Care Act 2014

Resources and support to help implement the Care Act 2014

Total transformation of care and support

Updated paper on Total Transformation, which looks at the potential of scaling up small, community-based preventative services. Originally published in November 2016, it has been updated to include additional models.

Prevention research and practice

Part of Prevention and wellbeing

Good examples and latest research on preventative approaches and the promotion of wellbeing in adult social care in England.

Care workers: building the future social care workforce

This paper looks at three hypothetical future scenarios, and considers how the sector might respond to the challenges and opportunities those scenarios offer. It also highlights the common responses and actions that may help to attract more people to a career working in care.

Fluctuating needs in assessment and eligibility for the Care Act 2014

Part of Care Act 2014

This guide provides an overview of key elements to consider in order to ensure any form of care assessment undertaken - for the adult requiring care and support or their carer with support needs - takes full account of the extent of fluctuating needs. These are needs which may not be apparent at the time of the assessment but have been an issue in the past and are likely to arise again in the future. The guide provides information and practical example on what practitioners need to do to established an accurate picture of fluctuating needs and includes a checklist of core duties for local authorities.

Building independence through planning for transition

Part of Transition between children’s and adults’ services

This quick guide explains how early planning and access to the right information can help young people and their families to make the right choices when transitioning from children’s to adults’ services.

Transition from child and adolescent to adult mental services a young persons perspective

Three young people talk about their own transition from child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) to adult services. In the second half of the film, staff and young people in Sheffield discuss how transitions in mental health services are being improved by integrated working in the health and social care trust.

Transition from children's to adults' services – key resources

Part of Care Act 2014

Pulls together all the existing resources, policy documents and initiatives that relate to transition from children’s to adults’ services. This resource covers three cross-cutting themes: becoming an adult and achieving independence; changes in the actual services used; and explicit duties in relation to the Care Act 2014 and the Children and Families Act 2014.

Care Act: assessment and eligibility: eligibility determination for the Care Act 2014

Part of Care Act 2014

The aim of this guide is to build on the Care Act statutory guidance by outlining what local authorities need to consider when making an eligibility determination, using the national eligibility criteria. The guide summarises the process and key elements to consider in relation to making an eligibility determination for an adult requiring care. These include eligibility outcomes and criteria for both adults with care and support needs and carers with support needs. Useful resources, such as Skills for Care training material and a checklist of core duties for local authorities, are included.

Lack of communication between children's and adults' social care: practice issues from Serious Case Reviews

Part of Safeguarding children

Practice issues from serious case reviews, learning into practice. Professionals in children’s and adults’ social care not communicating when needed.