This page contains various publications which you may find useful, these range from downloadable PDFs to paid booklets.
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Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) scheme in England and Wales for adult placement schemes, domiciliary care agencies and care homes: a practical guide provides guidance on, and background to, the POVA scheme with FAQs. It supercedes the previous guidance from 2006.
Individuals should be referred to, and included on, the POVA list if they have abused, neglected or otherwise harmed vulnerable adults in their care or placed vulnerable adults in their care at risk of harm. By making statutory checks against the list, providers of care must not offer such individuals employment in care positions. This version of the guidance supersedes the previous guidance published in 2006, as it takes account of two amendments:
an important note has been added to the front page of the guidance to draw attention to the POVA transitional arrangements from 20 January 2009, which will be in place until the new vetting and barring scheme is introduced. |
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The latest bulletin from My Home Life can be downloaded - click here
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How to get help if you are doing a lot to look after another person
December sees the release of a new resource pack from the Valuing People Support Team and the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities. The resource pack is released as part of the Mutual Caring Project. The guide helps people through the process of establishing firstly, whether they are a carer and secondly, what support they can get as a carer. It will be available on the Foundation website, click here. |
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