Renfrewshire Council

What support we offer to people with learning disabilities

Social Work offers support to those with learning disabilities to live as independently as possible and provides a wide range of services for adults who are unable to provide these services for themselves.

We have centres which offer day services, residential accommodation, respite facilities, home support and befriending services.

We can also arrange support to those living in the community through working with voluntary agencies including:

• Enable
• Quarriers
• The Richmond Fellowship.

How we assess the needs of the person

If someone needs any of these services, a social worker will carry out a community care assessment to identify their requirements and how best to meet them. The social worker will then try to ensure they are linked up with the service that best suits their needs.

If someone needs any of these services, a community care assessment will be carried out to identify their needs and how best to meet them. We will then try to ensure they are linked up with the service that best suits these needs.

We put the person at the centre of the service, with the joint team working in partnership with service users and carers to deliver high quality care.

Our team brings together health staff from the Community Learning Disabilities Team with social work staff from area teams and other community care services.

This results in

• more comprehensive assessment
• better communication and coordination of care
• improved access to the range of services available to people with learning disabilities.

More advice and support

If you care for someone who has a learning disability, free advice and support is available to unpaid carers from local voluntary organisation the Renfrewshire Carers Centre.