Services for People - Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Services for People - Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Services for People - Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
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<str<strong>on</strong>g>Services</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>People</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
With Both Sight and<br />
Hearing Loss or<br />
Impairment
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Stockt<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>-<strong>on</strong>-<strong>Tees</strong> <strong>Borough</strong> <strong>Council</strong> Children,<br />
Educati<strong>on</strong> & Social Care Department provides a<br />
specialist service <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g> people of all ages who<br />
have both sight and hearing loss or impairment<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Services</str<strong>on</strong>g> may be provided following an<br />
assessment of need which will be carried out by<br />
a specialist social worker.<br />
The Department can offer support, in<str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g>mati<strong>on</strong><br />
and advice <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g> individuals and their families<br />
with regard to local services, support groups,<br />
specialist equipment and benefits.<br />
Although services <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g> blind people and deaf<br />
people can be adapted, it is recognised that<br />
people who have a dual sensory loss may have<br />
distinct and unique needs.<br />
Special methods of communicati<strong>on</strong> support,<br />
accessing in<str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g>mati<strong>on</strong> and mobility assistance<br />
may be required to cope with the functi<strong>on</strong>s of<br />
everyday life.
The Department had in<str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g>mati<strong>on</strong> from and<br />
links with various Nati<strong>on</strong>al organisati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
involved with people who are deafblind.<br />
Help may be offered in the following areas:<br />
Mobility - to enable people to get around,<br />
become familiar with their envir<strong>on</strong>ment and<br />
learn routes which they need to use regularly.<br />
Communicati<strong>on</strong> - to teach individual skills<br />
which enable them to communicate with other<br />
people or record and read in<str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g>mati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Daily Living Skills - to practice tasks which are<br />
per<str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g>med regularly, such as making a drink or<br />
a snack.
If you would like to request an assessment <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
yourself, or <strong>on</strong> behalf of another, please<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tact:<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Stockt<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>-<strong>on</strong>-<strong>Tees</strong> <strong>Borough</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
Children, Educati<strong>on</strong> & Social Care<br />
First C<strong>on</strong>tact Team<br />
Wrensfield House, Wrensfield Road,<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Stockt<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>-<strong>on</strong>-<strong>Tees</strong> TS19 0AT<br />
Voice (01642) 527764<br />
Text (01642) 527769<br />
Fax (01642) 527756<br />
8 firstc<strong>on</strong>tact@stockt<strong>on</strong>.gov.uk<br />
For further in<str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g>mati<strong>on</strong> we can be c<strong>on</strong>tacted at:<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Stockt<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>-<strong>on</strong>-<strong>Tees</strong> <strong>Borough</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
Children, Educati<strong>on</strong> & Social Care<br />
6 Alma Street<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Stockt<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>-<strong>on</strong>-<strong>Tees</strong><br />
TS18 2AP<br />
Voice (01642) 527457<br />
Text (01642) 528437<br />
Fax (01642) 527499
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