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This document sets out how professionals conducting adult social care needs assessments can:

• use the flexibility within the Care Act 2014 to be innovative in practice (while adhering to the legal requirements of the act)
• consider a range of assessment approaches leading to the best outcomes for people in need of care and support

This guide includes a series of suggestions and case studies to help practitioners understand how they can undertake appropriate and proportionate strengths-based assessments.

This is a supplementary guide to the Care Act 2014 and the Care and support statutory guidance.