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Statutory guidance for Local Authorities and NHS organisations to support implementation of the Adult Autism Strategy
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 66
- Place of publication:
- London
Statutory guidance for local authorities and NHS organisations to support implementation of the autism strategy. It sets out how they must carry out their responsibilities under the Autism Act 2009 to develop services that support and meet the needs of people with autism, and their families and carers. It also explains what support they can expect to receive from local authorities and NHS organisations. The guidance covers the following topics: training of staff who provide services to adults with autism; identification and diagnosis of autism in adults, leading to assessment of needs for relevant services; planning in relation to the provision of services for people with autism as they move from being children to adults; local planning and leadership in relation to the provision of services for adults with autism; preventative support and safeguarding in line with the Care Act 2014 from April 2015; reasonable adjustments and equality; supporting people with complex needs, whose behaviour may challenge or who may lack capacity; employment for adults with autism; and working with the criminal justice system. (Edited publisher abstract)
Improving access to social housing for victims of domestic abuse in refuges or other types of temporary accommodation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- London
Statutory guidance for local authorities to improve access to social housing for victims of domestic abuse in refuges or other types of temporary accommodation. The guidance aims to help local authorities to ensure that victims of domestic abuse who are living in refuges, and other forms of safe temporary accommodation, are given appropriate priority when they apply for to access social housing. [First published November 2018. Last updated 25 January 2022] (Edited publisher abstract)
Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years: statutory guidance for organisations which work with and support children and young people who have special educational needs or disabilities
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publishers:
- Great Britain. Department for Education, Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 292
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance on the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system for children and young people aged 0 to 25, valid from April 2015. It explains the duties of schools and colleges to provide: reasonable adjustments for disabled children and young people; and extra aids and services for disabled children and young people. The code sets out the principles underpinning the legislation including involving children, young people and parents in decisions about their support, and in planning, commissioning and reviewing services. Key sections cover: impartial information, advice and support; working together across education, health and care for joint outcomes; the local offer; early years providers; schools; further education; preparing for adulthood; education, health and care needs assessments and plans; children and young people in specific circumstances; and resolving disagreements. (Edited publisher abstract)
Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years: statutory guidance for organisations who work with and support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publishers:
- Great Britain. Department for Education, Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 282
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance on the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system for children and young people aged 0 to 25, valid until 31 March 2015. It explains the duties of schools and colleges to provide: reasonable adjustments for disabled children and young people; and extra aids and services for disabled children and young people. The code sets out the principles underpinning the legislation including involving children, young people and parents in decisions about their support, and in planning, commissioning and reviewing services. Key sections cover: impartial information, advice and support; working together across education, health and care for joint outcomes; the local offer; early years providers; schools; further education; preparing for adulthood; education, health and care needs assessments and plans; children and young people in specific circumstances; and resolving disagreements. (Edited publisher abstract)
Ordinary residence: guidance on the identification of the ordinary residence of people in need of community care services, England
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 75
- Place of publication:
- London
This guidance provides information and advice on determining ordinary residence for people requiring local community care services. The guidance was updated on 28 March 2013 to take account of the NHS reforms, which take effect from 1 April 2013. It explains how to decide where a person is ordinarily resident for the purposes of the National Assistance Act 1948 and certain other legislation. It is applicable to local authorities with social services responsibilities, and sets out how to identify where responsibility lies between authorities for the funding and/or provision of care for people aged 18 and over who are assessed as needing social care services. It also sets out the changes to the ordinary residence provisions introduced by the Health and Social Care Act 2008. There are five parts to this guidance. Part 1 provides advice on the identification of the ordinary residence of people who require social care services. Part 2 sets out particular situations in which a person’s ordinary residence may be an issue. Part 3 covers other legislation under which an ordinary residence determination can be sought from the Secretary of State. Part 4 signposts other areas of legislation and guidance which are of relevance to ordinary residence. Part 5: deals with the procedure for making an application to the Secretary of State for the purpose of seeking an ordinary residence determination. This guidance supersedes LAC(93)7, which is now revoked, and applies in relation to England only. (Edited publisher abstract)
Response to sexual violence needs assessment (RSVNA) toolkit: informing the commissioning and development of co-ordinated specialist services for victims of sexual violence
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document provides guidance for local area partnerships conducting a Response to Sexual Violence Needs Assessment (RSVNA). The aim of the toolkit is to support local areas to identify and understand the level of need of victims of sexual violence within their communities. The National Support Team (NST) for Response to Sexual Violence, visited each of the 39 local area partnerships by police force area during 2009-2001 and identified the necessity of supporting local areas to assess the needs of victims of sexual violence. The toolkit has been developed with advice from experts in the field, specialist services providing support to victims of sexual violence, and those who have undertaken health and public needs assessments. For those familiar with needs assessments processes, but new to the subject of responding to sexual violence, it should provide a useful introduction to the subject and key data sources to inform decision making. It includes: a clear description of the key steps and tasks required to conduct a thorough response to sexual violence needs assessment (RSVNA); an introduction to existing data sources that can inform the RSVNA; and a summary of some methods that could be used for gathering both qualitative and quantitative data for the RSVNA.
