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General Adults Social Work Service
The team assess people under the 'Fair Access to Care Services' Guidelines.
The team works with
- Low level mental, physical or emotional health problems
- Aspergers syndrome/ Autism
- General acopia as a result of Alcohol/ Drugs misuse
- Personality Disorders
- HIV and sexual health
- Vulnerable Adults
The team also undertakes Adult Protection roles.
The Social Work Service may include:
- Community Care Assessments, support, information and advice
- Advice on accessing other services, such as Housing, Welfare Benefits, Counselling Support etc
- Appropriate support in accessing relevant benefits and charitable funds
- Co-working with other Social Workers and Voluntary Organisations in related fields
Translation services are available.
See Also
- Adult carers
- Advocacy for social services clients
- Alcohol, drugs and substance abuse
- Care - at home
- Care - home assessment
- Disabled and older people - rail card
- Disabled people - bus passes
- Disabled people - employment and training schemes
- Drugs - advice and support
- Education - mentoring schemes
- Education maintenance award
- Free school meals
- Hospice care - adult
- Needle exchange
- Needs assessment by social services
- Out of hours social services support
- Residential care - adult
- Respite care for adults
- School - clothing grants and vouchers
- School - transport assistance
- Sixth form access funds
- Student awards
- Student loan
- Supported and sheltered housing - information and advice
- Vetting of contract and supplier staff
- Wills and testaments