The Care Act

Aims:

This one day on-line programme aims to help delegates to understand the main sections of the Care Act appertaining to the principle of wellbeing; its key duties and powers, responsibilities and processes. It will consider the way in which the care act is designed to focus on wellbeing rather than welfare responses by the worker supporting people to identify their strengths and the outcomes they’d like to achieve.

Objectives:

This will be achieved via a range of teaching methods which are flexible and appropriate to the on-line environment and support different learning styles and will:

• Examine the framework of the Care Act to understand how it is so different from previous community care statutes whilst at the same time, respecting existing case law.
• Consideration of the meaning of wellbeing as opposed to welfare; who is the expert in its determination and how the worker records any disparity between the person’s view of their own wellbeing and the professional perspective – what matters to and what matters for the person.
• Analyse the eligibility criteria and the strengths based conversation: how we would meet needs with assets (strengths) first, services last. This will include consideration of how this upholds the s2 duties to prevent, reduce and delay escalation of need and how we help people to identify the outcomes of greatest importance to them. We also consider how this is applied to the carer’s assessment.
• Examination of how needs can be met under the Care Act; our relationship with self funders; issues in readiness for the Cap on Care Costs and what this will mean for assessments and our relationships with providers.
• Reflect back throughout the programme, the social justice, values and ethics underpinning the Care Act and our practice in upholding the law This will consider how we can work collaboratively with partner agencies and communities as well as individuals in need of care and support.

Outcomes:

By the end of the programme, participants will have gained an understanding of the relationship between strengths based working and the promotion of wellbeing. They will appreciate how this reflects the values underpinning the Care act and its focus on outcomes rather than services. They will have considered the relationship of strengths based practice to the promotion of, and evidencing of positive approaches to risk and will be able to reflect on how this learning, when applied to practice gives evidence in line with the Professional Capabilities Framework.