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Description
Adult Social Care and support in Hackney is provided for adults aged 18 and older who have:
- physical and sensory disabilities
- learning difficulties
- mental health problems
- or those who are no longer able to manage without help
Not everyone who has a special educational need or disability will need or get adult social care services even if they have had Disabled Children's Social Care involvement.
The Care Act 2014 places a duty on local authorities’ to assess people’s needs and their eligibility for publicly funded care and support.
When the transfer from children's to adult services happens, young people aged 18 can request an assessment of needs. This request can also be made on their behalf.
Adult Social Care is made up of different teams. Each team provides information, services and support for a different group of people. This helps them focus on understanding the needs of each specific group.
More information about adult social care services, including how to request an assessment, can be found here: www.hackneyicare.org
The information below links to different teams within adult social care:
Information and Access team is a "front door" service for Adult Social Care. The service provides information and advice to the public and other professionals on Adult Social Care services and related issues.
Information and Access team deal mainly with people who are not already getting social care. An initial assessments may be needed to see if support can be provded and if so by who.
The Integrated Independence Team brings together intermediate care and reablement. Click the link above to find out more about what this means.
Integrated Learning Disabilities Service - Adults
The integrated Learning Disabilities Service is for people over 18 years of age who have Learning Disabilities and who live and have a GP in the City and Hackney.
They are a multi-disciplinary team that includes professionals from Health and Social Care.
The Learning Disabilities Service will assess whether an adult has a Learning Disability using the eligibility criteria for their service. This will help them understand an individuals need and decide if or what services and support are needed.
Hackney's Social Worker for adults with autism
Hackney has a Social Worker within it's Integrated Learning Disabilities Service for adults with autism.
The Autism Social Worker works only with adults with autism who do not also have a learning disability but who may have social care needs.
To find out more about what this service does and who can access it please see the link above.
The Long Term Care Team for adults provides services for those:
- already getting council funded support and care
- adults with physical disabilities
- adults with complex needs
To find out more about what this service does and who can access it please see the link above.
Occupational Therapy (Adult Services)
Occupational Therapy (OT) aims to help those with physical impairments to increase their level of independence and wellbeing.
The local authority usually works with local health providers to assess need and provide appropriate support and promote independence.
This may include arranging for aids or adaptations or referring service users to other services that can also help with a focus on rehabilitation and support.
If you have difficulties coping with daily living tasks and have a disability or are finding it difficult to access or move around your home, you may be entitled to equipment to assist with day to day activities or an adaptation to your home. This equipment may be on loan.
Hackney Mobility Service provides: Freedom Passes (free London travel pass), Blue Badges (permits for free parking) and parking bays; for people with disabilities who meet the eligibility criteria.
Some people are automatically entitled to a Blue Badge or Freedom Pass. If you are not automatically eligible then you may be asked to have an occupational therapist (OT) mobility assessment.
If you need help and support that is not available from Adult Social Care they may be able to give you information about other organisations that could help instead.
What to do in an emergency
The Council has an emergency social work service that will respond in emergency situations that happen after 5pm during the week and at weekends and on bank holidays.
- for emergency social care relating to adults including older people and people with disabilities please call 020 8356 2300
- for mental health services contact the mental health emergency duty team at 020 8510 8980/898
The Safeguarding Adults Team
You can contact the safeguarding adults team to report concerns about abuse or neglect of 'adults at risk' in Hackney.
9am to 5pm.
Safeguarding Adults Team (Hackney),
Hackney Service Centre,
1 Hillman Street,
Hackney E8 1DY.
Phone: 0208 356 5782
Fax: 0208 356 5043.
Email: adultprotection@hackney.gov.uk
Secure email: adultprotection@hackney.gov.uk.cjsm.net
Record Last Updated on: 18/01/2019