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 an alternative qualified carer to give both the carer and their families a break.
Respite care unit
What do we provide?
Trumpington Road is a 7 bed respite care unit for adults with a learning disability. The service aims to provide good, planned and temporary residential, and day respite care to meet the needs of service users and their carers.
Who can have this service?
Adults with a learning disability living in Waltham Forest who are assessed as needing the service.
Will I have to pay?
Yes, there is a charge for this service. More information on Community Care Charges
How to get this service
In the first instance contact your social worker or the Community Learning Disabilities Team at:
30 Coleridge Road
Walthamstow E17 6QU
Tel 020 8521 0337
Fax 020 8521 8511
For more information on the unit contact:
Respite Unit
130 Trumpington Road
Forest Gate E7 9EQ
Tel 020 8496 1440 or 020 8496 1442
Shared Lives (formally adult family placement) - service user information
This service provides an ordinary home environment for people with learning disabilities who need respite, short or long term care. It offers an alternative to other supported accommodation options and widens the choice for a person and their carers.
Living with another family or individual gives the person the opportunity to mix with other members of the household, meet family, friends and neighbours, and join in normal daily activities as much as they are able. It also provides the stability and support to enable people to develop their skills as well as their own friendships and interests.
Who can have this service?
Adults with a learning disability living in Waltham Forest or Redbridge who are assessed as needing the service.
Will I have to pay?
Yes, there is a charge for this service.
Who provides this service?
Families in Waltham Forest and Redbridge, who have been assessed, approved and contracted by the Department. These families are supported and supervised by the Adult Family Placement Scheme, who are regulated and inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
How to get this service?
In the first instance contact your social worker or the Community Learning Disabilities Team at:
30 Coleridge Road
Walthamstow E17 6QU
Tel 020 8521 0337
Fax 020 8521 8511
Shared Lives (Adult Family Placement Scheme)
30 Coleridge Road
Walthamstow E17 6QU
Tel 020 8521 0337
Shared Lives (formally adult family placement) - becoming a carer
Who can become a carer?
People from all walks of life can become carers on the Adult Family Placement Scheme. We are particularly keen to recruit carers from ethnic backgrounds. You do not need special skills, or professional training to be a carer, all you need is a spare room and the time, patience and flexibility to get to know, and become involved with, an adult with learning disabilities.
What do carers do?
Carers are expected to involve the adult in the day-to-day life of their family and help them when required. They encourage them in their skills and interests, enabling them to lead a normal and independent life.
How long will the placements be?
Placements may be short-term (respite care), or long-term depending on the circumstances of the adult concerned.
What kind of support will be provided?
We will provide regular support and training if required. If you are a long-term carer, you will be able to have breaks from your caring role. You will also receive an allowance to cover all costs.
How to get this service?
In the first instance contact your social worker or the Community Learning Disabilities Team at:
30 Coleridge Road
Walthamstow E17 6QU
Tel 020 8521 0337
Fax 020 8521 8511
From time to time, it helps if you rely on someone to care for you - a relative or friend - for you both to have a break. As a carer it may help you get a break yourself if the person you care for goes away for a short time.
We can offer a residential home or similar place, or in certain circumstances a flexible payment can be given for you to arrange your own break
- Adult Placement Scheme - for people with disabilities
- Adult Placement Scheme - for older people
- Dementia Support Services
Who can have this service?
- You should live in Waltham Forest and be aged 18 or over, and
- You have a permanent and substantial physical or sensory disability, or
- You have a serious mental health need
- You have had a Community Care Assessment which shows you have a high or very high priority need for this care
Will I have to pay towards this service?
There is a flat rate charge for respite breaks arranged by us. See Community Care Charges for details.
Who provides this service?
Respite care can be provided in a number of venues. In some situations flexible payments can be made to enable you to make respite care arrangements of your choice.
How to get this service
If you feel this service will help you or the person you are caring for contact your local Social Services Office. Staff there will be able to advise you.
If you are having inpatient treatment at Langthorne, Whipps Cross or Chingford Hospitals you can ask ward staff to contact hospital based social workers for you.
Contact us
You can contact us by:
- Calling Waltham Forest Direct on 020 8496 3000
- Visiting your Social Services office
Everyone needs time off from the physical and mental demands of caring. If you are a carer, from time to time, it helps for both you and the person you care for to have a break. A break can be for an hour, a day, a week or more.
There are many different ways of organising a break to help with the day-to-day tasks of caring. The crucial thing is to know that the person you care for is safe.
For some carers' breaks, you need to have an assessment first with Social Services. For others, you can refer yourself to the organisations direct.
Waltham Forest Social Services can offer the following carers services:
- Respite care – residential, nursing and dementia
- Home based respite
- Take a break
- Respite grant
- Direct payments for carers
You will need to have an assessment which shows you have a high or very high priority need for the carers service. There is a charge for residential and nursing respite breaks arranged by Social Services.
What types of breaks are available?
Services in and around the home
Services in the home provide a variety of support, including sitting and talking with the person you care for. There are other services which can help the person you care for with social activities of their choice such as going to the cinema, pub or shopping.
Residential Respite care
Short term care provided directly to the cared for person in a residential or nursing home for up to three weeks per year to enable the carer to have a break from caring role.
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Home Based Respite
Short term support and care provided to the cared for people in their own homes, while the carer is away. This is provided for up to three weeks a year and up to a maximum of £500 per week.
Short Breaks
If you want to go on holiday, either alone or with the person you care for there are a number of things to consider.
Respite Grant
Financial assistance to carers planning to go on holiday with the cared for person. Carers can access up to £225 for themselves and up to a further £225 for the cared for if they are travelling with them.
The grant will be payable once in two years subject to available funding.
Take a Break
Home based respite for up to four hours per week, which can be carried over for up to 16 hours per month. The minimum allocation for respite is two hours per session.
Direct Payments for Carers
Direct Payments A payment made to the carers to fund their own respite service. Carers will continue to access money in lieu of services to fund Take a Break and Home Based Respite.
Carers Grant/One-off Direct Payment
One-off Direct Payment to support carers who are not receiving any other carer's services. The grant will enable carers to meet their own needs as individuals. The grant of up to £750 a year can be used to purchase equipment, travel, driving lessons, help with housework, membership fee for leisure centres, home improvement work, study courses but cannot be used to pay for holidays. The carer will be required to provide documentary evidence of spend.
Emergency Carers Support
Emergency support to be commissioned for up to 72 hours to support carers in an emergency until a replacement of care can be arranged.
Practitioners will be able to arrange emergency support with independent Home Care Providers and seek approval afterwards.
Who to contact
Social Services
Call Waltham Forest Direct on 020 8496 3000, or visit your local Social Services office
Crossroads
Crossroads has a scheme which offers help to carers who look after adults and older people. Carers are offered up to four hours' break each week, at times that best suit the carer.
Waltham Forest Crossroads - Caring for Carers Ltd
590 Forest Road, Walthamstow E17 3UD
Tel 020 8558 6823
Fax 020 8539 6975
Web www.carers.org/local-service/lea-valley
Holidays
Holiday Care provides holiday information for disabled people and their carers.
Tel 0845 124 9971
Fax 0845 124 9972
Minicom 0845 124 9976
Web www.holidaycare.org.uk
For more information
For further information on the above services please contact:
Carers Commissioning
Tel. 020 8496 3663
