The Supreme Court's judgment on deprivation of liberty

You may be aware that the Supreme Court has recently issued a judgment which significantly changes the legal approach to determining whether a person is deprived of their liberty. The judgement can be seen here A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 o….

We would encourage you to familiarise yourselves with the judgment and carefully consider the implications for your services and practice. Please see the following links for further information: CQC statement on the Supreme Court's judgment on deprivation of liberty - Care Quality Commission and 2026-UKSC-16-Summary-for-website.pdf.

We ask that you refer to this updated position when making any new referrals to the DoLS team.  In addition, as the change came into effect immediately from 2 June, please review any recent DoLS referrals you have made. You should consider whether, in light of this revised approach, any of these referrals may no longer be appropriate.

We hope this offers reassurance whilst we wait for additional National guidance to be disseminated.  At this stage we don’t have further information, but if you have a specific query, you can contact the MCA DoLS Duty Team at Dolforms@essex.gov.uk

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ECCs Recruitment Service for Providers

Our recruitment service for the care market uses the Essex Opportunities platform to promote careers in care and advertise vacancies. Through this service you can advertise your live vacancies on the website. 

Essex Opportunities is an employment website offering job and learning opportunities to people looking for jobs or a change of career. The new service offers candidates the opportunity to request support along the way, including CV writing , interview skills and applications. The team will work with delivery partners to actively promote your vacancies and opportunities within the wider sector.

How to advertise your vacancies

Upload your vacancies for free onto Adzuna

Where relevant please use 'Care Assistant' for your vacancies. This is for consistency and to support applicants searching for care roles on the site. 

Contact

If you have any questions please email us: marketportal@essex.gov.uk 

Last updated: 31/10/2024