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Description
The Care Act provides a single legal financial framework for charging for care and support. It enables a local authority to decide whether or not to charge a person when it is arranging to meet a person’s care and support needs or a carer’s support needs. The new framework is intended to make charging fairer and more clearly understood by everyone.
Who is The Care Act: Charging and Financial Assessment online course for?
This course is intended for:
- People who have a role in giving information and advice about charging and financial assessment (including deferred payment agreements)
- Staff employed by local authorities who are responsible for undertaking financial assessments and administrating the charging process or deferred payment agreements
- Managers of people undertaking both of the above roles
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Learning objectives
In this course you will:
- Learn about the services that can and cannot be charged for
- Learn what to consider when undertaking a financial assessment
- Learn about the implications of the Act for self-funders wanting care in a care home or in another setting
- Learn what happens if a person lacks capacity
- Learn about deprivation of assets
- Know what local authorities must do to ensure choice
- Know who pays top-up fees and how this is arranged
- Know what carers can be charged for
- Learn about debt recovery
Entry requirements
There are no entry requirements.
Course assessment and certification
Upon successful completion of both courses you will be automatically awarded a downloadable certificate containing your name, the course title, and completion date.
