19 |
LGO guidance |
Coronavirus (COVID-19): informing the DHSC of the death of a worker in social care |
Government guidance |
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Ethical Frameworks |
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Ethical Framework for Adult Social Care |
Government guidance |
COVID 19: ethical guidance for social workers |
BASW guidance |
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Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty |
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): looking after people who lack mental capacity |
Government guidance |
Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and the COVID-19 crisis |
SCIE resource |
Best Interests Decisions: A COVID-19 quick guide |
Guidance from SCIE |
Working with the Mental Capacity Act during the coronavirus pandemic |
CQC guidance for regulated providers |
Testing for COVID-19 and mental capacity |
Rapid response guidance note 39 Essex Chambers |
Vaccination and mental capacity |
Rapid response guidance note 39 Essex Chambers |
Deputies and Power of Attorney |
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NHS and social care staff: check if a COVID-19 patient has an attorney or deputy |
Government guidance |
Being a deputy or attorney during the coronavirus outbreak |
Government guidance |
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Testing, Social Distancing and Shielding |
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Applying for a Coronavirus Test |
Online application |
Guidance for taking swab samples |
Government guidance |
Guidance on shielding and protecting people who are clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-19 |
Government guidance |
Guidance for households with possible coronavirus infection |
Government guidance |
Guidance for contacts of people with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection who do not live with the person |
Government guidance |
Helping people shielding or self-isolating |
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Supporting people who are isolated or vulnerable during the COVID-19 crisis |
Guidance and resources from SCIE |
Arranging volunteer help for people shielding or self-isolating |
Link to NHS volunteer responders website |
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Infection control |
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COVID-19: cleaning in non-healthcare settings outside the home |
Government guidance |
COVID-19: infection prevention and control (IPC) |
Government guidance |
Infection control during COVID-19 |
Guidance from SCIE |
COVID-19: management of staff and exposed patients and residents in health and social care settings |
Government guidance |
RIDDOR reporting of Covid-19 |
HSE guidance |
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Practitioner mental well being |
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Developing emotional resilience and wellbeing: a practical guide for social workers |
Guidance from Community Care Inform |
Self-care for social workers during Covid-19 |
BASW Quick Guide |
Supporting self: a tool with easy tips to remember in difficult situations |
Skills for Care tool |
Practical ideas to manage anxieties, worry and stress |
Social Workers Union (SWU) |
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Virtual assessments and home visits |
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Matching interventions with people tool |
Tool from SCIE |
Professional practice guidance for home visits during COVID-19 pandemic |
BASW guidance |
Digital Capabilities for Social Workers: Ethical Considerations |
BASW guidance |
Guidance for virtual assessments |
Guidance from TSF |
Face to Face Visit Checklist During Covid-19 |
BASW checklist |
Technology checklist for video calling an adult or carer |
Guidance from SCIE |
Building rapport and establishing meaningful relationships using technology in social work |
Briefing from SCIE |
Risk identification and virtual interventions for social workers |
Quick guide from SCIE |
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Safeguarding |
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Safeguarding adults during the COVID-19 crisis |
Guidance from SCIE |
Guidance for Safeguarding Adults during Covid-19 |
BASW guidance |
Safeguarding adults in placements |
BASW addendum to 'Guidance for Safeguarding Adults during Covid-19' |
Social Work in Multi-Disciplinary and Multi-Agency Contexts during Covid-19 |
BASW guidance |
Safeguarding adults with dementia during the COVID-19 crisis |
Guidance from SCIE |
Domestic violence and abuse: Safeguarding during the COVID-19 crisis |
Guidance from SCIE |
Inappropriate use of sedative medicines to enforce social distancing guidelines |
CQC guidance |
Coronavirus (COVID-19): support for victims of modern slavery |
Government guidance |
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Learning disability and Autism |
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COVID-19 guide for social workers and occupational therapists supporting adults with learning disabilities or autistic adults |
Guidance from SCIE |
Social Work in Multi-Disciplinary and Multi-Agency Contexts during Covid-19 |
BASW guidance |
Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for care staff supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults |
Government guidance |
COVID-19 guide for care staff supporting adults with learning disabilities or autistic adults |
Guidance from SCIE |
COVID-19: providing unpaid care to adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults |
Government guidance |
COVID-19 guidance for carers and family supporting adults and children with learning disabilities or autistic adults and children |
Guidance from SCIE |
COVID-19 information and resources from The Challenging Behaviour Foundation |
Resources for practitioners, providers and families |
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Dementia |
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COVID-19 and dementia |
Guidance from the Alzheimer's Society |
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Hearing Impairment |
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Information and support during coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak |
Resource from RNID |
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CQC Registered Provision |
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Skills for Care Support for Registered Managers |
Link to Skills For Care dedicated support webpage |
Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: information for providers |
CQC information and guidance |
Providing care and support at home to people who have had COVID-19 |
Quick guide from SCIE |
Supporting people outside of their home |
Government guidance |
Mental capacity and deprivation of liberty |
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Working with the Mental Capacity Act during the coronavirus pandemic |
CQC guidance |
