Access to Children Act and Community Care Services

This course is for people who work with people in housing need, particularly vulnerable groups, and will explore how to access Children Act services from statutory agencies. Delegates will gain the confidence to be better advocates for their clients and learn how to access the services needed to ensure that a tenancy is sustained.

Course contains

• The range of potential Children Act services
• Obtaining Children Act 1989 assessments
• The role of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 in preventing homelessness
• Community care assessments
• Community care eligibility criteria
• Rights to community care services
• Care planning and review
• Access to mental health services
• Holes in the safety nets
• Challenging decisions in social care
• Structural links between the legislation
• Why is service delivery not well integrated?

Suitable for

Practitioners working with people in housing need in either the statutory or voluntary sector who need an introductory course to Children Act, community care and mental health services.

Run this course in-house

All of our courses can also be run in-house, at your office or a venue of your choice. For details please call Amanda on 0844 515 1161 or email inhousetraining@shelter.org.uk