The Learning Difficulties Service helps people with learning difficulties over the age of 18 and their carers.
In the team there are:
- Art, drama and music therapists
- Care management assistants
- Nurses
- Occupational therapists
- Psychiatrists
- Psychologists
- Physiotherapists
- Speech and language therapists
- Social Workers
The Learning Difficulties Service can help people with their care needs as well as their health needs. There is a Social Worker on duty every day to give information and advice.
There are also staff that work in day centres, help people get jobs and support people to become independent.
You can find out more about our services by downloading our leaflet CCH 92 'South Gloucestershire Learning Difficulties Service' by clicking on the link in the 'read more' box on the right-hand side of this page. There may be a charge for these services.
To access these services you will need to have an assessment. This is to find out what needs you have and what services would best meet those needs. For more information, visit our page on needs assessments.
Further information for people with learning diffulties can be downloaded from our the 'read more' section on this page.
Help with reading information on this website
The council has introduced a free service that speech enables our website for those with reading difficulties. It offers a practical website access service to people who find it easier to listen to, rather than read the content of our website. To find out about this click on Browsealoud in our main A-Z.