Social care Flashcards

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child services key cases

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victoria climbie and baby P - authorities failed to investigate when they knew of abuse happening

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every child matters

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government initiative launched in 2003 in response to the death of victoria climbie - every child should have support they need regardless of circumstances

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1989 children act

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council have a duty to keep children ‘safe and well’ - aims to keep children with their families

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2004 children act

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focused on improving early intervention and communication between professionals
- improved co-ordination of services and seperated adult and child social care
- created local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs)

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social services

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help people who need support (1.5m people)
- 600,000 children
- £20.5bn on adults in 2022/23

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2017 children and social work act

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scrapped safeguarding children’s boards and introduced ‘safeguarding arrangements’

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when children are at risk

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  • child protection procedures are initiated
  • child protection plans can be put in place (updated every 6 months)
  • care order
  • interim/emergency care order
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forms of care for children

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  • children’s homes
  • foster care
  • adoption
  • child minding
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adult social care

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councils have a duty to protect vulnerable adults (volunteer or private firms)

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NHS and community care act 1990

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restyled patients as ‘clients’ and emphasised keeping them in the community

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long term care

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  • residential homes, care homes and nursing homes
  • care needs assessments to check eligibility (means tested)
  • average £800/year for care home, £1000/year for nursing home
  • contribute to costs yourself unless reasons are health related
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family carers

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children and families act 2014 and the care act 2014 strengthened young carers rights
- 120,000 young carers in 2021

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social care funding

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2022 health and care act created 42 integrated care systems to tackle funding
- tories introduced a ‘social care precept’ in 2015 allowing councils to up council tax 2% to fund social care
- boris johnson introduced the health and social care levy which upped national insurance costs by 1.25%
- johnson also introduced a lifetime cap of £86,000 on social care costs

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