Supported housing

You should contact Adult Social Care services using the contact details below. Once you have applied, they will carry out a “Needs Assessment” to assess what support or care you may need. They will discuss this with you and anyone who may care for you already. 

They will decide whether you have eligible care and support needs. Eligible needs are: 

• needs related to a physical or mental impairment; 
• needs that mean that you cannot carry out specific things, such as feed yourself, wash and get dressed, access work, training or education, develop and maintain family and social relationships, keep your home safe or look after a child; and 
• needs that have a significant impact upon your well-being. 

They will then prepare a “Support Plan” which explains what support and care you will receive. It will include: 

• your needs which have been identified; 
• whether your needs are eligibility needs (as explained above); 
• which Local Authority will meet your needs and how they will do that; and 
• how the support will help you, including if it might delay, or stop, you developing additional needs in the future. 

You will be asked to agree to the Support Plan. If your circumstances change significantly, they need to prepare a new assessment and plan so it is important that you tell them of any changes in your life.