These documents are intended to serve as illustrative examples only. The council shall not be held responsible or liable for any modifications or adaptations, of these documents. Any changes made to such documents are undertaken at the sole discretion of the Provider, who remains fully responsible for ensuring that any adapted materials comply with applicable laws, regulations, and contractual obligations.
General procedures and guidelines
The following documents can be used by adult social care services providers to monitor their performance and make improvements to their services:
- Risk Notification Return guidance tool
- Risk Notification Return form
- PERSON approach to professionals visiting a care home
- Quality assessment tool
- Provider improvement plan
- Levels of support provided to providers
- Service continuity plans
- Memorandum of understanding
Note: If an organisation alters or amends any of these documents for their own use the council is no longer liable for the information contained within them.
Safe use of the internet guidelines
The following documents provide guidance on internet safety in care homes and domiciliary care settings:
- Be Safe Think Safe information pack on internet safety
- internet safety for provider staff and volunteers
Useful website links:
Other useful links
- Care Connected
- Central Alerting System - NHS website
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards factsheet - Age UK
- Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
- Infection Prevention Control
- Joint Multi-Agency Safeguarding Adults Policy and Procedures - Trixonline
- Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
- Skills for Care
- Strategic housing needs assessment: people with learning disabilities and autistic people
