This page provides links to statutory and national guidance.
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- COVID Resources
- Department of Health and Social Care / HM Government
- Home Office
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS)
- Local Government Association (LGA)
- LGA and ADASS
- Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- Skills for Care and Skills for Health
- Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
- Think Local, Act Personal
- Other Organisations
See also Provider Resources for Care Quality Commission Reports
COVID Resources
Coronavirus (COVID-19) (UK Government)
Department of Health and Social Care / HM Government
- Accessible Information Standard: Making health and social care information accessible, NHS England
- Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Guidance on Interviewing Victims and Witnesses, and Guidance on Using Special Measures (Ministry of Justice)
- Adult Safeguarding and Domestic Abuse: A Guide to Support Practitioners and Managers, Local Government Association
- A Vision for Adult Social Care – Think Local, Act Personal
- Bereavement Resources for the Social Care Workforce (DHSC)
- Blue Badge Scheme Local Authority Guidance (England)
- Care and Support Statutory Guidance, (DHSC)
- Digital Working in Adult Social Care: What Good Looks Like (DHSC)
- Discharging People at Risk of or Experiencing Homelessness (DHSC and DLUHC)
- Domestic Abuse Statutory Guidance 2022, Home Office
- Female Genital Mutilation: Resource Pack, HM Government
- The Right to Choose: Multi-Agency Statutory Guidance for Dealing with Forced Marriage and Multi-Agency Practice Guidelines: Handling Cases of Forced Marriage (UK Government)
- Guidance for Developing a Local Suicide Prevention Action Plan: Information for Public Health Staff in Local Authorities, Public Health England,
- Guidance: Forced Marriage, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Home Office
- Information sharing: Advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers, HM Government
- Improving healthcare access for people with learning disabilities (Public Health England)
- Health and Social Care Review: Leadership for a Collaborative and Inclusive Future (DHSC)
- Heatwave Plan for England (PHE, DHSC and NHS)
- Health and Wellbeing of the Adult Social Care Workforce (DHSC)
- Hospital Discharge and Community Support Guidance (DHSC)
- Managing Provider Failure chapter: Managing Care Home Closures: A Good Practice Guide for Local Authorities, Clinical Commissioning Groups, NHS England, Care Quality Commission, Providers and Partners (NHS England et al)
- Mental Capacity Code of Practice, Office of the Public Guardian
- Mental Capacity Act 2005: Deprivation of liberty safeguards – Code of Practice to supplement the main Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice, Ministry of Justice
- Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice, Department of Health
- Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat: Improving Outcomes for People Experiencing Mental Health Crisis, HM Government
- Multi-Agency Statutory Guidance on Female Genital Mutilation, Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care and Home Office
- National framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS funded nursing care (DHSC)
- Patient Safety Incident Response Framework and Supporting Guidance, NHS England
- Post-qualifying Standards for Social Work Practice Supervisors in Adult Social Care
- Proportionate assessment approaches: a guide from the Chief Social Worker for Adults, principal social workers and principal occupational therapists (DHSC)
- Revisiting Safeguarding Practice (DHSC)
- Safe and Wellbeing Reviews: Thematic Review and Lessons Learned (NHS England)
- Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0 to 25 years – Statutory Guidance for Organisations who work with and support Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Department for Education and Department of Health
- Social Work Practice with Carers (Research in Practice for Adults, Department of Health and Social Care)
- Statutory guidance for Local Authorities and NHS organisations to support implementation of the Adult Autism Strategy
- Strengths-Based Approach: Practice Framework and Practice Handbook (DHSC)
- The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism (NHS England)
- What’s important to me: A Review of Choice in End of Life Care, The Choice in End of Life Care Programme Board
- What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused: Advice for practitioners (Department for Education)
- Working Together to Safeguard Children: A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, HM Government
Home Office
- Channel Guidance (Home Office)
- Criminal Exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: County Lines guidance
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Other National Guidance
Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS)
Local Government Association (LGA)
LGA and ADASS
- Ordinary Resident Guide
- Promoting Less Restrictive Practice: Reducing Restrictions Tool for Practitioners
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
Guidance for Practitioners: Deprivation of Capital
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
See also NICE Quick Guides on social care topics
- Autism spectrum disorder in adults: diagnosis and management
- Challenging behaviour and learning disabilities: prevention and interventions for people with learning disabilities whose behaviour challenges
- Coexisting severe mental illness and substance misuse: community health and social care services
- Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers
- Dementia: supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care
- Home care: delivering personal care and practical support to older people living in their own home
- Intermediate care including reablement
- Managing medicines in care homes
- Mental health problems in people with learning disabilities: prevention, assessment and management
- Older people with social care needs and multiple long-term conditions
- Oral health for adults in care homes
- People’s experience in adult social care services: improving the experience of care and support for people using adult social care services
- Social Work with Adults Experiencing Complex Needs: Guidance (NICE)
- Transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs
- Transition between inpatient mental health and community and care home settings
- Transition from children’s to adults’ services for young people using health or social care services
Skills for Care and Skills for Health
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
- Assessment: Financial crime against vulnerable adults
- Care Act 2014
- Co-production: What it is and how to do it (SCIE)
- Dignity in Care
- Examples of Co-production in Social Care (animated film, SCIE)
- Gaining access to an adult suspected to be at risk of neglect or abuse
- Safeguarding Adults: Sharing Information
- Self-neglect at a glance
- Shared Lives: Resources for Social Workers
Think Local, Act Personal
Other Organisations
- Better Care Fund, Local Government Association
- Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years on, Institute of Health Equity
- Examples of Reasonable Adjustments in Practice. Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Time Away From Caring: Good Practice in Carer Breaks – Resources – Carers Trust
- Whistleblowing Guidance for Workers and Employers in Health and Social Care, Whistleblowing Helpline
