Assessing and supporting adults who have no recourse to public funds (England)
Practice guidance for local authorities
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16 July 2022
Contents
1.
Introduction
1.1 How to use this guidance
1.2 Who has no recourse to public funds?
2.
Introduction to care and support
2.1 Establishing entitlement to care and support
2.2 Effective service delivery
3.
Referral considerations
3.1 Does the local authority have a duty to assess need?
3.2 Which local authority is responsible for meeting care and support needs?
3.3 Is emergency accommodation required?
3.4 Is a human rights assessment required?
4.
Eligibility for care and support
4.1 Well-being duty
4.2 Needs assessment
4.3 Care and support eligibility criteria
4.5 Exception: needs arising solely from destitution
5.
Meeting needs for care and support
5.1 How care and support needs can be met
5.2 Providing accommodation to meet needs
5.3 Providing subsistence to meet needs
5.4 Care provided by friends and family
5.5 Direct payments
5.6 Financial assessments
6.
Withdrawing support
6.1 Withdrawing accommodation and financial support provided under the Care Act
7.
Adult safeguarding
7.1 Safeguarding duty
7.2 Victims of domestic abuse and modern slavery
7.3 Meeting accommodation needs
8.
Support for carers
8.1 Duty to provide care and support to a carer
8.2 The carer’s immigration status
9.
Hospital discharge
9.1 Discharge process
9.2 Discharge planning when a patient has no recourse to public funds
10.
Mental health aftercare
10.1 When can aftercare be provided?
10.2 When can accommodation be provided under section 117?
10.3 Ending aftercare services
11.
NHS-funded care
11.1 Continuing healthcare
11.2 Funded nursing care
12.
Local authority powers and duties
12.1 Provision of advice and information
12.2 Families with a child under 18
12.3 Care leavers
12.4 Adults without care needs who are homeless
13.
Pathways off support
13.1 Immigration advice
13.2 Immigration pathways
13.3 Access to benefits for EEA nationals
13.4 Working with the Home Office
Acknowledgements
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