(Also see Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty above) |
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Visiting |
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Visiting care homes during coronavirus |
Government guidance |
Medication |
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COVID-19 medicines information for adult social care providers |
CQC guidance |
Medicine support care plans-making adjustments during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic |
CQC guidance |
Medicines disposal during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic |
CQC guidance |
Inappropriate use of sedative medicines to enforce social distancing guidelines |
CQC guidance |
Care homes and hospices |
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Care homes and COVID-19: advice and best practice |
Resource from SCIE |
Coronavirus: (COVID-19) admission and care of people in care homes |
Government guidance |
How to work safely in care homes |
Government guidance |
COVID-19: putting on and removing PPE-a guide for care homes |
Government guidance video |
Running a medicines re-use scheme in a care home or hospice setting |
Government guidance |
Domiciliary care |
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): Provision of home care |
Government guidance |
COVID-19: how to work safely in domiciliary care (PPE resource) |
Government guidance |
Supported living |
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COVID-19: guidance for supported living |
Government guidance |
Transport |
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): safer transport guidance for operators |
Government guidance |
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Informal Carers |
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Guidance for those who provide unpaid care to friends or family |
Government guidance |
COVID-19 help and advice for informal carers |
Guidance from Carers UK |
Young carers and young adult carers: providing care during coronavirus |
Government guidance |
Supporting people outside of their home |
Government guidance |
Caring for your dying relative at home with COVID-19 |
Guidance from the Chair of the MCA Forum |
Coronavirus: dealing with bereavement and grief |
Resources from CRUSE |
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Personal Assistants |
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Information for local authorities, NHS and support organisations |
Skills for Care guidance |
Covid-19: Individual employer |
Skills for Care guidance |
Covid 19: personal assistants |
Skills for Care guidance |
Providing care and support at home to people who have had COVID-19 |
Quick guide from SCIE |
Supporting people outside of their home |
Government guidance |
Personal Assistants Returning from Shielding |
Factsheet from TLAP |
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Direct Payments |
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for people receiving direct payments |
Government guidance |
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Shared Lives |
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COVID-19 guidance for Shared Lives carers and schemes |
Guidance from Shared Lives Plus |
Supporting people outside of their home |
Government guidance |
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Day Services |
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Delivering safe, face-to-face, adult day care |
Resource from SCIE |
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Occupational Therapy |
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Royal College of Occupational Therapy Coronavirus (COVID-19) |
RCOT dedicated Coronavirus page |
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Hospital Discharge Teams |
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Hospital Discharge Service Guidance |
Government guidance |
Professional practice guidance for hospital social work with adults during Covid-19 |
BASW guidance |
Social Work in Multi-Disciplinary and Multi-Agency Contexts during Covid-19 |
BASW guidance |
Visiting healthcare inpatient settings during the COVID-19 pandemic |
NHS England guidance |
Guidance for stepdown of infection control precautions and discharging COVID-19 patients to home settings (incl residential) |
Government guidance |
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Mental Health Teams |
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Social Work in Multi-Disciplinary and Multi-Agency Contexts during Covid-19 |
BASW guidance |
Information and support for Approved Mental Health Professionals, AMHP Leads and PSW's on the role of the AMHP during the Covid-19 Pandemic |
BASW guidance |
Supporting patients of all ages who are unwell with coronavirus (COVID-19) in mental health, learning disability, autism, dementia and specialist inpatient facilities |
NHS England guidance |
Managing acute disturbance in the context of COVID-19 |
Guidance from the NAPICU |
Alcohol Change UK: Coronavirus information and advice hub |
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Educational Settings |
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Education and childcare |
All government guidance for teachers, school leaders, carers, parents and students |
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End of Life |
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End of Life social work during Covid-19 |
BASW guidance |
Coronavirus: dealing with bereavement and grief |
Resources from CRUSE |
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NRPF |
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Supporting people with no recourse to public funds during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic |
Guidance from the NRPF Network |
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Homelessness |
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COVID-19: guidance for hostel services for people experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping |
Government guidance |
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Prisons |
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Preventing and controlling outbreaks of COVID-19 in prisons and places of detention |
Government guidance |
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Court of Protection |
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Telephone and video hearings during coronavirus outbreak |
Government guidance |
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Office of Public Guardian response |
Government guidance |
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Commissioning |
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Social care provider resilience during Covid-19: guidance for commissioners |
ADASS/LGA and CPA shared guidance |
COVID-19: Information for council adult social care commissioners |
LGA guidance |
Commissioning and COVID-19: advice for social care |
Resource from SCIE |
COVID-19: guidance for commissioners and providers of services for people who use drugs and alcohol |
Government guidance |