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Needs assessment
Local authority cannot charge for needs assessment
No prescribed timescales but must be carried out within an appropriate timescale
Person being assessed must be involved
must focus on what can be achieved
Persons wellbeing must be taken into account
preventative measures must be discussed
appropriate and proportionate to persons needs/ circumstances
Carried out by persons with skills and knowledge appropriate eg dementia specialist
Unlike SAP, these do not have to be carried out face to face
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Eligible?
managing nutrition
personal hygiene
toilet
appropriately clothed
use the home safely
habitable home
maintaining relationships
accessing work. edu, training
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Key thing - Is person able to perform outcome?
without pain distress or anxiety
without a potential risk to themselves
takes significantly longer than normal
eligibility conditions will be met where:
had disability or illness
is unable to meet two or more outcomes
has impact on persons wellbeing
If someone does not meet criteria local authority must provide written reasons
Light touch review for care and support plan after 8 weeks
Then within 12 months
Potential abuse/ neglect will trigger new review