Adult social care assessments and care planning for people with mental health problems - Find a freedom of information request

1. Name of Local Authority / Health and Social Care Trust with responsibility for adult social care assessment:

2. Which team(s) takes responsibility for adult social care assessments and care planning for people with mental health problems (working age and older adults) within your local authority / Trust?

Please select all that apply:

☐ Local authority team - specialist mental health team

☐ Local authority team - generic social care assessment team

☐ NHS team - seconded or co-located local authority staff (please name NHS Trust(s)): ¬___________

☐ NHS team - NHS staff (please name NHS Trust(s)):_______________________________________

☐ External provider (please name provider):_______________________________________________

☐ Other (please name provider):________________________________________________________

3. Do you use a specific named model or approach to undertake adult social care assessments for people with mental health problems (working age and older adults)?

☐ Yes - please describe which model, approach, framework or tools you use.

☐ No - please describe your procedure for undertaking your social care assessments

4. Would you be interested in receiving information about participating in future research on adult social care assessments (subject to funding from NIHR) or the report from this study? Please select all that apply:

☐ Yes, I'm interested in future research - please provide your name and email address:

☐ Yes, I'd like to receive the report from this study - please provide your name and email address:

Lincolnshire County Council commissions Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (LPFT) to provide the specialist adult mental health social care service, through a S75 arrangement, details of which are published.

The process is underpinned by a strengths-based model to assessment, care and support planning, based on the principles of the Care Act 2014.