Community Care Resources
COMMUNITY CARE LEGAL RESOURCES
PERSONS FROM ABROAD
Some of the primary legislation
Useful links
Migrant Children’s Project Newsletter (Children’s Legal Centre)
Accessing Accommodation and Housing Support (Shelter Guide June 2012)
Guidance on entitlement to NHS treatment for Asylum seekers in the UK
Asylum Aid: Resources and links relating to HIV/AIDS and women’s issues.
Family Rights Group Advice Sheets for Asylum Seeking Families and their children
Refugee Action: campaigning for better treatment of refugees and asylum-seekers in the UK
ADULT SERVICES
CHILDREN’S SERVICES
HEALTH CARE
VULNERABLE ADULTS
Some of the primary legislation
MENTAL HEALTH
Some of the primary legislation
Useful links
Mental Health Law Online: case law, legislation and general information
Court of Protection resources (includes practice directions, rules and guidance)
British Institute of Human Rights: guide to the human rights of those with mental health problems
Revolving Doors (Charity for those with mental health issues and histories of offending)
MIND (includes detailed guides to Some of the primary legislation)
Rethink Mental Illness: guide to the mental health legislation
COMMUNITY CARE
COURT OF PROTECTION
ROMANI GYPSY AND TRAVELLER RIGHTS
Useful links
WELFARE BENEFITS
Useful links
National Statistics Report: DWP Reports on Fraud and Error in the Benefits System
DWP guidance to Local Authorities – Urgent Bulletin No HB/CTB U6/2011
Universal Credit: welfare that works: Government White Paper (Nov 2010)
Consultation Responses to 21st Century Welfare (DWP, Nov 2010)
Social Security, Child Support and Pensions Appeal Commissioners (Commissioners Decisions from 2000 onwards)