Content tagged with: disability

• Housing Adaptations

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/adaptations

  Housing adaptations help you to stay mobile in and around your home.

• AskSARA for advice, support and products that make daily living easier

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/adult-social-care/asksara-for-advice-support-and-products-that-make-daily-living-easier

  AskSARA is an award-winning online self-help guide providing expert advice and information on products and equipment for older and disabled people.

• Local Offer - Social Care

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/local-offer-social-care

  Some children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities may need contact with social care teams. Here is some of the support that you can expect to receive through services and processes in Doncaster.

• Specialist and Supported Housing

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/specialist-and-supported-housing

  Doncaster wants to ensure its residents live in homes that support good health and wellbeing. Providing the right homes and support is vital in enabling vulnerable people to live independently in the community; ensuring they have choice and control of where and how they live.

• Local Offer - Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP)

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/local-offer-ehcp

  If your child’s special educational needs (SEN) cannot be met through SEN support then you or your child's setting may ask the local authority to carry out an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Needs Assessment to determine if your child needs an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). All children with SEND should be supported via The Graduated Approach which must happen before an Education Health and Care Needs Assessment is requested.

• Local Offer - Early Years

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/local-offer-early-years

  This section of the Local Offer provides information about the support available to you and your child during their early years. The term “early years” covers the early years from birth to five years old.

• Council Tax discounts and exemptions

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/council-tax-benefits/council-tax-discounts-and-exemptions

  Council Tax assumes two adults (aged 18 and over) are living in your property but in some circumstances you may be entitled to a reduction of the amount you are required to pay. Details about and how to apply for the the discounts and exemptions available from your Council Tax can be found below.

• Doncaster SENDIAS

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/sendias

  Doncaster SENDIAS provides information, advice and support (IAS) to parents, carers, children and young people in relation to Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Disability and related health and social care issues.

• Privacy Notice - Blue Badge Service

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/the-council-democracy/blue-badge-service

  This Privacy Notice sets out what you need to know about how the City of Doncaster Council (the Council) will use your information for the administration of the Blue Badge Service.

• Blue badge scheme

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/adult-social-care/blue-badge-scheme

  A Blue Badge helps you park closer to your destination if you have a severe mobility problem or a hidden disability that makes it hard for you to use public transport.