Common Care Plan Recording Requirements - under Part 4 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014

Sep 1, 2026

Guidance for recording and filing the information that underpins care and support plans and support plans under Part 4 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014. It sets out duties for preparing plans where eligibility criteria are met, specifies what assessment information must be included, and defines required contents such as eligible needs, personal outcomes, actions, monitoring baselines, and review arrangements. It also covers direct payments, safeguarding enquiry conclusions, handling refusals, consent for information sharing, documenting related plans, and review cycles for children and adults.

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Duty to prepare a care and support plan

Information from the assessment

Content of the care and support plan

Direct payments

Safeguarding

Additional information

Other plans

Reviews of the care and support plan

Recording personal outcomes

The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 National Assessment and Eligibility Tool Common Recording Requirements for Care and Support Plans and Support Plans, under Part 4 of the Act Links Code of Practice on Meeting Needs (Part 4): HYPERLINK "http://gov.wales/docs/phhs/publications/160106pt4en.pdf" http://gov.wales/docs/phhs/publications/160106pt4en.pdf The Care and Support (Care Planning) (Wales) Regulations 2015 HYPERLINK "http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1335/pdfs/wsi_20151335_mi.pdf" http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1335/pdfs/wsi_20151335_mi.pdf National Assessment and Eligibility Tool HYPERLINK "http://www.ccwales.org.uk/national-assessment-and-eligibility-tool/" http://www.ccwales.org.uk/national-assessment-and-eligibility-tool/ Note – In this document, the term “care and support plan” refers to both care and support plans and support plans, unless stated otherwise. Duty to prepare a care and support plan See paragraphs 60-64 of the HYPERLINK "http://gov.wales/docs/phhs/publications/160106pt4en.pdf" code A local authority is required to prepare a care and support plan for people whose needs meet the eligibility criteria, or their needs must be met for another reason (such as protection from abuse), where that person is unlikely to achieve their personal outcomes unless the local authority provides or arranges care and support to meet an identified need. 1 Information from the assessment The core data set and other information from the assessment should be saved or filed with the care and support plan, including any mental capacity or Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) considerations and details of the Lead Assessment Co-ordinator. 2 Content of the care and support plan See paragraphs 76-95 of the HYPERLINK "http://gov.wales/docs/phhs/publications/160106pt4en.pdf" code General content: (a) the person’s eligible needs (from the assessment), (b) the personal outcomes (from the assessment), (c) the actions to be taken by the local authority, and the actions to be taken by other persons, to help the person achieve the personal outcomes or to otherwise meet their eligible needs (from the assessment), (d) the arrangements for monitoring the extent to which the personal outcomes have been achieved (this should include the baseline score for how a person is feeling in relation to their personal outcomes from the assessment), and (e) the arrangements for the review of the plan (see section 4). Direct payments See paragraph 86 of the HYPERLINK "http://gov.wales/docs/phhs/publications/160106pt4en.pdf" code Where some or all of the person’s needs are to be met by making direct payments, a care and support plan must also contain a description of: (a) the eligible needs which are to be met by direct payments, and (b) the amount and frequency of the direct payments. Safeguarding See paragraph 87 of the HYPERLINK "http://gov.wales/docs/phhs/publications/160106pt4en.pdf" code Where enquiries have been made by the local authority in accordance with its duty under section 126(2) of the Act (adults at risk) or section 47 of the Children Act 1989 (children at risk), the care and support plan for the individual who is the subject of those enquiries must contain a record of the conclusion of the enquiries. Additional information Record the reasons and date if person has refused a care and support plan If care and support plan is developed when the person has refused, please explain the reasons, (see paragraphs 53-55 of the HYPERLINK "http://gov.wales/docs/phhs/publications/160106pt4en.pdf" code) Confirmation that person agrees to what is recorded (this could include a note of differing views of practitioner and person, family, etc.) Confirmation that a copy of the care and support plan is given to the person to whom it relates and to any person authorised to act on behalf of that person Consent to information contained in the care and support plan being shared between relevant prac

FAQs

What must be saved or filed with the care and support plan after the assessment?

The core data set and other information from the assessment should be saved or filed with the plan, including any mental capacity or Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) considerations and details of the Lead Assessment Co-ordinator.

What information must a care and support plan include when needs are met through direct payments?

It must describe the eligible needs to be met by direct payments and the amount and frequency of the direct payments.

How should reviews of a care and support plan be recorded and when must they occur?

The plan must include an agreed next review date and a record of action following each review. It must be reviewed if it appears not to meet eligible needs, and at least every 6 months for children and every 12 months for adults, with agreed date, actual date, reasons, and chosen action.

Sep 1, 2026

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