UNIT 6: LO1: Local Authority

Question 1

What is a home adaptation?

Answer 1

Changes made in the home to make it safer

Question 2

What is a universal service?

Answer 2

Services available to anyone

Question 3

What does service-led mean?

Answer 3

Where an individual has to fit into traditional services

Question 4

What is a Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)?

Answer 4

A legal document which sets out a description of a young person’s needs.

Question 5

What is Fair Access to Care?

Answer 5

Guidelines to help local authorities determine a person’s eligibility for care

Question 6

What does the local authority consider regarding housing?

Answer 6

Choice of residence
Housing adaptations
Meeting housing needs

Question 7

What does the Care Act 2014 say local authorities have to do regarding somebody who moves from one authority to another?

Answer 7

Make sure they receive the same care they were receiving in the old local authority

Question 8

What is decentralisation?

Answer 8

The process of taking control away from government and making it more local

Question 9

What is outsourcing?

Answer 9

Where the local authority might not offer the service themselves but will pay another company to provide the service

Question 10

How does outsourcing promote personalisation?

Answer 10

A greater range of choice for the service user.

Before an individual used the LA’s service or nothing.