Housing and the Care Act

Overview

To provide local authority staff (other than those with primary adult social care responsibilities) with key information about the Care Act 2014 and its intersection with local authority housing duties

Who is Housing and the Care Act aimed at?

Local authority staff

Course Length

3 hours

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, delegates will have:- 

• Increased understanding of the relationship between homelessness, housing and Care Act, including the s.23 Care Act boundary
• Awareness of the importance of advice and information on Care Act
  provision, alongside homelessness duties
• Awareness of the definition of ‘wellbeing’ in the Care Act, including ‘suitability of living accommodation’ and its implications
• Knowledge of the Care Act meaning of ‘a need for care and support’ and its relationship to ‘vulnerability’ in the definition of ‘priority need’
• Awareness of the Care Act assessment duties and their triggers
• Awareness of the Care Act duties and powers to meet adult social care
  needs
• Awareness of the Mental Capacity Act and the implications of capacity for decision making, including the homelessness application issue
• Awareness  of  statutory  advocacy  duties  under  the  Care  Act  and Mental Capacity Act and when an advocate may be needed
• Increased understanding of the law on when and whether housing must be provided under the Care Act (duty), including case law
• Increased understanding of the law on when and whether housing may be provided under or incidentally to the Care Act (powers) – discretion, safeguarding and the general power of competence
• Develop understanding of the concept of ordinary residence and its significance for Care Act responsibilities
• Awareness of the additional barriers and issues faced by those with various immigration statuses including NRPF
• Awareness of where to seek additional information, advice and how
  to respond to complaints or challenges