The Department of Health has issued a series of factsheets to accompany Part 1 of the Care Act 2014.They provide an overview and the duties and powers local authorities will have in the future: Factsheets accompany Part 1 of the Care Act 2014: provide an overview and the duties and powers local authorities will have in the future. Factsheet 1: General responsibilities Factsheet 2: Who is entitled to care and support Factsheet 3: Assessments and eligibility Factsheet 4: Care and support planning Factsheet 5: Charging Factsheet 6: Funding reform Factsheet 7: Safeguarding Factsheet 8: Carers Factsheet 9: Continuity of care Factsheet 10: Market oversight and provider failure Factsheet 11:...

Creative Support is hosting a big music festival on Saturday 12th July at the Arena in Stourbridge from 11.00 – 4.00. There will be live music, a Jamaican barbecue and finger food, plus different activities centred around music going on. The event is open to the whole of the community across Dudley and Creative Support is hoping to see as many people as possible coming to enjoy the music, food and activities. The event is part of a national free music festival being hed between 11 -13 July www.ourbiggig.co.uk Event Poster  Creative Support is a  provider of person centred social care services for people with learning disabilities, mental health and other needs....

Eleven new Heads of Adult Social Care Inspections have now been appointed to support the Care Quality Commission to transform the way adult social care services are regulated and inspected. Read more...

Disability Rights UK has published a useful timeline of when benefit rules are likely to change. read...

Think Local Act Personal has now updated its partnership agreement. The partnership agreement draws upon learning from more than six years of implementing personalisation and sets a framework for how a national partnership of people and organisations will go forward from 2014-17.   EasyRead version available. Documents TLAP Partnership Agreement (pdf – 680Kb) (opens new window) EasyRead TLAP Partnership Agreement (pdf – 1.58Mb) (opens new...