Who we can help
Asking for help
Assessing need
Disabled people home adaptations
Some of the services we are able to provide
Specialist support
Promoting Independence Unit
Supporting People - supporting independence in Leicester
Contacting us
Leaflets
Disabilities Useful websites
Our aim is to enable people with disabilities to live independently, in their own home for as long as they want or are able to.
We can arrange services that support relatives, friends or neighbours of any age who care for physically disabled and/or sensory impaired people living in the community.
Our services are available to people with disabilities who:
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Live alone
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Have relatives or friends looking after them
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Need some extra help with personal tasks
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Have been ill or are leaving hospital.
If living at home is becoming increasingly difficult for you or the person that looks after you, then we may be able to offer help with looking at alternative suitable accommodation.
We will be able to provide information about the different homes and supported accommodation available in the City. This includes residential homes that we run, and those run by private or voluntary organisations.
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If you, or someone you look after, needs help, please contact us.
We will then discuss the situation with you and see if and how we can help, the best option for meeting your needs and whether there will be any changes for the services we either provide or arrange for you.
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When you ask for our help, we will do a needs assessment. This is simply a way for us to gather information about your needs so that we can learn about the difficulties you are experiencing and how best we can help.
The assessment itself is free but, depending on your income and savings, you may be charged for some of the services we arrange for you.
However, many people with lower dependency needs are unlikely to be eligible for services from us. This is because the money available to us is limited – so services are targeted at those individuals with a greater need.
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The Disabled people home adaptations give advice about better ways of doing things. We may be able, dependent on your assessed need, to give you equipment to make life easier, or simple adaptations like handrails.
Services are wide-ranging and vary depending on individual needs, but the Services for People with Disabilities pages as is a brief list of some of the services we may be able to arrange:
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There are many other helpful services we can arrange or signpost people to that provide specialist support, see Services for People with Disabilities pages
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Learning Disabilities
The Learning Disability Service is committed to helping and supporting people with learning disabilities living in the City of Leicester.
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We have a specialist team called the Promoting Independence Unit. The unit deals with specialist support and advice for people with disabilities following an assessment or referral.
Their contact details are as follows:
Name: Promoting Independence Unit
Address: 37-39 Sulgrave Road, Leicester, LE5 0LH
Telephone: 0116 221 1333
The Supporting People programme aims to improve housing related support services in the City. It also aims to increase peoples ability to make informed choices about the support they need to live independently.
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Name: Leicester City Adult Social Care services
Address: 1 Grey Friars, Leicester, LE15PH
Telephone: 0116 252 7004
Minicom/TexBox: 0116 252 7011
Email: customer.services@leicester.gov.uk
If you are a hospital patient or a relative or friend of someone in hospital, you can speak to the social worker who will normally be present at ward round meetings. Or you can contact them using the details below:
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There are leaflets available with more information about Disabilities, in our leaflet section.
Please telephone on 0116 252 8886 if you wish to receive a paper copy:
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Please follow the Disabilities Useful Link for a list of helpful links
