Social care and health
Most of the services we provide depend on an assessment being carried out of your individual needs and preferences.
Contact your local social work office to arrange for an assessment or a service to be provided.
A to Z of social care and health
Together with Renfrewshire Community Health Partnership, we have developed an 'A to Z' of the local services we provide alongside links to useful health information websites.
Just click on the link below to open it up:
Contact us
You can call Social Work services on 0300 300 1199 or e-mail us at sw@renfrewshire.gov.uk.
In case of emergency during evenings, weekends and public holidays, phone Social Work Standby on 0141 305 6970 or 0800 811 505.
This is a freephone number from BT landlines although other mobile phone providers may charge for these calls.
How we work
The Social Work Service has identified the seven key outcomes it will work with partners to achieve for local people and communities. Click on the link below to read more about them:
- Social Work - What we want to achieve (pdf - 281Kb)
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These outcomes are at the heart of all of our plans and strategies which you might also find interesting to read.
We work in partnership or consultation with other organisations to plan, deliver and provide services.
Key partners and arrangements include:
- Benefits and debt advice
- Business
- Community and living
- Council and government
- Education and learning
- Environment
- Housing
- Jobs and careers
- Leisure and culture
- Libraries
- Planning and building standards
- Social care and health
- Adult protection
- Benefits and debt advice
- Care and carers
- Child protection
- Child and family care
- Criminal justice social work
- Domestic violence
- Fostering and adoption
- Health and medical care
- Care at home
- Mental health
- Services for disabled adults
- Services for older people
- Services for younger people
- Transport and Streets