Content tagged with: care

• Advocacy

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/adult-social-care/advocacy

  Advocacy is a way of protecting and asserting our rights. If someone speaks on your behalf, they are commonly known as an advocate.

• 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.

• 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.

• Contact Adult Social Care

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/adult-social-care/how-to-contact-us

  We want every person in Doncaster to live in the place they call home with the people and things that they love, in communities where they look out for one another, doing things that matter to them. If you need some support to do this, we can help.

• E-Learning

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/adult-social-care/e-learning

  By providing ‘just in time’ information, eLearning provides an efficient and effective learning experience. ELearning can be accessed as and when necessary and training can be broken up into bite sized sessions to fit in with work schedules and other priorities.

• Breaks for carers

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/adult-social-care/breaks-for-carers

  Having a break is likely to help you cope with caring and give you time to recharge your batteries.

• Apply for it: Apply for a Carer or Care Worker discount

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/doitonline/apply-for-a-carer-or-care-worker-discount

  To apply for a Carer or Care Worker discount on your Council Tax. A Carer is a person who lives with and cares for an elderly or disabled...

• Care Assessment

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/adult-social-care/assessment

  A care act assessment is the process of working out what your needs are.

• Help to live independently

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/adult-social-care/what-s-available-to-help-me

  Find out ways to help you or someone you care for to stay in their own home.

• Paying for Care and Support

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/adult-social-care/money-matters

  A guide to accessing care and support for people who pay for their own care