Adults with learning disabilities |
The Adults with Learning Disabilities business unit, as
part of the adult and consumer care care portfolio, delivers a
range of services to meet our statutory requirements under the
community care and other related legislation.
Telford & Wrekin Primary Care Trust and Telford & Wrekin
Council, in conjunction with the Learning Disability Partnership
Board have developed a
strategy for adults with learning disabilities, to set out the
vision and direction for the next three
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Our primary functions are:
- To protect vulnerable adults who live in the local
community, and to provide social work support to adults with
learning disabilities and their carers within the Telford and
Wrekin area.
- To co-ordinate an assessment and care management service that
identifies need and monitors care for individuals.
- To develop a multi-disciplinary approach to care, and to review
all care packages as required.
- To promote and assist with service changes and new initiatives
to meet identified needs.
- To involve users, carers and other relevant people in all
aspects of assessment and service delivery.
- To support individuals and carers to live in their own
community.
- To monitor and support residential placements, including those
outside the council's area.
Overview of Services
Joint Community
Learning Disability Team
- Provide an assessment and care management, and review service
or adults with learning disabilities.
- Provide specialist nursing assessment and support.
- Once eligibility for service has been established, we will
directly provide or purchase care and support services for adults
with a learning disability and their carers.
- Provide advice, information and some services for those whose
needs fall below our eligibility threshold.
The team is multi-discipliniary and works in partnership
with
colleagues from
South
Staffordshire & Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
who provide psychology, psychiatry, occupational therapy, speech
& language therapy and physiotherapy.
The team also link with other services within the Council:
Person Centred Planning & Transition
- To develop Person Centred Planning for adults with learning
disabilities and to use PCP's as a vehicle to support the
transition from children's services to adulthood.
Mental Impairment Rehabilitation and Advisory Service
(MIRAS)
- Supports people with a learning disability who offend and as
such are deemed to have a mental impairment (Mental Health Act
1983). Provides assessment and care management and specialist
service provision, including accommodation, access to work,
education and leisure.
Community Support Services
- Provides support to adults with learning disabilities living in
their own tenancies or under licence with a number of Registered
Social Landlords.
Residential Services
- Provides residential services at Carwood in Stirchley and
Downing House in Wellington for adults with a learning
disability.
Adult Placement (shared care)
- Provides respite and long term placements for adults with
learning disabilities with an adult placement
carer.
What other services are available?
How to contact us:
The Joint Community Learning Disability Team is
based at
40 Tan Bank, Wellington, Telford TF1 1HW.
Tel: 01952 381420
Fax: 01952 381421
Email:
adultlearningdisabilityteam@telford.gov.uk
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| Please note - Some documents published before
1st December 2006 may contain incorrect contact
numbers. |
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