About this course

This course forms part of the suite of e-learning courses that have been developed to support the implementation of part one of the Care Act 2014. It is based upon the Skills for Care training materials.

Upon successful completion of both courses you will be automatically awarded a certificate containing the course name, completion date, CPD hours and learning objectives.

The course contains additional resource materials, useful links and refresher guides.

Objectives

In this course you will:

Content

Here are some of the topics covered in this course:

Can a local authority use discretion? | Choosing to charge | Which types of care can be charged for? | Services that cannot be charged for | Self-funders | Can the authority charge a fee? | Financial assessment - the 9 principles | What is taken into account? | Ownership of capital | Joint financial assessment | Property disregard | Example of property disregard | Change in circumstance | Discretion to disregard | Personal possessions | Upper and lower limits capital limits | Minimum income | Pension credit | How much can Ade be charged? | How much savings can be disregarded? | Minimum income guarantee | Should you provide a copy? | Light-touch financial assessment | When a light-touch financial assessment can be carried out | Does a person need to be informed? | Establishing whether a person has capacity | If the person lacks capacity | Deprivation of assets | What is the intention behind the deprivation? | Can the authority still charge the person? | Partially claimed pension | Notional income | Choice of accommodation | Conditions | Can I have a more option? | Top-up fees | First party top-ups | Charging to support carers | The impact of charging carers | Who should pay? | Recovery of debts – key change | Local authority actions | It is deferred – not ‘written-off’ | Ways to pay care costs | Acceptance criteria | Legal charge | Valuable assets | Accepting other forms of security | The security should be revalued periodically