Learning disabilities
Services for adults with learning disabilities:
Care and housing schemes
Short break service
Community Team for People with Learning
Disabilities (CTPLD)
Learning Curve
Adults Learning Disabilities Network
Care
and housing schemes
The CHOICE scheme provides support to people with
learning disabilities living in their own homes, either rented
through a housing association, charity or through home ownership.
We provide a supported living service, which varies from outreach
support of a few hours a week to 24-hour support.
The SPACE scheme (Scheme for Placing Adults with Carers in Ealing) provides placements for adults with learning disabilities in supportive households with carers. It gives the person with a learning disability the opportunity to take part in everyday activities, mix with other household members and meet family and friends.
The scheme also provides respite care for adults with learning disabilities and their primary carers. The respite can range from a few hours a day, overnight to longer stays.
Respite care enables the primary carer of the person with a learning disability to have a break from caring and time for themselves. It gives the individual with a learning disability the opportunity to make new friends and learn new skills that can become a step towards independence.
Referrals to the SPACE and CHOICE schemes are made by the community team for people with learning disabilities. To request a referral or for further information telephone the team on (020) 8566 2360. Referred individuals will be assessed by a care manager first.
The team can then provide individual packages of support, which can range from two hours per week to a 24-hour service.
Short
break service
The council's short break service provides short breaks
or respite care for adults with learning disabilities in Ealing. It
has 10 beds and supports approximately 100 families. The service
offers planned breaks and will also take people if there is an
emergency and an available bed.
For further information telephone (020) 8579 9558.
Community
team for people with learning disabilities (CTPLD)
The CTPLD is a joint team of health and social work
professionals based in Hanwell. It puts together care packages to
meet the needs of adults with learning disabilities and their
carers, enabling access to day care, respite, home care, college,
supported living, residential care and other specialist
services.
The team includes community nurses, music and art therapists, speech and language therapists, psychiatrists, care managers and a psychologist.
For further information telephone (020) 8566 2360.
Learning
Curve
The Learning Curve centre, based in Acton, provides
training for 90 adults with learning disabilities in Ealing. Their
aim is to help people obtain the skills needed to get into work. It
is a fully accredited training centre and provides training in
basic skills, catering, stores and warehousing, horticulture and
information technology. It runs a community café called
Café Eat, which earns money through external catering.
For further information telephone (020) 8752 1907.