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Adult
carers
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The local authority provides advice and support for
adult carers who care for the elderly, children with
special needs and adults with physical or learning
disabilities. Carers may be entitled to receive
additional help and support for their own needs from
the local authority.
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Adult
placement schemes
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The Adult Placement Scheme helps approved Adult
Placement Carers (ordinary people from the local
community) to share their home and time with someone
in need. It is similar to fostering but for adults.
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Advocacy for
carers
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Provision of advice, counselling and support for
those who are caring for adults or children with
special needs. Advocacy on behalf of carers may
include raising awareness of carers issues and
helping to keep them on the agenda of all relevant
agencies, setting out key values and principles for
services to carers in the form of a local Carers
Charter and improving the quality and increasing the
availability of information to carers.
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Advocacy for
social services clients
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Providing access to someone who can advocate on
behalf of a social services client to ensure that
they receive equal rights by writing letters, making
phone calls, liaising with relevant agencies etc. on
the clients behalf.
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Care -
alternative providers
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There are number of independent agencies who provide
care that the local authority has approved and use
depending on the need of the person.
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Managing
personal financial affairs
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Administering the financial affairs of people who may
be living in their own home or a residential home who
are having difficulty managing their own affairs. As
appointee the council will arrange to receive their
income from the Benefits Agency and pay their bills.
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Respite care
for adults
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Carers and the people they are caring for may be
entitled to respite care in the form of a temporary
place in residential accommodation or provision of an
alternative qualified carer to give both the carer
and their families a break.
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Shared
care for adults
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Shared Care offers short term care to adults who are
unable to live on their own (without a full-time
carer) and the people who care for them. The care can
vary in length from a few hours up to a maximum of
two weeks at a time and is provided by people
approved by Social Services to be shared carers.
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Vetting of
contract and supplier staff
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The CRB has access to personal records held by the
Police, the Department of Health, and the Department
for Education and Skills ensuring the best possible
scrutiny of applicants. In Scotland Disclosure
Scotland provides a valuable service protecting the
vulnerable people in our society by helping
organisations make safer recruitment decisions when
duties involve contact with children or adults at
risk. Disclosure Scotland in conjunction with the
Scottish Criminal Records Office (SCRO) run checks
against the Scottish Criminal History System (CHS)
and the UK wide Police National Computer system (PNC)
in order to ensure the best possible scrutiny of
applicants . Disclosure certificates contain details
about an applicants' criminal convictions and
Enhanced Disclosure Certificates can, in certain
circumstances, contain non-conviction information.
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Young
carers - support and advice
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The local authority Social Services team offer young
carers and their families support information and
advice. The service provides recreational respite,
advocacy, a befriending service and therapeutic
support to young people who have caring
responsibilities for a relative with a long-term
illness or disability.
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