"Access and eligibility" is about how we decide who can get help from the Joint Learning Disabilities Service and how to get it.
We must make sure that the resources we have are used to help people in the greatest need of support. It is important we support you if your needs mean that without help you wouldn’t be able to continue to live at home safely or independently.
We will support you to undertake an assessment of your needs, including looking at
- whether you feel able to communicate your wishes and make choices
- your health and how you would like to keep safe
- whether you are able to manage your personal care and carry out your domestic routines
- whether you can either continue or begin work or studying, if you would like to
- whether you are able to be as involved as you would like to be in family responsibilities and life in your community
When your assessment is completed we will look at whether the risk to you being able to live independently would be critical, substantial, moderate or low if your needs were not met. We have to firstly make sure that those people in the greatest need of support (i.e. where the risk is critical) are able to meet their needs. We will then make sure that where the risk to a person’s independence is substantial they are also able to arrange to have their needs met.
Our specialist health services, which are part of the Community Learning Disabilities Teams, can help you if you need support with your health needs.
You may need extra help to keep you in good health and we will work with you, your family, your carers, and the general health services to help keep you healthy.
The health professionals in our Community Learning Disabilities Teams may be able to support you with
- your own or someone else’s behaviour and how to manage or cope with it
- health issues such as epilepsy, incontinence, medication, difficulties with eating and drinking, or would like support about sexual health matters
- how you may help people around you to understand you, and in turn understand them
- how to live a healthy life, including taking exercise, healthy eating, and looking after yourself
- your abilities to walk, get to places and move around your home
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