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People - adults and housing policies and strategies

Adult care policies

Explore our adult care policies, including assessments, eligibility, care funding, direct payments, complaints procedures and support services.
Learn how to make a complaint, give feedback or raise concerns about adult social care services and how we will respond.
Read our vision and priorities for adult social care in Dorset and how we plan to support people to live well and independently.
Find out how we assess what you can afford to contribute towards the cost of your care and support services.
Learn about your options when arranging care and support and how we help people make informed choices about care.
Find out how deferred payment agreements can help you pay for residential care without selling your home immediately.
Learn how direct payments give you more choice and control over arranging and managing your care and support.
Find out how we assess adult social care needs and determine eligibility for care and support services.
Learn how carers are assessed for support and how eligibility decisions are made under the Care Act.
Find out how individual service funds can be used to manage care budgets while maintaining choice and flexibility.
Read how we promote good nutrition and hydration to support health, wellbeing and independence in adult social care.
Learn how we protect people’s property and belongings when urgent action is needed to safeguard their wellbeing.
Find information about after-care support provided under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act and who is eligible.
Understand our approach to maintaining continuity of care when services are disrupted or providers are unable to continue.

Adults commissioning policies

Our policies and strategies, covering care and support services, carers, housing, commissioning principles and provider continuity.

Read our strategy for improving adult social care and helping people live independent, fulfilling lives in Dorset.
Learn how we support unpaid carers and improve services that help them maintain their health and wellbeing.
Read a summary of Dorset's Extra Care Housing Strategic Statement, including future housing needs, key priorities and planned developments.
Read our long-term plans for extra care housing and meeting future housing needs across Dorset.
Learn about the principles that guide how we commission adult social care and support services in Dorset.
Understand our approach to maintaining continuity of care when services are disrupted or providers are unable to continue.

Community safety policies

These policies and strategies explain how we work with partners to make Dorset safer. They cover preventing crime, supporting victims, reducing harm, and helping people live safely in their communities.

Sets out the priorities, objectives and partnership approach for improving community safety across Dorset, including preventing crime, reducing harm and protecting vulnerable people.
Explains the latest community safety priorities and actions being taken by local partners to respond to emerging risks and issues affecting Dorset communities.
Describes how organisations across Dorset will work together to prevent domestic abuse, support victims and survivors, and hold perpetrators to account.
Sets out the partnership response to preventing and reducing serious violence through early intervention, collaboration and targeted support.
Outlined how local agencies worked together to reduce reoffending by supporting rehabilitation, addressing underlying causes of crime and improving outcomes for offenders.
Explains the shared approach to reducing reoffending, helping people successfully reintegrate into society and improving community safety across Dorset.

Housing policies

These policies and strategies explain how we provide housing services, allocate housing, support people at risk of homelessness and improve housing standards across Dorset.

Explains who can join the housing register, how applications are assessed and how available social housing is allocated.
Explains the previous arrangements for assessing housing need, managing the housing register and allocating social housing.
Describes how the council works with owners and partners to reduce the number of long-term empty properties and increase the supply of available homes.
Sets out the council's approach to preventing homelessness, supporting people at risk and reducing rough sleeping across Dorset.
Defines the minimum facilities, space and amenity standards expected in houses in multiple occupation to ensure safe and suitable living conditions.
Explains how the council uses its enforcement powers to improve housing conditions and ensure compliance with housing legislation.
Sets out how the council investigates housing standards issues and tenancy rights breaches, and when enforcement action may be taken.
Provides the council's long-term vision and priorities for housing, including affordability, quality, homelessness prevention and meeting future housing needs.
Outlined the approach to tenancy arrangements across former Dorset housing authorities and the principles used when granting tenancies.
Explains the fees and charges associated with the licensing and regulation of park home sites.
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Sets out the financial assistance, grants and support available to help residents maintain, adapt or improve their homes.
Provides guidance to registered providers on tenancy types, tenancy lengths and the management of social housing tenancies across Dorset.