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Care Act knowledge and practice hub

Author: Community Care Inform Adults

Updated Date: 28 July 2022

Publication Date: 29 June 2015

older man and advocate in care home

Photo: John Birdsall/ Social Issues Library/ Science Photo Library

Learning points

How the Care Act 2014 reformed the law around adult social care provision in England, and what the changes mean in practice for local authorities and practitioners.
What the key terms used in the Care Act 2014, from abuse and neglect to wellbeing, actually mean.
The application of the Care Act 2014 to assessment, support planning and self-directed support.
Test your knowledge of the law on safeguarding, advocacy, ordinary residence and continuity of care (available to premium partner organisations only).

This hub helps you with point 11, level of capability at the end of the ASYE, of the knowledge and skills statement for social workers working in adults’ services.

Legal guidance

houses of parliament side view

Section-by-section guide to the Care Act 2014

The A-Z of the Care Act 2014: what key terms mean

Strengths-based practice and the Care Act

Safeguarding under the Care Act

Independent advocacy under the act

Ordinary residence under the act

Transition to adulthood under the act

Continuity of care under the act

Providing recreational activities and holidays under the Care Act 2014: R (BG and KG) v Suffolk County Council [2022] EWCA Civ 1047

The meaning of “needs” in the Care Act: Antoniak v Westminster City Council [2019] EWHC 3465 (Admin)

Meeting urgent care and support needs: R (Raja) and Hussain v London Borough of Redbridge [2020] EWHC 1456 (Admin)

Personal budgets and education, health and care plans: R (CP) v North East Lincolnshire Council [2019] EWCA Civ 1614

Care Act assessments: R (JF) v Merton LBC [2017] and R (Davey) v Oxfordshire County Council [2017]

Accommodation under the Care Act: R (SG) v London Borough of Haringey [2015]

Direct payments under the Care Act 2014: R (Collins) v Nottinghamshire County Council [2016]

Practice support

assessment

Financial assessments under the Care Act 2014

Quick guide to strengths-based questions

Quick guide to difficult conversations

Care and support planning

Self-directed support and personal budgets

Family group conferences for adults

Making safeguarding personal in practice

Training

Supported learning

General Care Act quiz
Supported learning content is only available to premium partner organisations. Find out more about supported learning here.

Supported learning

Quiz: assessment, personal budgets and transition

Supported learning

Quiz: ordinary residence and continuity of care

Supported learning

Quiz: advocacy and safeguarding

Multimedia learning

Webinar – Care Act advocacy: understanding your duties and the advocate’s role

Multimedia learning

Webinar – Difficult conversations under the Care Act

Multimedia learning

Webinar – Safeguarding under the Care Act 2014

Multimedia learning

Webinar – Reviews and advocacy rights under the Care Act 2014

Multimedia learning

Webinar – The Care Act 2014 – implementing the national eligibility threshold

If you can’t find what you’re looking for, do let us know.

Add item to CPD Log (SWE)

Title *
Care Act knowledge and practice hub

Date *
17-11-2024 (dd-mm-yyyy)

Learning or development activity, resource or URL
https://adults.ccinform.co.uk/knowledge-hubs/care-act-knowledge-and-practice-hub/

Learning

Use the boxes below to record what you have learned from this activity. The form below replicates that used by Social Work England in your online account, so that when you need to renew your registration each year, you can easily transfer examples of CPD. Everything you write will be stored in your My CPD log on CC Inform. You can return to each piece of CPD and edit or add to it at any time - for example, if you reflect on it with a peer. You can export all the information as a Word file and copy it into Social Work England's form for the pieces you choose to submit during renewal, and print it off for other uses - for example, in supervision or peer reflection.

1. Describe what you have learnt from doing this CPD activity. (Social Work England recommend that you write 250-500 words, and they say that you may want to refer to the CPD standard 4.1-4.8 - see below.)

Word count: 0

2. Reflect on and describe the positive impact the CPD has had (or will have) on your practice and the people you work with.

This could be people with lived experience of social work, colleagues, or students. If you are not currently working, or not in direct practice, you could think about how your CPD activity might benefit people you come into contact with or the profession as a whole. (Social Work England recommend you write about 250 to 500 words).

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3. Describe what you have learnt from discussing this CPD activity with a peer

This is an optional question. By answering it for at least one of your pieces of CPD, you will meet Social Work England's requirements to record one piece of CPD with a peer reflection during the registration year. You are expected to write at least 250 words.

Social Work England say: "Peer reflection means that you have discussed the content of your CPD activity with a peer, your manager or another professional.

This discussion can be informal or formal, and can take place in one to one or group settings. The role of the peer is not to approve your learning but to support and help you to think about how you can improve your practice. When discussing your CPD with a peer, you should talk about what you have learnt from doing the CPD and the positive impact the CPD activity has had (or will have) on your role, practice and the people you work with".

Read more guidance from the regulator about peer reflection here

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4. Which parts of the CPD standard have you met by doing this activity? By going through the recording process, you will automatically meet standards 4.6 and 4.7. You can use the box below to note the other standards you have met with this piece.

4.1 Incorporate feedback from a range of sources, including from people with lived experience of my social work practice.
4.2 Use supervision and feedback to critically reflect on, and identify my learning needs, including how I use research and evidence to inform my practice.
4.3 Keep my practice up to date and record how I use research, theories and frameworks to inform my practice and my professional judgement.
4.4 Demonstrate good subject knowledge on key aspects of social work practice and develop knowledge of current issues in society and social policies impacting on social work.
4.5 Contribute to an open and creative learning culture in the workplace to discuss, reflect on and share best practice.
4.6 Reflect on my learning activities and evidence what impact continuing professional development has on the quality of my practice.
4.7 Record my learning and reflection on a regular basis and in accordance with Social Work England's guidance on continuing professional development.
4.8 Reflect on my own values and challenge the impact they have on my practice.

For more information, see Social Work England’s guidance on CPD.

Add item to CPD Log (SCW)

Title * Care Act knowledge and practice hub

Date * 17-11-2024 (dd-mm-yyyy)

URL https://adults.ccinform.co.uk/knowledge-hubs/care-act-knowledge-and-practice-hub/

Learning Use the boxes below to record what you have learned from this activity. Everything you write will be stored in your Inform account and you can export all the information as a Word file or print it off. When you have to renew your social work registration with Social Care Wales, you can include this as evidence of continuing professional development.

1. What have you learned from this activity?

2. How has it contributed to your practice?

3. How much time have you spent on this activity?

4. Next steps (any additional learning you need in this area)?

For more details, visit Social Care Wales

Citation

Full Harvard reference for this document:

() Care Act knowledge and practice hub. Knowledge Hubs.
Community Care Inform
[online]
https://adults.ccinform.co.uk/knowledge-hubs/care-act-knowledge-and-practice-hub/
[accessed: 17 November 2024]

If you are directly quoting the author's own words from this document you must acknowledge that they are not your own words by putting them within quotes marks, reference the source in the text and then provide the full reference at the end of the document. For example:

In the text: Baim argues that "understanding adult attachment patterns can also help practitioners to more readily identify the behaviour patterns that the client uses to maintain safety and comfort and which also, in some cases, serve to keep the client stuck in behaviour that no longer serves them as adults". (Baim, 2015)

Full reference to insert at the bottom of the document: Baim, C. (2015) Using attachment theory to work with adults, Guide. Community Care Inform Adults [online]. Available at: https://adults.ccinform.co.uk/guides/guide-using-attachment-theory-work-adults/ [accessed: INSERT DATE HERE (eg 9 October 2015)]