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February 2020

Below is the contents for the ASC section of this resource. It is divided into different sections; each with a number of section specific chapters. If you hover your cursor over the Contents tab at the top of the page, you can immediately click on the section you want; alternatively you can scroll down the page.

Overview Local Responsibilities and Universal Services
First Contact and Identifying Needs Charging and Financial Assessment
Delivering Person Centred Care and Support Staff Support and Development
Safeguarding Mental Capacity and Mental Health
Integration and Partnership Working Moving between Areas: Inter-Local Authority and Cross Border Issues
Guidance Local Policy
Appendices

This section reflects the Care Act 2014 and the Care and Support Statutory Guidance (Department of Health and Social Care). In  particular Promoting Wellbeing, Preventing, Delaying or Reducing Needs and Information and Advice are the three main areas which underpin the Act.

    Person Centred Care and Support

    The chapters in this section are a combination of those taken from the Care and Support Statutory Guidance (Department of Health and Social Care) and other areas of person centred care.

    Local Services and Teams

    This section reflects the local authority’s services and teams which provide person centred care. Some of these may be commissioned services.

    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.

    This section reflects the Care and Support Statutory Guidance (Department of Health and Social Care), but also other fundamental issues such as information sharing, user involvement – which is key to the ethos of the Care Act – and staff engagement.