Snap Care are an agency providing nannies and care staff to families with children with additional needs and adults with care needs. This is an article about what is a care team leader plus a link to current wages for nannies and care staff.
This link is to a document about promoting less restrictive practice – ensuring that the cared for person is as free as they can be. It is aimed at professionals but the examples given in extensive tables of direct and indirect restrictions along with suggestions of what could change are, I think, helpful to us all.
This link takes you to the government website for the care and support statutory guidance around the Care Act - specifically to the social care charging and financial assessments part. It is a lengthy document and this document goes on to highlight sections that might be of particular interest when considering disability related expenses (DRE).
Adult Social Care (ASC) Richmond has a number of leaflets and booklets relevant to adults who may need ASC support.
A basic overview based on a Disabled young person in their 20s. I have left out information that is not relevant, or not likely to be relevant, to such a person. Therefore, these notes are not, in any way comprehensive.
Outcomes are the end result of the social care assessment and the social care plan – what the young person wants to achieve. This document has a few examples of what makes a good outcome and what is not a good outcome
This resource is a guide to the Care Act with the full title of: 'How to get the right support from your local authority'. It is one of several useful guides produced by hft. hft is a long established charity supporting people with learning disabilities. They provide resources, such as this guide, and a range of services.