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  • Direct Payments

    will be able to support you to decide on the best option for yourself. Sheffield City Council: Direct payments and managing your care . Friend or relative There are a number of different ways a relative or family member can help you with your direct payment. If you have your Direct Payment paid to you, but you need some help to pay invoices or setting up standing orders, a relative can help you with these and similar tasks but you still remain in control of your Direct Payment. This person is known as a Direct Payment main contact. This means that you are happy for Sheffield City Council… for individuals who receive Direct payments. Your Direct Payment will be paid directly into this account every four weeks by Sheffield City Council and the Credit Union will arrange to make payments directly for all the costs associated with your care and support. It doesn’t matter if you have your…

  • Virtual Filing Cabinet (VFC)

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  • Equipment & Adaptations Service Feedback

    michael.mcenery@sheffield.gov.uk equipment_and_adaptations Hello If you have found our advice useful please use the feedback box below to let us know. Please note this is not for asking a question generally - the main Council enquiry point is our First Point Service at Howden House in the city centre. Call 01142734567 . Contact online .…

  • Sheffield Carers Centre

    A support service funded or partially funded by Sheffield City Council. Referral reason: To help any adult who is an unpaid carer. A carer is someone who provides support – practical and/or emotional – to an adult or child with an illness, disability, frailty, mental health problems… Connect Legal Advice Service Plan for an Emergency Time for a Break - help to get a break from caring and some quality time for carers How to refer People are able to refer themselves to the Sheffield Carers Centre – if you are a carer please use the Register With Us Page on the Sheffield Carers Centre’s website If you are a professional wishing to refer a carer to Sheffield Carers Centre, please use this referral form: Sheffield Carer Centre Referral Form…

  • Social Care Services Transition Guide

    Social Care Services - Transition Guide Social Care Social care give help for children, young people and adults who need extra support. There are guidelines used to decide who can get this. Find out more Click on the buttons below to find out more. To ask for support To ask for support from social care please call Sheffield City Council on: If you are 0-17 please call 0114 273 4855 If you 18 or over please call 0114 273 4908 …

  • Short Breaks Services Transition Guide

    for children? The Special Needs Inclusion Playcare Service team, also called SNIPS, is the team in Sheffield City Council available to help you. They can provide more information on the range of short breaks available. The team can be contacted by telephoning the Children with Disabilities Team… transitions service. See page 29. If you do not have a children’s short break service If you would like one as an adult, please contact Sheffield City Council. Ask for a referral to adult social care. See page 28.… are short breaks for children for? Short breaks are available for disabled children and young people who: are 0-18 years old live in Sheffield have a disability. This means that they have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on their ability to do…

  • Accessing health services

    How to access health services Schools and other education providers can help in getting a diagnosis for health problems observed in their setting. The following pages detail how to access different health services. It explains: what might prompt a referral who can make the referral what the service could offer. Either select the service you want to know more about by clicking on them under "In this section" or click the next buttons at the bottom of the page. This article only covers health services. Click here for information about accessing education and social care services provided by Sheffield City Council. …

  • Transitioning to Adult Services

    If the child or young person continues to have support needs after they turn 18, they will transition from children to adult social services. Your child or young person’s support needs will be assessed. This is to find out how their needs can be best met into adulthood. Most young people will have an assessment when they turn 17 years old. Please note this can begin at any time from 14 to 17. Adult Social Care Strategy You can find out more about our Adult Social Care Strategy by clicking here . About the assessment The assessment will help decide: what support the young person needs to achieve their goals if they are likely to receive any funding from adult social care Sheffield City Council will carry out a financial assessment. This is to work out what the young person can afford to pay for care and support as an adult. It also looks at what the council can pay…

  • Daytime Short Breaks Activities from the Special Needs Inclusive Play Service (SNIPS)

    Day time short break activities are available at weekends, after school, evenings and school holidays. They are provided by: Universal Clubs: leisure activities and clubs such as cubs and brownies, art and craft, and sports clubs Clubs for disabled children and young people only commissioned by Sheffield City Council SNIPS is a small team, they provide support, advice, guidance and training to a variety of Universal Clubs and the specially commissioned Short Breaks Clubs dedicated for disabled children and young people. They work in partnership with parents and carers and the disabled child or young people: to identify the right short break and the activity the child or young person wishes to take part in to understand children and young people’s needs and wishes to increase the ability of community based universal leisure activities and services to meet…

  • Transition to Adult Services

    Within Sheffield City Council, services for children and services for adults have both been brought under a single People’s Services Directorate. For children up to the age of 17 inclusive, the short breaks are provided by the children, young people and families element, and short breaks for young people aged 18 or over are supported by Adults Social care. In a city wide team for children and young people 0 – 25 years old, Adults and Children, Young People and Families Services will work together and closely with young adults and family carers to ensure a continuity of support as the young person moves into adulthood, and as their needs and circumstances change. There are a variety of options for young adults - from Direct Payments to overnight residential respite including some nursing care provision. We will aim to begin a transition process in a timely way to support…