Overview
To support practitioners to undertake Human Rights assessments in the context of individuals ineligible for Care Act supportWho is Human Rights Assessments in Adult Social Care aimed at?
Social workers/social care staffCourse Length
1 DayLearning Outcomes
By the end of course deleagtes will be able to:-
- To gain knowledge of the Human Rights Act 1998 & understand its importance
- To understand who is and is not excluded from support under the Care Act by Section 54 and Schedule 3 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002
- To understand what steps a local authority can and must take during the assessment process and to meet urgent needs (and relevant case law)
- To understand the need to assess barriers to return and how to do so
- To become familiar with the key rights most relevant to adult social care situations involving excluded individuals (Articles 2, 3 & 8) and the types of practice situation in which they may arise (and relevant case law)
- To be able to gather appropriate information to consider return
- To understand when a Human Rights assessment will need to be paused and how to seek information from the Home Office
- How to identify a potential breach of human rights, evidence and record this appropriately
- Know what other materials can be accessed and where, to find out more information for own professional development
