Disabilities

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Social work provides a range of services to support and care for people with disabilities. These include services to help people live independent lives and services for people who need more help and support.

We can arrange direct payments for people to fund their own services. We can also help you apply to the Independent Living Funds (ILF), which is a fund set up and financed by UK central government.

We provide services to:

• people with physical disabilities
• people with learning difficulties
• people with sensory impairments
• children with disabilities

You might also be interested in:

• the Blue Badge scheme
• Transport for the disabled
• disability equality scheme
• Renfrewshire head injury service

If you apply for any of these services, we'll carry out a community care assessment to identify your needs and how best we can meet them. We'll try to make sure you are linked up with the service that best suits your needs.

For more information about the community care assessment, please contact your local social work area team.

You can also look at the Living Made Easy website which provides impartial advice and information for older and disabled people, carers and care professionals.

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