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Carers

Your Choice: Helping you choose your support

Information to help you find and exercise choice and control over the care services you use.

Adult carers

Provision of advice and support for adult carers who care for the elderly, children with special needs and adults with physical or learning ...

Adult Placement Scheme

The Adult Placement Scheme helps approved Adult Placement Carers (ordinary people from the local community) to share their home and time with ...

Adult respite care

Carers and the people they are caring for may be entitled to respite care in the form of a temporary place in residential accommodation or provision of

Alternative providers of childcare

There are number of independent agencies who provide care that the local authority has approved and use depending on the need of the person.

Paying for Community Care Services

Information on the council’s charging policy and how we will complete your assessment.

Shared care for adults

Shared Care offers short term care to adults who are unable to live on their own (without a full-time carer) and the people who care for ...

Support to disabled children and children with health needs, and their parents and carers

The Specialist Children’s Service provides support to disabled children, children with health needs, and their parents and carers.

Supporting People

Supporting People helps vulnerable people live independently and keep their social housing tenancies.

Young carers support and advice

Support, information and advice for young carers. The service provides recreational respite, advocacy, a befriending service and therapeutic support to