Talking therapies: a four-year plan of action: a supporting document to No health without mental health: a cross-government mental health outcomes strategy for people of all ages
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This plan outlines how the Government’s commitment to expanding access to psychological therapies for will be delivered in the four years from April 2011. The aim is to develop talking therapies services that offer treatments for depression and anxiety disorders approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) across England by March 2015. The plan covers the roll-out of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, covering the training programme, improving access for older people, improved quality standards, choice and equity for patients, employment and other activity support. It also outlines the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies service model. The plan also describes how access to services for specific groups with be expanded: children and young people, long term conditions, and severe mental illness. The plan is a supporting document to 'No health without mental health: a cross-Government mental health outcomes strategy for people of all ages'.
Equality Act 2010: what do I need to know?: a summary guide for businesses who sell goods and services
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Government Equalities Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Government Equalities Office
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Equality Act brings together nine separate pieces of legislation into one single Act simplifying the law and strengthening it in important ways to help tackle discrimination and inequality. Implementation of the majority of the Equality Act will begin on 1 October 2010. This publication is one of a series of summary guides to the key changes in the law. This guide is intended to help businesses understand their new obligations under the Equality Act as providers of goods, facilities and services. People who access the goods, facilities and services are protected from discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics, which are: disability; gender reassignment; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation. Protection also applies if they are unfairly treated because they are wrongly perceived to have a particular characteristic or because they associate with someone who has the characteristic. The guide provides further information and examples relating to: breastfeeding mothers; private members’ clubs; disability; gender reassignment; harassment; and positive action.
Sufficiency: statutory guidance on securing sufficient accommodation for looked after children
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This statutory document seeks to improve outcomes for looked after children and young people by providing guidance on the implementation of section 22G of the Children Act 1989 (‘the 1989 Act’). This section requires local authorities to take steps that secure, so far as reasonably practicable, sufficient accommodation within the authority’s area which meets the needs of children that the local authority are looking after, and whose circumstances are such that it would be consistent with their welfare for them to be provided with accommodation that is in the local authority’s area (‘the sufficiency duty’). This guidance is for: members in local authorities; directors of children’s services; chief executives in primary care trusts (PCTs); commissioners in joint commissioning units, local authorities, PCTs, youth justice and other teams or organisations with responsibility for commissioning children’s services; commissioners of regional and national provision for children; and managers of services for looked after children, including private, voluntary and public sector providers.
Guidance on looked after children with special educational needs placed out-of-authority
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
As a group, looked after children are nine times more likely to have a statement of special educational needs (SEN) than the general pupil population. For looked after children, many of whom will have had difficult and unstable home and school lives before coming into care, it is imperative that their needs are quickly and efficiently assessed and provided for so that the effect of any instability on their education is reduced to a minimum. Looked after children can be placed a long way from where they would normally live and often this will be outside the area of the local authority which looks after them. Therefore there can sometimes be confusion as to the responsibilities that local authorities have towards the child. The purpose of this guidance is to explain how local authorities’ responsibilities for meeting the special educational needs of looked after children placed out-of-authority operate. It does not create any new obligations, but decisions made in relation to individual children should be consistent with the operation of the law as described.