Older People's
Directory | A daily duty
service | Homelessness |
Alcohol or drug problems
Disability |
Residential or nursing home
care
Short breaks for service users and their
carers
Vulnerable adults |
Advocacy & help for carers in the
City
Continuing care |
Financial assessments, help &
advice
Services for adults with HIV & their families
& carers
Employment advice for people with special
needs
Keeping warm in winter |
Going into hospital |
Hospice care
Transport for residential/nursing/day
centres
Older People's Directory
The City of London and Age Concern have collaborated to produce
the Older People's Directory which lists agencies and services of
benefit to older people.
Adult Social Care Services has worked in collaboration with Age
Concern Hackney to produce this Directory of Agencies and Services
of benefit to older people in the City of London. This
comprehensive guide prepared for City of London Community Services
by Age Concern Hackney is intended to encourage and support
individuals, groups and organisations in working together and
enable access to services available to them.
Download the Older People's Directory
here (373kb)
A daily duty service
We provide a daily duty service from 9.15am to 5pm (Monday to
Friday) giving information and advice to callers, dealing with
crisis and emergency situations and arranging for assessments for
access to services.
To contact the duty social worker call 020 7332 1224.
Outside office hours (emergencies only) contact: City &
Hackney Emergency Duty Team - 020 8356 2346.
Homelessness
Homeless people in the city can receive advice, help and support
from Housing and Adult Social Care Services in conjunction with the
local contact and assessment team (CAT) at
St Mungo's.
Homeless people can also use the drop-in centre at St Botolphs,
Aldgate EC3 from Monday to Friday (9.00am to 1.00pm), tel 020
7283 1950.
People with alcohol or drug
problems
Advice on alcohol problems is available from the City and
Hackney alcohol counselling services on 020 7613 1313. You can also
contact Adult Social Care Services and ask to speak to the duty
social worker.
If you have a drug related problem and live in the City, you can
contact Adult Social Care Services and ask to speak to the
duty social worker. For further information and advice on drugs and
drug related issues visit www.talktofrank.com or call the FRANK helpline
on 0800 77 66 00, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The City of London also runs The City of London Drug Action Team
(DAT), and is a member of the London Drug Policy Forum. For
more information visit the
City DAT and
The London Drug Policy Forum sections of our web site.
Disability
Our Occupational Therapists work with people with disabilities
to help them live as independently as possible, and following an
assessment they can provide equipment, adaptations, rehabilitation
and advice.
You will normally receive a visit in your own home and you will
have the opportunity to discuss your needs and disability issues
within the home, at work or in the community.
The City of London's
Access Team ensures that action is taken to meet the needs of
disabled people in relation to building design and the external
environment.
Information about disabled parking is available on the
Disabled Parking pages of our website.
Residential or
nursing home care
Residential or nursing home care may be a necessary step for
those people who can no longer live in their own homes. We
can advise you or your carers about how to arrange this and what
sort of care may be appropriate. Financial assistance may be
available through Adult Social Care Services and we can advise on
eligibility.
For further information about registered residential and nursing
homes in London and the UK, contact the relevant local borough's
registration and inspection unit.
The Bettercaring website may also provide further
information.
Short breaks for service users
and their carers
Following assessment by a Social Worker, breaks can be arranged
for a person with a disability, mental illness or learning
disability or for their carers. These may be provided in the form
of additional care at home, or at a special care facility.
Vulnerable Adults
Adult Social Care Services are committed to protecting
vulnerable adults from abuse. Adult Social Care Services have
comprehensive systems and procedures for identifying and reporting
crime against vulnerable adults but also rely on the help and
vigilance of friends, neighbours and relatives.
If you are worried or concerned about a neighbour, relative or
friend you can call the duty social worker during office hours on
020 7332 1224 or outside office hours the City & Hackney
Emergency Duty Team on 020 8356 2346.
