Carers Bill Short Breaks Shared Care Scotland Lead Officer Network Workshop 05 June 2015 Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Edinburgh Moira Oliphant Carers Policy, Scottish Government
key definitions • removal of regular and substantial test • removal of requirement that cared-for person must access community care services • exclusion of parents, paid carers and volunteers • power to make regulations to include contracted carers
adult carer support plans • personal outcomes • identified needs (if any)/support (if any) to be provided • impact of caring on carer’s wellbeing • able and willing • support for carer • review of plan – circumstances • regulations – review (eg discharge from hospital)
young carer statements • as for adult carer support plan + • appropriateness of care • information in YCS to named person • child’s plan (wellbeing need requiring targeted intervention)
Information and Advice • establish and maintain information and advice service - rights - income maximisation - education and training - advocacy - health and wellbeing • short breaks services statements
Duty to provide support • identified needs not met by general services • if needs are eligible needs • meet local eligibility criteria • provide support (must and may) • must consider in particular whether support should take form of or include a break from caring
Eligibility Criteria • set local eligibility criteria • consult with carers and carers’ organisations • have regard to matters specified in regulations by Ministers • publish criteria • review of criteria: (a) revised criteria or (b) publish statement • national eligibility criteria (reserve power)
Local Carer Strategies • duty to prepare local carer strategy • plans for identifying carers • demand for support • unmet demand • timescales for preparing ACSPs and YCSs • needs and circumstances of young carers • consultation • publication
Carer Involvement • strategic level - Public Bodies Act – strategic planning groups, integration joint boards • Bill – areas outwith scope of integration • individual level – ACSPs, YCSs, services to cared-for persons • general principles in SDS Act – ACSP, YCS, support to carers
Waiving of Charges • current regulations • Challenges • Resolve for Stage 2
Issues in Evidence • Young carer statement – links to child’s plan and information to named person • Timescales for ACSP/YCS • Emergency planning • Information and advice – establish and maintain • Local/national eligibility criteria • Short breaks • Consult carers – hospital admission and discharge • Complaints, accountability, monitoring • Local carer strategies – resource statements
Issues in Evidence • Definition of carer • Assessment • Need YCS • Balance between assessment and support • Detail on face of Bill • Community supports • Preventative support • Carer/Cared-for interaction • Relationship with other legislation
Bill’s context • Supporting carers specifically • Wider context of integration • Improving the nation’s health and improving physical and mental health outcomes • Healthy behaviours become the norm • Look beyond health and social care • Digital technology
Short Breaks • What do we know • Not got complete picture • Respite weeks data • Evaluation of voluntary sector short breaks fund • Power in SDS Act • CIS + Integrated Care Fund + Local authority expenditure • What works • What next
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