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Preventing Meltdown in Adult Social Care

COMMUNITY LIVING’S 8th legal seminar led by Belinda Schwehr, LLM

Tuesday, 27 February 2018 at St Thomas Conference Centre, Ardwick,

Manchester (close to Picadilly Station) 9.30 for 10 am start. Close 4 pm.

“It is LAW that underpins best and necessary practice and policy”
Belinda Schwehr

This seminar will look at what can be done about the unravelling of social care rights and
freedoms in the light of continuing austerity. It will be an uncomfortable day for those who think
that personalisation meant that people could have everything they ever wanted; but equally
uncomfortable for those who think that the local budget is the ‘be all and end all’ of professional
judgement in the context of how much of anything is feasibly enough to meet assessed needs...

Belinda will cover:
Direct Payments, the minimum wage, paying relatives, and sleep-in obligations
Commissioning, re-tendering and consultation before changing a person’s life
Supporting Living – home care or not?
Changes to charging – and the impact of receiving non-care services
Pros and cons of qualifying for CHC
Getting out of an Assessment and Treatment Unit
Update on DoLs.

This is a unique chance to hear from an expert in social care law. The whole day is led by Belinda
so there is plenty of opportunity for discussion of individual problems.

This seminar is for everyone – carers, advocates, local carer and advocacy groups, charity leaders,
commissioners and providers of adult social care.

What previous delegates have said:
‘Delivered in language the layman could understand’
’Excellent. I’ve never gained so much vital information in one day’
‘Critical information for the times we live in’
‘You’ve made me rethink the approach to outcomes-based support planning and about the
level of consultation we currently provide’
‘Best conference food ever!’

ONLY £120 – £10 off for Community Living subscribers
Some concessionary places for unwaged carers

Contact Rosemary Trustam at rosecli@btinternet.com or call 01257 270430
Book online at http://www.cl-initiatives.co.uk
Download a form from: https://www.cl-initiatives.co.uk/preventing-melt-adult-social-care/