"I’d like to understand how my care and support will be planned."
We know it’s important to keep your independence and stay living in your own home for as long as possible.
We’ve put together some great advice, along with details of many services and support groups that can help you with this.
Once we have carried out a needs assessment for you - and we understand your care and support needs, we’ll help you to create a care and support plan.
We usually begin to discuss your care and support plan at your needs assessment appointment and it may be recorded at that time too.
Alternatively, we may leave information with you to read over and formalise your plan at a later date.
In that situation, we’ll make an appointment for a support worker from the adult social care team to meet with you and record your care and support plan. We normally visit you at your home, or a venue of your choice.
If you find it hard to understand things or explain your views and wishes, don’t worry. You can ask a family member or friend to be with you for your care and support plan appointment. They can also take notes for you.
If you don’t know someone who can help, you can ask us to arrange for an independent advocate to support you during your assessment. An independent advocate is a trained professional who can help get your opinions heard.
Your support worker will talk about many areas of your life so they consider:
We recommend that you take some time prior to your appointment to think about:
Here are some examples of the topics your support worker will cover:
Living well
Your plan could include ways to help you stay independent and do the things you enjoy. This could be:
You could also consider things you could do to try and reduce your needs from getting worse, like eating for good health or staying active.
Safety around your home
To help you stay safe at home, we might suggest equipment such as:
You might also need home adaptations, such as:
Care in your home
Your assessment might show that you need a care worker to support you with things like:
Take a look at how you can stay safe in your home and continue to look after yourself.
Moving to a new home
If you are finding it difficult to manage in your own home, or would prefer to move somewhere more suitable for your current or future needs, we can help you find the accommodation that works best for you.
There are various options, such as:
Take a look at housing options on our care services directory
Once your care and support package has been recorded and signed by you, a senior social worker or team manager will review and approve it.
Your adult social care worker will then contact you to let you know it has been approved. A copy of the plan will be given to anyone involved in your care, such as your carer or doctor.
Please note: the information that you provide in your care and support plan is confidential. We will need your permission before we can share it with anyone.