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Adult Carers
We provide advice and support for adult carers who care for the elderly, children with special needs and adults with physical or learning disabilities ...
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Advocacy for Clients
Providing access to someone who can advocate on behalf of a social services client to make sure that they receive equal rights by writing letters ...
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Carers - 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 ...
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Client Contact Problems
Procedures for dealing with an existing social services client who has gone missing or is out of contact for a period which gives cause for concern. ...
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Direct Payments
A direct payment is a cash payment allowing you to buy your own support instead of Social Services providing it. The money can be used to employ a ...
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Education Maintenance Allowance
For students aged 16 at the start of an education year and who are attending full-time courses up to level 3 at schools, sixth form colleges and ...
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Help to Live at Home
Information on services which can help people aged 18+ to live safely in their own home
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Learning Mentors
Learning Mentors are school-based employees who, together with teaching and pastoral staff, assess, identify and work with those pupils who need extra ...
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Needs Assessment by Social Services
The need assessment is a programme carried by the Council to find out the needs of someone who needs help from social services and to arrange services ...
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Personal Care
This service provides support in your own home. It is available to older people, disabled people, adults with learning disabilities and people with ...
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Protection of Vulnerable Adults
The adult protection procedure aims to provide a system that a range of organisations or individuals can use to report and respond to situations where ...
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Residential Care for Adults
Blackpool Social Services is keen to help people to stay in their own homes and to remain as active and independent as possible. If you meet our ...
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Shared Lives Service (Adult Placement)
The Shared Lives Service helps approved Shared Lives Carers (ordinary people from the local community) to share their home and time with someone in ...
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Sheltered Housing
Sheltered housing is a flat or bungalow especially designed and built with the needs of elderly people in mind.
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Student Loans and Grants
The student loan scheme provides financial help towards the cost of living for students attending a full time higher education course. Students pay ...
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Volunteering - General Information
We are often told by volunteers that their reward is the satisfaction of doing something worthwhile and enabling others to improve their quality of ...
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