Working with an Adult Social Care client
If a person is eligible, they may get help towards the cost of receiving care and support within their home.
Find out more: Paying for care at home
Teams in Adult Social Care
A range of teams in Adult Social Care support people with care and support needs in East Sussex:
- Neighbourhood Support Teams: assess people’s care needs and arrange support. A social worker from this team may arrange a PA on the person's behalf.
- Occupational therapists: can assess whether someone’s home is safe and recommend adjustments.
- Mental health teams: support people with mental health difficulties, including dementia and substance misuse. This may include help with housing and the legal system.
- Learning disabilities team: provide support tailored for people with a learning disability. They can also help find suitable housing.
- Direct payments team: provide support to people who using their direct payment funding to buy home or day care and choose to have an account managed by the council.
- Health and Social Care Connect (HSCC): is our contact centre for Adult Social Care, open 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week. See: Contact Adult Social Care
If you are a PA supporting someone funded by adult social care, you are likely to have contact with one of these teams. For example, when setting up care arrangements or informing them that the person’s care needs have changed.
People who receive direct payments
Many people pay for their services using direct payments. This is a budget which Adult Social Care gives the person so they can organise and buy their own care and support.
You can find out more about how people use direct payments to employ a PA in our guide: Direct payments.
Independent Lives is the council’s commissioned direct payment support service to support clients who have a PA.
Adult Social Care leaflets and factsheets
Our leaflets and factsheets may be useful to share with the people you support: Leaflets and factsheets