Quality Standards for Social Care Services
Standards for Social Care Services
Commission for Social Care Inspection
All services provided by local authorities with social services responsibility operate to a set of minimum standards. These are set by the Department of Health and regularly monitored by the Commission for Social Care Inspection, please see Inspection of Adult Services
Key Legislation and Guidelines
Tameside Adult Services also must abide by certain Key Legislation (Acts) www.opsi.gov.uk/acts.htm 
and guidelines:
Adult Services
- Access to Justice Act 1999
- Carers and Disabled Children Act) 2000
- Carers (Equal Opportunities Act 2006
- Care Standards Act 2000
- Children Act 1989
- Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
- Community Care Act 1990
- Data Protection Act 1984
- Delayed Discharges Act 2003
- Direct Payments Act 2001
- Disabled Persons Act 1986
- Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Freedom of Information Act
- Human Rights Act 1998
- Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Act 1999, 2002 and 2006
- Local Government and health Public Involvement Act 2007
- Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Mental Health Act 1983
- National Assistance Act 1948
- National Care Standards Act 2000
- NHS act 1977 and 1999
- Tribunals, Courts and Enforecement Act 2007
- Welfare Reform Act 2007
Key National Guidance
- Continuing Health Care (NHS and LA responsibilities)
- Fair Access to Care Services
- Independence, Well-being and Choice
- Information for Social care
- Fair Access to care Services
- Fairer Charging
- Health Improvement and health Inequalities Strategy
- Local Area Agreements (LAA)
- Local Policy Agenda
- Modernising Social Services - Promoting Independence, Improving Protection, Raising Standards
- Modernising Local Government - Strong Local Leadership - Quality Public Services
- National Care Standards
- No Secrets
- NSF Long Term Conditions
- Our Health, Our Care, Our Say
- Planning and Priorities Framework
- PSA Delivery Agreement 16
- PSA Delivery Agreement 17
- PSA Delivery Agreement 18
- PSA Delivery Agreement 19
- Public Service Agreements
- Putting People First
- Risk Independence and Choice
- Safeguarding Adults - A National Framework of Standards
- Supporting People
- Tameside Community Strategy 2003/2013
- Transforming Social Care
- Valuing People and Valuing People Now
Children and Families Service
- Children Act 1989
- Care Standards Act 2000
- Adoption and Children Act 2002
- Leaving Care Act 2000
- Working together to Safeguard Children 1999
- Police Act 1997
- Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need 2000
- Every Child Matters 2004
Other guidance:
Performance Assessment Framework
Performance Assessment Framework is used by Commission for Social Care Inspection to monitor and assess performance within Social Services departments.
The purposes of performance assessment are to:
- promote improvement in the quality of care to service users;
- support effective performance management of social services in local councils;
- provide annual independent judgements of the performance of local councils with social care responsibilities;
- establish what action each council needs to take to improve the quality of their social care services;
- provide information to service users and the general public about the performance of their local council in providing social services;
- assess progress in implementing the Government's policies for social care.
More information on Performance Assessment Framework
This documents sets down standards against services for adults over the age of 18 provided by Adult Services, Housing and Health.