• Adult Social Care

    Supporting Adults with NRPF: Duties and Best Practice

    0% complete
    0% complete
    Resume

    Course overview

    Eligibility: This course is open to South Gloucestershire Council staff only.

    Supporting Adults with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF): Social Care Duties and Best Practice. 

    This in-depth course is essential for social workers responsible for assessing and meeting the care and support needs of adults with no recourse to public funds, and for other practitioners who need an understanding of the relevant legislation or want to improve practice.

    • Who has ‘no recourse to public funds’ and what this means.
    • When accommodation and financial support can be provided to an adult with no recourse to public funds under the Care Act 2014.
    • What to consider when assessing the care and support needs of an adult with no recourse to public funds.
    • How to effectively meet an adult’s needs through the provision of accommodation and financial support.
    • When schedule 3 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 places a bar on the provision of local authority support and how to determine - through a human rights assessment - whether support can be provided or withheld.
    • How to assist patients with no recourse to public funds who are being discharged from hospital.
    • Who can access healthcare, including continuing healthcare and section 117 mental health aftercare.
    • How to identify an appropriate pathway off support and help a person to achieve this.

    Learning outcomes

    As a result of this course, you will have knowledge and skills in the following areas:

    • To understand how immigration status affects entitlement to services
    • To be able to establish when accommodation and financial support can be provided to an adult with no recourse to public funds under the Care Act 2014
    • To understand when and how to undertake a human rights assessment
    • To be able to apply best practice when working with adults who have no recourse to public funds.

    Charges

    This course is fully funded. When you sign up you'll be able to book your place for free.

    Please refer to our terms and conditions for more information.

    Show More Show Less

    Course activities to complete

    • If you are eligible for this course, please go to the top of this page and click sign up, you’ll then be able to book a place and access the activities below.


    • View and choose course dates Booking
      Students must
      Book and attend at least 1 event(s)
    • Pre-coursework and course documents Folder
    Show More