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Welcome to Simply Social Work! Whilst we are a new company, we are by no means new to Social Work. Simply Social Work is the culmination of ten years of Independent Social Work practice for Gary Crisp and Neil Courtney. Meeting whilst working on a hospital discharge project in 2014, Gary and Neil’s Social Work […]
Following an independent review of the Human Rights Act, on 14th December 2021, the Government have started a consultation period for their proposed changes to the Human Rights Act. Their intention is to replace the current Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights. You can find out more information by visiting their website which […]
We can assist your local authority with care and support assessments and reviews. Since the implementation of the Care Act in 2015, it has placed a duty upon local authorities to undertake an assessment of an adults’ care needs if it appears that they require an assessment. The information gathered is then used to develop […]
On 16th December 2021, the Department of Health and Social Care (in a letter from Helen Tabiner – Deputy Director, Service Quality) formally confirmed what most people had suspected for several months now. The Liberty Protection Safeguards will not be implemented from April 2022 as planned. They confirmed that a public consultation on the draft Mental […]
As a Social Worker, you may be asked from time to time to complete a COP3 mental capacity assessment. You may have completed several mental capacity assessments in the past but not come across a COP3 assessment before. If this is the case this short guide will assist you. This guide has been updated since […]
What is a social care needs assessment? At Simply Social Work / Gary Crisp Consultants, we pride ourselves on the quality of our social care needs assessments and complete them for adults and children. It is one of our areas of expertise and one of our directors, Gary Crisp has achieved the Cardiff University Bond […]
In January 2022, Simply Social Work will be launched by Gary Crisp and Neil Courtney. Gary and Neil are both Consultant Social Workers and their expertise spans children and adult social work. Simply Social Work is a private Social Work company and will amalgamate the services that Gary and Neil already provide to members of […]
If you have arrived here whilst looking for a reliable company to complete a testamentary mental capacity assessment, then Google has directed you to the wrong page… but the right company! Please visit out testamentary capacity page or email hello@simplysocialwork.co.uk for further details. Health and social care professionals will be familiar with mental capacity assessments. […]
Is the test in the Mental Capacity Act the correct test of capacity when a person creates a will? An interesting judgement was published this week, the ongoing case of Clitheroe v Bond. It was particularly interesting for the lengths that Mrs Justice Faulke went, to clarify the correct test to use when assessing a […]
What is a mental capacity assessor? A mental capacity assessor, quite simply is a professional who assesses a person’s mental capacity. Mental capacity is the term used to identify whether a person can make any decision. Often, a mental capacity assessor is a Social Worker or Psychiatrist because it sits within their areas of expertise […]
If you are an attorney (Lasting Power of Attorney), deputy or care home manager, you may have a role to play (in addition to completing your own form) in the upcoming census. Census 2021 is Sunday 21st March 2021 and households are starting to receive a letter with details about how to complete the census […]
What does mental capacity mean? Every day we make hundreds of decisions and most of the time we don’t even notice we’re doing it. If we are hot, we open the window… if we are hungry, we have something to eat… if we don’t like what we are wearing, we change out clothes. Much of […]
The Liberty Protection Safeguards is a new scheme intended to replace the current Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards for people who are deprived of their liberty within the context of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Although delayed, the implementation of the new LPS scheme is April 2022 and there is still much […]
Let’s face it, 2020 hasn’t been great by anyone’s standards. In fact it’s been pretty horrendous for most, none less than care home residents and their families. Like many, I’ve had personal experience and during the course of my work, spoken with countless families who have experienced the loss and tragedy that we have seen. […]
Yesterday, we woke to the news that one of the COVID-19 vaccines has been approved by the Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). We also heard that The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) have advised that care home residents (older adults) will be among the first to be offered the vaccine as […]
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