The adults team has expertise in
offering advice and information, support and counselling, and
assistance to service users and their carers. We provide a
confidential service to adults, dealing with a wide variety of
issues.
If you have a mental health problem, learning
disability, physical disability or problems associated with caring
for someone, social workers are able to advise you on the help that
is available.
You can receive an assessment of your needs, which may involve
discussing with a social worker different areas of your life. After
your assessment a social worker will work with you to create a
'care plan' of the help and services you can receive.
Self assessment - If you are interested in any
of our adults services you can now refer yourself by filling in the
following form and returning it to us.
Download the self referral and assessment form
here (156kb)
Download our Better Care Higher Standards
document (645kb)
Other sites
The adults team aims to provide service users with services
that:
- Promote welfare
- Protect the vulnerable
- Support carers to care
- Challenge discrimination
- Maintain independence
Our services include:
-
Needs
assessment by social services
- The need assessment is a programme carried by the local
authority to try to establish the needs of an individual who
requires help from social services and to arrange services to meet
their needs.
-
Protection of vulnerable
adults
- The adult protection procedure aims to provide a system that a
range of organisations or individuals can use to report and respond
to situations where it is suspected, alleged or known that a
vulnerable adult has been abused
-
Support for
adults with HIV
- This service provides a confidential service, counselling and
emotional support, financial advice and practical advice to people
diagnosed with HIV.