Community Care
We cover all aspects of Community Care law including:
- Disabled Facilities Grant and adaptations to the home;
- Social Services assessments;
- charging for Social Services;
- disabled children and the Children’s Act;
- access to or problems with independent living services;
- access to or problems with residential care;
- N H S responsibilities;
- direct payments;
- mental capacity.
Our Introduction to Community Care factsheet provides a comprehensive overview to community care law. It is written for individuals, family members, advocates or carers who need more information on the duties and powers owed by social services to disabled people.
Our factsheet list may have further reading that may assist you, click here to view the list and request factsheets online.
Specialist Support
DLS is contracted by the Legal Services Commission to provide specialist support in community care law to other advisers and organisations that hold the LSC Specialist and General Help with Casework Quality Mark. For details of this service please contact advice@dls.org.uk
Training
We provide bespoke training on aspects of Community Care law, including Mental Capacity. If you want to organise training for your organisation then click here.
If you would like to attend on of our training days, click through to view our current training schedule.