Learning Disability Team Gateshead.
The team…
Our Learning Disability Team is based within Adult Social Care in Gateshead. The team is made up of Social Workers, Assessing Officers, Senior Practitioner and Team Manager who work closely with other adult social care teams and external partners. It is a friendly and supportive team - you will be made very welcome!
We use a conversational approach, focusing on an individual’s strengths and the community around them, supporting Gateshead residents to live thriving lives. Teams across the service provide assessment, intervention, and support in relation to an individual’s social care needs with a focus on promoting wellbeing and independence, helping individuals take greater control over their lives by championing an early engagement model. Working in this way promotes the individual’s access to other agencies and provides them with the tools to be both physically and mentally healthy, reducing their need for long-term provisions and re-enable them where possible.
The Team works with adults with a Learning Disability. You will have knowledge of the Care Act 2014 and associated legislation as well as some awareness of the challenges young people can experience when transitioning to adulthood, particularly where they have additional needs.
The Essentials…
THE KNOWLEDGE
1. Knowledge and understandi...