Trafford Community Learning Disability Team

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1 Trafford Community Learning Disability Team This leaflet tells you how the team can help you.

2 About this leaflet This leaflet tells you about the Community Learning Disability Team and the support we offer. We hope you find it helpful and easy to understand. If you need help to understand this leaflet please ask us for help. 2

3 Who we help We help people with a learning disability aged 18 years and over living in Trafford. We also help family members, friends and carers who look after people with a learning disability. Before we decide if we can help you we will talk to you. We will ask you what you want and what you need. This is called an assessment. 3

4 Meet the team Social Workers We can help with: Advice and information about services and activities like college, respite and day services. Talking to you about how you would like to spend your free time. Helping you find a place to live with support. Speech & Language Therapists We can help with: Signing, communication aids, talking and understanding. Problems with eating, drinking or swallowing. 4

5 Meet the team Occupational Therapists We can help with: Advice on how you can manage everyday things like shopping, cooking and washing. Giving advice on ways to make things easier at your home, place of work or day service. Community Learning Disability Nurses We can help with: Advice, support and treatment for health problems. Talking to you about your health needs, this is called a health assessment. Making a health action plan. This means we will try to make sure your health needs are met. 5

6 Meet the team Clinical Psychologist I can help with: How you and you carer understand your emotional problems. Looking for the best way to support you when you feel upset and angry. Psychiatrist I can help with: Making sure the medication you are taking is making you feel better. You can make an appointment to see me if we need to change your medication. 6

7 Meet the team Clinical Support Workers We can help with: Giving information about how to be healthy. People who may need extra support to attend health appointments Helping you do your health action plan. Health Facilitators We can help with: Helping you see your doctor or nurse. Getting to health checks at your doctors. Helping people understand you might need extra help at health appointments and hospital. 7

8 Meet the team Physiotherapist I can help with: If you are uncomfortable or are having problems with your wheelchair. If you are having problems breathing. If you are uncomfortable when you are in bed and struggling to sleep. Participation and Development Worker 8 I can help with: Supporting people to have a say in their own health care. Making health information easier to read. Helping people to be involved in decision making around services.

9 Meet the team Transition Coordinator I can help with: Planning to make sure we help and support young people to successfully move through transition into adult services in the best way possible. Autism support coordinator I can help with: Working with local people and services like college, doctors and libraries to help them understand what support adults with autism need. 9

10 How to contact us By letter Community Learning Disability Team 3 rd Floor Waterside House Sale Waterside Sale M33 7ZF By telephone (Office hours are Monday Friday 8.30am 4.30pm) If calling outside office hours and in case in an emergency please call:

11 Your comments We want to know what you think about the service you receive from the Community Learning Disability Team. What was good What was not good You can talk to the health staff who support you. They will listen to you and try and sort things out for you. Or you can talk to Helen Chadwick who is the Patient Advice and Liaison Officer. Helen will listen to your comments and she will try to sort things out for you. You can telephone Helen. Her telephone number is

12 Useful numbers: Trafford Council: Trafford Council Adult Protection Line: Trafford Patient Advice & Liaison Service (PALS): Trafford Carers Centre: Trafford Centre for Independent Living: Trafford Welfare Rights Service: (Monday Thursday 9.30am pm) Trafford Housing Trust: Trafford Single Point of Access: One Stop Resource Centre: Trafford Wheelchair Service: Trafford Community Leisure Trust: This leaflet is available in other languages or formats 12 For more information see CWP NHS FoundationTrust The information in this leaflet was valid at the date of production October 2015 and is due for review in October Leaflet code: E-TCLTD