Welcome to the Trafford APPP which contains policies, procedures and practice guidance for adult social care staff.
Overview
- Introduction
- Care Act 2014
- Key Principles in Adult Social Care Practice
- Kindness, Respect and Compassion
- Equality, Diversity and Human Rights
- Providing Culturally Appropriate Care
- Data Protection
- Trafford Adult Social Care Quality Strategy
- Let’s Talk – Trafford Adult Social Care Operational Guidance
- Adult Services Customer Feedback Strategy
General Responsibilities under the Care Act 2014
This section reflects the Care Act 2014 and the Care and Support Statutory Guidance (Department of Health and Social Care).
First Contact and Identifying Needs
This section reflects the Care Act 2014 and Chapter 6, Assessment and Eligibility, Care and Support Statutory Guidance (Department of Health and Social Care).
Charging and Financial Assessment
This section reflects Charging and Financial Assessment, Care and Support Statutory Guidance (Department of Health and Social Care).
See also Direct Payments
Delivering Person Centred Care and Support
Person Centred Care and Support
- 4.1.1 Personalisation
- 4.1.2 Personal Budgets
- 4.1.3 Direct Payments
- 4.1.4 Direct Payments: Nominated and Authorised Persons
- 4.1.5 Care and Support Planning
- 4.1.6 Review of Care and Support Plans
- 4.1.7 Preparing for Adulthood Policy
- 4.1.8 Independent Advocacy
- 4.1.9 Risk Assessments
- 4.1.10 End of Life Care
- 4.1.11 Protecting Property of Adults being Cared for away from Home, including Pets
- 4.1.12 Assistive Technology
- 4.1.14 Unacceptable Customer Behaviour
- 4.1.13 Shared Lives
- 4.1.14 No Reply
Carers
Local Services and Teams
Safeguarding
This section reflects Chapter 14, Safeguarding, Care and Support Statutory Guidance (Department of Health and Social Care) and other safeguarding issues.
See also Trafford Strategic Safeguarding Partnership Adult Policies, Procedures and Practice pages and in particular the Safeguarding Enquiries section.
Mental Capacity and Mental Health
- 6.1 Mental Capacity
- 6.2 Best Interests
- 6.3 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- 6.4 Trafford Independent Mental Capacity Advocate Service Engagement Protocol
- 6.5 Defining Mental Disorder
- 6.6 Mental Health Act 1983
- 6.7 Interface between the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Mental Health Act 1983
- 6.8 Section 117 Aftercare
- 6.9 Advance Care Planning
Integration and Partnership Working
- 7.1 Integration, Cooperation and Partnerships
- 7.2 Information Sharing and Confidentiality
- 7.3 Prisons, Approved Premises and Bail Accommodation
- 7.4 Delegation of Local Authority Functions
- 7.5 Continuing Healthcare (NHS)
- 7.6 Involving People who Use Services / Co-production
- 7.7 Homelessness
- 7.8 Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategies
Moving between Areas: Inter-Local Authority and Cross Border Issues
This section reflects the Care and Support Statutory Guidance (Department of Health and Social Care), but also other areas of practice which require liaison between local authorities and partners, or where adults with care and support needs request assistance.
Practice Guidance
- 9.1 Working with Autistic Adults
- 9.2 Working with People Living with Dementia
- 9.3 Working with People Living with Frailty
- 9.4 Working with People Living in Poverty
- 9.5 Preventing Falls
- 9.6 The Whole-Family Approach
- 9.7 Presenting Statements for Court and Working with Legal Services
- 9.8 Moving and Handling
- 9.9 Professional Curiosity
- 9.10 Working with People who have Lasting Power of Attorney
- 9.11 Infection Prevention and Control
National Guidance
Staff Support and Development
- 11.1 Trafford Council Adult Social Care Supervision Policy
- 11.2 Social Work Registration Policy for Adult Social Care
- 11.3 Staff Appraisal
- 11.4 Whistleblowing
- 11.5 Lone Working
- 11.6 Social Media: Minimising Professional Risk
- 11.7 Professional Capabilities Framework for Social Work
- 11.8 Workplace Harassment and Violence to Staff
- 11.9 Health and Wellbeing of Staff
Appendices
Local and National Guidance Resources:
Care and Support Statutory Guidance Annexes:
- Annex A: Choice of Accommodation and Additional Payments
- Annex B: Treatment of Capital
- Annex C: Treatment of Income
- Annex D: Recovery of Debts
- Annex E: Deprivation of Assets
- Annex F: Temporary and Short-Term Residents in Care Homes
- Annex G: The Process for Managing Transfers of Care from Hospital for Patients with Care and Support Needs
- Annex H: Ordinary Residence
