Learning Disability Service
The learning disability service works with adults who have a learning disability.
Anyone with a learning disability who lives in Hammersmith & Fulham and has left school can ask for help from the team. Families and carers can also contact us for support.
Our team is made up of a range of professionals who can provide help in different areas. We have social workers, community support workers, physiotherapists, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists. occupational therapists, community nurses and speech and language therapists.
Easyread publications
The service has developed a range of EASYREAD service leaflets on the subjects below which you can download from here:
- The learning disability service - easyread (pdf 614 kB)
- Adaptations and occupational therapists (pdf 959 kB)
- Clinical psychologists - easyread (pdf 100 kB)
- Direct payments - easyread (pdf 606 kB)
- Floating support services - printed easyread version (pdf 578 kB)
- Language and speech therapists (pdf 747 kB)
- Nursing service - easyread (pdf 704 kB)
- Occupational therapists and adaptations (959 kB)
- Speech and language therapists (pdf 747 kB)
- Physiotherapists - easyread (pdf 646 kB)
- Psychiatrists - easyread (pdf 287 kB)
- Reviews team - easyread (pdf 724 kB)
- Short term breaks service -non easyread printed version (pdf 1919 kB)
- Short term breaks service - easyread (pdf 124 kB)
- Social work team - easyread ( pdf 1450kB)
We will put each person in touch with the professionals who we think can help them most.
The services we provide include:
- support to make important decisions
- help with getting benefits
- help getting out and about
- support using GPs and other health services
- advice on keeping healthy
- advice on specific conditions such as Down's Syndrome, Fragile X and Autism
- help with mental health needs and emotional problems
- opportunities to meet new people and learn new skills
- help with communications needs
- practical help at home - such as getting a meal
- organising residential or nursing care for people who cannot live independently in the community
- personal Health Action Plans
- help with behavioural difficulties
- advice and support for carers
- organising short breaks for service users and carers.
For more detailed information on the services offered see:
Anyone can make a referral by letter or telephone. We then visit potential service users at home to assess their needs and talk to their family, friends or other carers.
If someone qualifies for our services we talk to them about the support we are able to offer and work out an individual plan to meet their needs.
We are based at:
Stamford Brook Centre
14-16 Stamford Brook Avenue
London, W6 0YD
Tel 020 8383 6464
Fax 020 8383 6465
We can also help you find out more about other organisations who support people with learning disabilities in H&F
Page last updated: 14/02/2011
