Resources, training and consultancy to help local authorities and care providers to analyse, develop, deliver and evaluate Care Act implementation programmes. View SCIE’s Care Act video introduction.
Updated video: An introduction to the Care Act 2014
Care Act 2014 introduction video
This SCIE introductory video explains key features of the Care Act 2014.
Assessment and eligibility
Resource supporting care practitioners and answers their questions about assessment and determination of eligibility under the Care Act. It also provides practical guidance over what they should do when applying the letter and spirit of this law.
Legal duties and impact on individuals
This Care Act training includes bite-sized videos identifying the social care practitioner legal duties and the impact of the legal duties on people in the community.
Strengths-based approach (SBA)
Strengths-based (or asset-based) approaches focus on individuals’ strengths (including personal strengths and social and community networks) and not on their deficits. Strengths-based practice is holistic and multidisciplinary and works with the individual to promote their wellbeing. It is outcomes led and not services led.
Advocacy
Helping local authorities to expand and commission effective independent advocates and advocacy services.
Fluctuating needs
Guide providing an overview of key elements to consider in order to ensure any form of Care Act assessment undertaken takes full account of the extent of fluctuating needs.
Safeguarding
Helping social workers, local authority staff and their partners, and Safeguarding Adults Boards to meet their safeguarding duties.
Transitions
Helping local authority staff, social workers, young people and carers to plan for the transition to adult care services
Prevention
Highlighting emerging practice and research in the provision of prevention services in adult social care.