The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and care planning

Part of Mental Capacity Act (MCA)

This report on the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and care planning provides guidance for both commissioners and provider of social care on how care and support plans can comply with the principles of the MCA.

Enabling positive lives for autistic adults

Part of Autism

A quick guide for social workers

Person-centred future planning

Part of Person-centred care

A quick guide for practitioners supporting people growing older with learning disabilities

Promoting independence through intermediate care

Part of Intermediate Care

A quick guide for staff delivering intermediate care services.

Big Plans: a guide for meaningfully engaging people with learning disabilities in the development of their plans

Part of Named Social Worker

The aim of this toolkit is to support social workers in working with people with learning disabilities and/or autism to plan for important moments in their lives, for example transition into adulthood or moving from hospital back into the community.

Named Social Worker: Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA)

Part of Named Social Worker

An estimation of the costs and benefits associated with the delivery of the Named Social Worker (NSW) programme using a financial return on investment (FROI) model.

Named Social Worker: ten steps to creating your own cost benefit analysis

Part of Named Social Worker

A guide, developed by York Consulting, designed to assist Named Social Worker (NSW) teams to conduct their own economic assessment using a predictive cost benefit analysis (CBA) methodology.

Personalisation briefing: implications for people with autistic spectrum conditions and their family carers

Part of Personalisation

This At a Glance briefing examines the implications of the personalisation agenda for people with autistic spectrum conditions.

Adult placements and person-centred approaches

This guide offers quick and easy access to practice knowledge about adult placements and person-centred approaches. It includes key research findings; ideas from practice; details of relevant legislation, guidance and standards; and links to further information.