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1.The Care Act 2014 Resource

  1. 1.0.1The Care Act 2014 Resource

2.The Mental Capacity Act 2005 Resource and Practice Toolkit

  1. 2.0.1The Mental Capacity Act 2005 Resource and Practice Toolkit

3.Deprivation of Liberty

  1. 3.0.1Recognising and Responding to Deprivations of LibertyJanuary 13, 2026
  2. 3.0.2Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Procedure
    Updated
    January 13, 2026

4.Safeguarding Adults

  1. 4.0.1Safeguarding AdultsJanuary 13, 2026

5.Charging & Financial Assessment

  1. 5.0.1Kent ASC & Health Documents and TemplatesJuly 25, 2024

6.Contact and Referral

  1. 6.0.1Using the Contact and Referral ProceduresJanuary 12, 2024
  2. 6.0.2Receiving a Contact or Referral
    Updated
    January 13, 2026
  3. 6.0.3Deciding the Outcome of a Contact or ReferralJanuary 13, 2026
  4. 6.0.4Actions and Next Steps
    Updated
    January 13, 2026
  5. 6.0.5Monitoring Urgent or Interim Support and ServicesJuly 25, 2024

7.Technology Enabled Care

  1. 7.0.1Technology Enabled CareJanuary 12, 2024

8.Enablement

8.1Introduction and Using these Procedures

  1. 8.1.1Introduction and Using these Procedures (Enablement)January 12, 2024

8.2Contact and Referral

  1. 8.2.1Contact and Referral

8.3Assessment and Eligibility Criteria

  1. 8.3.1Assessment and Eligibility Criteria

8.4Enablement Planning

  1. 8.4.1The Enablement PlanJuly 25, 2025
  2. 8.4.2Arranging the Enablement ServiceJanuary 12, 2024

8.5Monitoring and Reviewing Enablement

  1. 8.5.1Monitoring EnablementJanuary 12, 2024
  2. 8.5.2Monitoring ActionsJanuary 13, 2026
  3. 8.5.3The Enablement ReviewJuly 25, 2025
  4. 8.5.4Deciding the Outcome of an Enablement Review and Making a Formal RecordJanuary 12, 2024
  5. 8.5.5Actions Following an Enablement ReviewJanuary 13, 2026

9.Assessment and Eligibility Criteria

9.1Using the Assessment and Eligibility Criteria Procedures

  1. 9.1.1Using the Assessment and Eligibility Criteria ProceduresJanuary 12, 2024

9.2Discharge to Assess

  1. 9.2.1Discharge to Assess (Home First)July 25, 2024
  2. 9.2.2Monitoring Urgent or Interim Support and ServicesJuly 25, 2024

9.3Preparing to Establishing Needs

  1. 9.3.1Introduction, Legal Requirements and ToolsJuly 25, 2024
  2. 9.3.2Preparing to Establish NeedsJuly 25, 2025

9.4Establishing Needs

  1. 9.4.1The Skilled Conversation
    Updated
    January 13, 2026
  2. 9.4.2Agreeing Needs and Making a Formal RecordJanuary 12, 2024
  3. 9.4.3Agreeing Enablement Needs, Making a Formal Record and Next StepsJanuary 13, 2025

9.5Eligibility Criteria

  1. 9.5.1Understanding and Applying Eligibility CriteriaJuly 25, 2025

9.6Next Steps

  1. 9.6.1Communicating the Outcome and Next StepsJanuary 13, 2026
  2. 9.6.2Communicating the Outcome and Next Steps (Occupational Therapy)January 13, 2026
  3. 9.6.3Establishing Ordinary ResidenceJuly 25, 2025
  4. 9.6.4Requesting a Financial AssessmentJanuary 13, 2026

10.Care & Support / Support Planning and Review

10.1Care and Support / Support Plans & Personal Budgets

  1. 10.1.1Setting an Indicative BudgetJanuary 13, 2025
  2. 10.1.2Care and Support / Support Planning
    Updated
    January 13, 2026
  3. 10.1.3Signing Off a Plan and Agreeing a Final Personal Budget
    Updated
    January 13, 2026

10.2Direct Payments

  1. 10.2.1Direct Payments
    Updated
    January 13, 2026

10.3Arranging Support and Services

  1. 10.3.1Arranging Support and Services
    Updated
    January 13, 2025
  2. 10.3.2Commissioning and Brokerage Procedures
    Updated
    January 13, 2026

10.4Reviewing a Care and Support / Support Plan

  1. 10.4.1Legal Requirements of a Care and Support / Support Plan Review and ToolsJanuary 13, 2025
  2. 10.4.2Preparing to Carry out a Care and Support / Support Plan ReviewJuly 25, 2025
  3. 10.4.3The Review Conversation
    Updated
    January 13, 2026
  4. 10.4.4Actions Following a Care and Support Plan ReviewJanuary 13, 2026
  5. 10.4.5Monitoring Urgent or Interim Support and ServicesJuly 25, 2024
  6. 10.4.6Reviewing a Direct Payment

10.5Risk and Protection of Property

  1. 10.5.1Risk Assessment
    Updated
    January 13, 2026
  2. 10.5.2Protecting Moveable PropertyJuly 25, 2025

11.Occupational Therapy Resources

11.1Contact and Referral

  1. 11.1.1Contact and Referral

11.2Assessment and Eligibility Criteria

  1. 11.2.1Assessment and Eligibility Criteria

11.3Equipment and Adaptations

  1. 11.3.1Equipment in a Care HomeJuly 25, 2024
  2. 11.3.2Providing Direct SupportJuly 25, 2024
  3. 11.3.3Equipped for Independence Policy and Practice Guidance

