Sentences with phrase «authority social services departments»

Protection is currently provided to care home residents by a variety of means, notably the comprehensive regulatory system created by the Care Standards Act 2000, which is complemented by the work of local authority social services departments.

We have also been successful in numerous challenges of Local Authority Social Services departments, both inside and outside London, compelling them to provide appropriate support, including emergency accommodation and care / support services.

The way that local authority social services departments handle inter-racial adoptions has also been controversial.

If there were truly issues surrounding consent and child protection, then of course the state has a duty to investigate, but given that Kerry and Mark have been deemed perfectly capable of parenting by another local authority social services department it is difficult to see this as anything but a deliberate restriction of freedoms based solely on Kerry having a mild learning disability.

Not exact matches

* Collaborative proposal with Idaho Department of Health Welfare, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Oregon Health Authority

You can also contact the hospital Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) or your social services department (through your local authority) for information about local organisations that may be able to help.

Key partners include: Greater Buffalo - Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC), Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT); Erie County, Niagara County, City of Buffalo, City of Niagara Falls, Association of Erie County Governments, Niagara County Supervisors Association, University at Buffalo Regional Institute and Urban Design Project (UBRI / UDP), Daemen College Center for Sustainable Communities and Civic Engagement (CSCCE), VOICE Buffalo, Local Initiatives Support Corporation Buffalo (LISC), Western New York Environmental Alliance (WNYEA), Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, The John R. Oishei Foundation, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC), Belmont Housing Resources for WNY, Inc. (Belmont), Buffalo Niagara Partnership (BNP), Empire State Development, New York State Department of State, Division of Smart Growth, Niagara County Department of Social Services, and Niagara Falls Housing Authority.

Authorities said Gamble stole nearly $ 53,000 in Medicaid benefits from the county's Department of Social Services between August 2004 and April 2008.

The DA's Office is in the midst of an investigation aimed at the Waldron Terrace Housing Complex in Central Nyack and have hit pay dirt as the seven defendants — who range in age from 26 to 55 — are accused of stealing over $ 300,000 in benefits, and for falsifying applications submitted to, the Village of Nyack Housing Authority and the Rockland County Department of Social Services between 2002 and 2012, making it possible for each to fraudulently receive a variety of public assistance benefits.

Legislator Patrick Burke, D - Buffalo, and Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo, C - West Seneca, introduced a new proposal last week that asks the Department of Social Services to determine whether they have the legal authority to withhold payments to landlords of low - income rentals to compel property owners to allow interior inspections and address existing lead hazards.

«The department of social services sends out a social worker,» he says, describing the usual procedure after a doctor reports a possible SBS case to the authorities.

On the same date the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) introduced revised statutory guidance for care and supervision order proceedings («Court Orders» of the Children Act guidance under s 7 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970) and a new practice direction for the use and instruction of experts in family proceedings relating to children.

[2008] UKHL 14, [2008] All ER (D) 390 (Feb) makes plain the crucial need for local authority housing and social services departments to compile joint protocols for assessing the needs of homeless 16 - and 17 - year - olds, to ensure that the appropriate agency takes responsibility, that adequate care is provided and ultimately to prevent them from being passed from pillar to post.

Department of Health guidance provides that local authorities should consult service users before increasing charges and «where changes in charging policies would result in significant increases in charge for some users, this should be specifically explained and considered as part of the consultation» (see Fairer Charging Policies for Home Care and other Non-Residential Social Services, Department of Health 22 February 2002).

Your first port of call should be your Local Authority (via Gov UK)- contact its social services department or contact centre to arrange an assessment of your needs.

Most agencies are part of the local authority children's services (in England and Wales) or social work (in Scotland) department.