Advocacy and help for
carers in the City
Adult Social Care Services recognise the vital role of carers in
providing support to our service users. To try and ease the
pressure on carers we seek to provide information advice and
support. If you are a carer, Adult Social Care Services can
offer you:
If you are a carer living in the City and want to help and
support call our duty social worker on 020 7332 1224 or
email
us.
In addition to the services provided directly by the City of
London, Adult Social Care Services partners
City
& Hackney Carers also offer City carers independent help,
advice and support and can be contacted direct on 020 8985 1600 or
by email, or
alternatively via the Adult Social Care Services duty social
worker.
Continuing care
Continuing care is care that is provided for people who have
significant health needs and require significant health care
services over a long period of time or are during the last stages
of a terminal illness.
Continuing care can be provided in a hospital, but more often is
provided in a nursing home. On occasions it can be provided in a
person’s own home. Adult Social Care Services are committed to help
maintain service users in their homes for as long as possible, and
in association with our NHS partners, will endeavour to provide
help, care and support.
Financial assessments,
help & advice
If a service user has less than £2 in savings or capital a
financial assessment will be conducted in order to get information
on their income and expenses. This information is used to work out
the contribution they will pay towards the cost of the services
they receive. The financial assessment is conducted by the
Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) on behalf of Adult
Social Care Services.
The CAB offers free, confidential, impartial and independent
advice on issues such as including debt and consumer issues,
benefits, housing, legal matters, employment, and immigration.
Advisers can help fill out forms, write letters, negotiate with
creditors and represent clients at court or tribunal.
The City of London CAB can be contacted at:
Citizens Advice Bureau
City of London
32 Ludgate Hill
London
EC4M 7DR
Tel 020 7236 1156
Fax 020 7329 4547
For information on disabled access visit
Disabled Go.
Services for adults with HIV and
their families and carers
Adult Social Care Services provide a full range of services for
children, families an adults with symptomatic HIV
infection. These include advice and referral to specialist HIV
and AIDS organisations, practical services in the home and help
with personal care, help with travel,
occupational therapy, day care and services to allow those who
care for you to have short breaks from their caring.
The City of London Adult Social Care Services work in
partnership and are developing services with the Positive East to
provide for those people affected by HIV, these services can either
be accessed through our care managers or directly from the
Positive
East.
Positive East
159 Mile End Road
London
E1 4AQ
Tel 020 7791 2855
Fax 020 7780 9551
Email
Positive East also operates a telephone helpline called
‘Signpost’ providing confidential information on sexual health and
community safety for men who have sex with men. Signpost operates
every Tuesday and Thursday from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, on 020 7790
5795.
Employment advice for
people with special needs
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 aims
to end the discrimination which many disabled people face,
particularly within the workplace. It is illegal to
discriminate unfairly against someone when you are:
- choosing someone for a job
- considering people for promotion, dismissal or
redundancy.
If you are looking for advice and help on finding full or part
time employment you should contact your local
Job
Centre Plus. Here you will be able to speak to a
Disability Employment advisor or an Access to Work advisor.
You can also visit the
Disability Rights Commission web site which has
a whole section devoted to employment issues surrounding people
with disabilities.
Keeping warm in winter
During the winter months the NHS Winter Warmth Advice Line
provides help and support for people particularly vulnerable to the
cold
Winter Warmth Advice Line Freephone 0800 085 7000 (8.00am to
8.00pm Monday – Friday)
CAB
offer help and advice concerning debt and paying bills and ensuing
that you access all the benefits you are entitled to.
Other helpful links:
Winter wrapped up (408 Kb)
Pension Service: Winter Fuel payments
Going into hospital
Pet care
If you have to go into hospital Adult Social Care Services will
assist in finding help for looking after your pets. This is done on
an individual basis depending on the circumstances and the pet.
Housing benefit
See the
housing benefit FAQ pages for information on happens to housing
benefit if in hospital.
Hospice care
There are currently no hospices located within the City of
London. If the need arises Adult Social Care, with the help
of the health authority, will assist in finding suitable
support.
Transport for
residential/nursing/day centres
Adult Social Care Services can provide transport to and from
nursing, residential and day care centres.