11.4Review

  1. 11.4.1Monitoring and ReviewJanuary 13, 2026

12.Mental Health

  1. 12.0.1Understanding the Mental Health Act 1983July 25, 2025
  2. 12.0.2Social Circumstances ReportJuly 25, 2024
  3. 12.0.3Section 117 AftercareJuly 25, 2024
  4. 12.0.4Community Mental Health FrameworkAugust 16, 2023
  5. 12.0.5AMHP Procedure
    Updated
    July 25, 2025

13.Transition to Adult Care and Support

13.1Deciding Whether to Start Transition

  1. 13.1.1Deciding Whether to Start TransitionJanuary 13, 2026
  2. 13.1.2Deciding Whether to Start Carers TransitionNovember 3, 2021
  3. 13.1.3Recording the Decision and Next StepsNovember 3, 2021

13.2Child's Needs Assessment

  1. 13.2.1Introduction, Legal Requirements and Tools (Child's Needs Assessment)July 25, 2024
  2. 13.2.2Preparing to Establish Needs (Child's Needs Assessment)July 25, 2024
  3. 13.2.3The Skilled Conversation (Child's Needs Assessment)January 13, 2026
  4. 13.2.4Agreeing Needs, Making a Formal Record and Next Steps (Child's Needs Assessment)July 21, 2023

13.3Carer's Transition Assessments

  1. 13.3.1Introduction, Legal Requirements and Tools (Carer's Transition)July 25, 2024
  2. 13.3.2Preparing to Establish the Needs of Parent CarersJuly 25, 2024
  3. 13.3.3Preparing to Establish the Needs of Young CarersJuly 25, 2024
  4. 13.3.4The Skilled Conversation (Parent Carers)July 25, 2024
  5. 13.3.5The Skilled Conversation (Young Carers)January 13, 2026
  6. 13.3.6Agreeing Needs, Making a Formal Record and Next Steps (Carer's Transition)July 25, 2024

13.4Transition Planning and Review

  1. 13.4.1Setting an Indicative Budget (Transition to Adult Care and Support)November 9, 2021
  2. 13.4.2The Transition PlanJanuary 12, 2024
  3. 13.4.3Reviewing a Transition PlanJuly 25, 2024
  4. 13.4.4Reviewing an Education, Health and Care Plan (from 18 years)January 13, 2026
  5. 13.4.5Adult Care and Support FunctionsJanuary 12, 2024

14.CHC, Prisons, External Providers and Housing

14.1Joint Work

  1. 14.1.1Joint WorkJanuary 12, 2024

14.2Continuing Healthcare

  1. 14.2.1NHS Continuing Healthcare ProcedureJuly 25, 2025
  2. 14.2.2NHS-funded Nursing Care Procedure (FNC)July 25, 2024
  3. 14.2.3Joint Packages of Health and Social CareJanuary 13, 2026

14.3Prisons

  1. 14.3.1Prisons and Approved Premises
    Updated
    January 13, 2026

14.4External Providers & Housing

  1. 14.4.1External ProvidersJanuary 12, 2024
  2. 14.4.2HousingJanuary 12, 2024

15.Universal Procedures (used by all teams)

  1. 15.0.1Equality, Diversity and Human RightsJanuary 13, 2026
  2. 15.0.2Recording and Keeping Records
    Updated
    January 13, 2026
  3. 15.0.3Providing Information about a Person or Carer
    Updated
    January 13, 2026
  4. 15.0.4Professional Curiosity
    Updated
    January 13, 2026
  5. 15.0.5Risk Assessment
    Updated
    January 13, 2026
  6. 15.0.6Lone WorkingJanuary 12, 2024
  7. 15.0.7Joint WorkJanuary 12, 2024
  8. 15.0.8Co-productionJanuary 13, 2026
  9. 15.0.9Recognising and Responding to Deprivations of LibertyJanuary 13, 2026
  10. 15.0.10Social Media (use of)January 13, 2026
  11. 15.0.11Storage of Data on Practitioners' Mobile DevicesJanuary 13, 2026
  12. 15.0.12Interpreter and Translation ServicesJanuary 13, 2026
  13. 15.0.13Death of a Person or CarerJanuary 13, 2025

16.Specialist Procedures

  1. 16.0.1Deputyship and Financial AffairsJanuary 13, 2026
  2. 16.0.2Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Spaces) ProcedureJanuary 13, 2026
  3. 16.0.3Housing and HomelessnessJuly 25, 2025
  4. 16.0.4Joint Packages of Health and Social CareJanuary 13, 2026
  5. 16.0.5NHS Continuing Healthcare ProcedureJuly 25, 2025
  6. 16.0.6NHS-funded Nursing Care Procedure (FNC)July 25, 2024
  7. 16.0.7End of Life Procedures and Practice GuidanceJuly 25, 2025
  8. 16.0.8Legal ServicesJanuary 12, 2024
  9. 16.0.9Ordinary Residence ProcedureJuly 25, 2024
  10. 16.0.10Continuity of Care ArrangementsJanuary 13, 2026
  11. 16.0.11Cross Border PlacementsJanuary 13, 2026
  12. 16.0.12Protecting Moveable PropertyJuly 25, 2025
  13. 16.0.13Service Interruptions and Provider FailureJuly 25, 2024
  14. 16.0.14No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)
    Updated
    January 13, 2026
  15. 16.0.15Prisons and Approved Premises
    Updated
    January 13, 2026
  16. 16.0.16Acting as an Appropriate Adult
    Updated
    January 13, 2026
  17. 16.0.17Working Effectively with Parents and Children's Services
    Updated
    January 13, 2026

Last Updated: January 13, 2026

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