Client Finance Team - Referring a Case for a Court-Appointed Deputy

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    "description": "Nottinghamshire County Council is responsible for providing and commissioning adult social care and health services. One such service is that Nottinghamshire County Council regularly requires its in-house Client Finance Team to apply to the Court of Protection to become Deputy for Property and Financial Affairs for its Service Users who lack capacity to manage their own finances and where there are no family or friends, willing, able, or suitable to take the role on themselves.\\r\r\nA Deputy is someone who is appointed by the Court of Protection to manage the Property and Financial Affairs of a person. This will include managing the person\u0027s income and benefit entitlements, ensuring all bills are paid, and any property and investments are managed.\\r\r\nNottinghamshire County Council is looking to other Providers to take on some of the new cases it receives.\\r\r\nService Users who have over \u00a3100k in assets will be considered for a referral to Providers. However, there may be occasions where Service Users who have under \u00a3100k may be referred. This will only be done when the Service User\u0027s circumstances still warrant a professional Deputy.\\r\r\nAll deputyship referrals will need to follow the Court of Protection rules and guidance outlined at https://www.gov.uk/become-deputy\\r\r\n",
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