Durham County Council: Home services
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Durham County Council
You may need to use the service when you feel that using the skills of a person who is independent would help you to express your views, opinions and wishes and to obtain impartial advice.
You might use the servi...Contact: Social Care and Health, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL. Tel: 0300 123 7070. Their aim is to enable clients to continue to live independently in their own homes, so long as it is their wish, by assisting with their essential works.
Essentially, HIA's manage the relationship between homeowners and co...Contact: Social Care and Health, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL. Tel: 0300 123 7070. Carers can register with the service so that prompt arrangements can be made for replacement care should they be unable to perform their usual caring role because of an emergency. Replacement care can be arranged through exis...Contact: Adult Services, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL. Tel: 0300 123 7070. These services may include sitting services, day services, home care, residential care and shared lives. Services should aim to be flexible and to meet an individual’s needs. These services are usually provided to ...Contact: Adult Services, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL. Tel: 0300 123 7070. Direct Payments are money you receive from the council to buy your own care and support services, rather than having social care staff arrange them for you. This puts you in charge of your own care or support arrangement...Contact: Adult Services, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL. Tel: 0300 123 7070. The Welfare Rights service can help with questions and problems on a wide range of social security benefits and tax credits.
We can help you by:
giving you information on what benefits you might be entitled to and how...Contact: Adult Services, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL. Tel: 0300 123 7070. The centres offer a wide range of local, confidential support services to adult and parent carers, such as:
One-to-one support, including home visits
Information and advice
Informal advocacy support
Carer traini...Contact: Carers Centres, Durham and Chester-le-Street Carers Support, Bullion Hall, Bullion Lane, Chester-le-Street, County Durham, DH2 2ES. Tel: 0191 387 1991. The centres offer a wide range of local, confidential support services to adult and parent carers, such as:
One-to-one support, including home visits
Information and advice
Informal advocacy support
Carer traini...Contact: Carers Centres, Derwentside Carers Centre, Delves Lane Village Hall, Delves Lane, Consett, County Durham, DH8 7BH. Tel: 01207 502 688. The centres offer a wide range of local, confidential support services to adult and parent carers, such as:
One-to-one support, including home visits
Information and advice
Informal advocacy support
Carer traini...Contact: Carers Centres, Easington District Carers Support - 5th Floor, Lee House, Yoden Way, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 1BB. Tel: 0191 586 9134. The centres offer a wide range of local, confidential support services to adult and parent carers, such as:
One-to-one support, including home visits
Information and advice
Informal advocacy support
Carer traini...Contact: Carers Centres, Sedgefield Locality Carers Centre, Suite 3 Avenue House, Greenwell Road, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, DL5 4DH. Tel: 01325 313 123.