Services for people with learning disabilities

The Wokingham Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities - CTPLD - is a team of social care and health professionals who work with adults, 18+, with learning disabilities and their families.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can contact the team through letter, fax or email or by visiting the office and speaking to a duty worker. The duty worker is available between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday.

 

 

You will be asked for your details and given any immediate advice. Dependent on your needs you might be referred to a care manager for a community care assessment or directly to one of the health professionals in the team. A letter will be sent to you explaining what is going to happen and then someone from the team will then contact you to make an appointment.

 

 

An assessment is a process that finds out about your circumstances and the help you might need. It looks at things like:

 

 

 

Carers have a right to a carer’s assessment. This considers the impact that being a carer has on the carer’s health and well-being, employment, study, and leisure interests.

 

 

Unfortunately, the council are unable to provide community care services for everyone. Because we are unable to help everyone, the council agrees and publishes the situations where we can help people. This is called ‘eligibility criteria’. A leaflet is available from our offices to explain this.

 

 

We will provide information and advice about other community opportunities that might be available like drop-in services, support groups etc.

 

Some people who are not eligible for a community care service may be eligible for a service from the health professionals in the CTPLD. We will discuss this with you as part of your assessment.

 

 

This could include: