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Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Needs assessments and care and rehabilitation plans - Assessment of care and rehabilitation needs

20: Co-ordinator to consult assessors

You could also call this:

"The person in charge must talk to experts who know the person's needs to plan their care."

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When you are looking at the needs of someone who requires care, a co-ordinator must talk to certain people. The co-ordinator must talk to the person who already assessed the care recipient's condition, if that is possible. The co-ordinator must also talk to the care manager of the care recipient.

The term assessor includes a health assessor, which is defined in the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003. You can find more information about this in that Act. This helps the co-ordinator understand who to consult when assessing care needs.

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Part 3Needs assessments and care and rehabilitation plans
Assessment of care and rehabilitation needs

20Co-ordinator to consult assessors

  1. The co-ordinator must assess the needs of a care recipient in consultation with,—

  2. wherever possible, the assessor or assessors who assessed the care recipient's condition; and
    1. the care manager of the care recipient.

      1. In this section, assessor includes a health assessor within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003.