1. National Children and Adult Services Conference A Guide to Getting Ready for Implementation of the Care Act 2015/16 David Pearson President of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) Corporate Director, Adult Social Care, Health and Public Protection, Nottinghamshire County Council

2. Money – 2015/16 Eligibility Carers Deferred Payments Early assessments Law reforms

3. Are we Ready? Overall it is a positive picture 97% of councils say that they are very or fairly confident that they will be able to deliver the Care Act Reforms from April 2015. Confidence has increased on all measures from Stocktake 1 to Stocktake 2, except costs However, there are some challenges and areas of concern Concerns about the total costs have increased - 55% report this as the biggest risk

4. Support Required IT Workforce Information and advice Carers Market shaping

5. Other issues  Assessment and eligibility  Communications and engagement  Providers and partners  Social care in prisons  Consultation on local policy

6. General Support Implementation support products commissioned in the summer will be available from the end of October Earlier and prompt information based on ‘engaging in the debate’ rather than being centrally decision led sharing Greater use of regional infrastructure to deliver support. £4m package to regions Change in the focus of implementation support to be sector- led, needs to be agile, in-depth and delivered at pace based around the support priorities identified in the stocktake From April 2015 change from implementation support for Part 1 changes to embedding these changes

7. Support Bespoke support Continued engagement with the authorities identified in the stocktakes Peer to peer support brokered through TEASC Bespoke peer challenge offer when requested or agreed necessary Aligned support Use TEASC protocols to align Care Act, Better Care Fund, Health and Wellbeing support offers to individual authorities across where required

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