The Coronavirus Act and Care Act easements

We know social workers are working harder than ever in the challenging conditions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. To help meet your need for information and guidance we’re developing a mini-series of podcasts and webinars about coronavirus and how it’s affecting social work practice.

Our expert guest was Tim Spencer-Lane, a lawyer who specialises in mental capacity, mental health and social care law. He is also Community Care Inform Adults’ legal editor and a senior lecturer at Kingston University.

The episode covers:
- How the Coronavirus Act applies to both new and existing service users.
- How to ensure individuals’ human rights, under the European Convention on Human Rights, aren’t breached if stage 4 of the Care Act easements are introduced.
- The implications for practice of the Care Act easements on the Care Act’s duty to promote wellbeing.

Community Care Inform subscribers can access additional resources and a written transcript on the Inform website.