Coronavirus guidance for adult social care

COVID-19 guidance for social care

Government guidance - recent & upcoming changes (opens new window)

Winter planning

• Adult social care: Our COVID-19 winter plan 2020-2021 - 18/09/20

Direct payments and personal health budgets

• Using direct payments during COVID-19 full guidance for people receiving direct payments and PAs -updated 11/09/20
• Using direct payments during the coronavirus outbreak:the most important things to know - updated 11/09/20
• Coronavirus:Guidance for people receiving direct payments updated, including easy read version -updated 11/09/20
• Personal Assistant Covid-19 testing user guide (opens new window) 28/4/20
• Coronavirus - getting tested (opens new window) updated 06/7/20

Supported living 

• Supported Living Services 06/08/20

Care Homes support and testing 

• Admission and care of people in a care home (opens new window)  updated 19/06/2020
• Care Home and Home Care testing information chart (opens new window)
• Care Home testing referral form (opens new window)

Changes to the law

• Care Act easements: guidance for local authorities  revised guidance 1/09/20
• Ethical framework for adult social care (opens new window) 19/3/20
• Coronavirus bill (opens new window) 23/04/20

Guidance for adult social care commissioners and providers

• Risk Assessment Framework for adult social care employers (opens new window) 19/06/2020
• Shielding extremely vulnerable people from COVID-19 (opens new window) updated 07/7/20
• Covid 19: How to work safely in domiciliary care (opens new window)  updated 15/6/20 
• Adult social care action plan (opens new window)  updated16/4/20

Guidance for unpaid carers and individual employers

• Guidance for PAs returning from shielding (pdf) 8/20
• Guidance for those who provide unpaid care to friends or family (opens new window) 08/4/20

TLAP framework for what good looks like  

• COVID-19 Making it Real I statements pdf (opens new window)
• COVID-19 Making it Real We statements pdf (opens new window)
• Care Act easements 

Other useful resources

• Guide to furlough leave job retention scheme (opens new window) Mark Bates Ltd
• Guide for self employed service providers in homecare (opens new window) Mark Bates Ltd
• Managing coronavirus issues at work - Guide to individual employers (opens new window) Mark Bates Ltd
• EasyRead on social distancing (opens new window) from Easy Read info