October 2020

Coronavirus / COVID-19

Click on COVID-19 for a list of chapters which are either new or have been amended as a result of legislation and national guidance.

Below is the contents of the Manchester Adult Social Care Adults Policies, Procedures and Practice (APPP) Portal. It is divided into sections, each with a number of specific chapters. The different sections can be accessed by clicking on the arrow next to ‘Contents’ on the left of the screen. By clicking on the word ‘Contents’, all of the sections and chapters will be displayed.

Overview Local Responsibilities and Universal Services
First Contact and Identifying Needs Charging and Financial Assessment
Delivering Person Centred Care and Support Safeguarding
Mental Capacity and Mental Health Homelessness
Integration and Partnership Working Moving between Areas: Inter-Local Authority and Cross Border Issues
Local Policy Appendices

This section reflects the Care Act 2014 and the Care and Support Statutory Guidance (Department of Health and Social Care). In  particular Promoting Wellbeing, Preventing, Delaying or Reducing Needs, Information and Advice and Market Shaping are some of the main areas which underpin the Act. In addition, this section includes local plans and strategies.

This section reflects the Care and Support Statutory Guidance (Department of Health and Social Care), but also other fundamental issues such as information sharing, user involvement – which is key to the ethos of the Care Act – and staff engagement.

Care and Support Statutory Guidance: Annexes