The Council has an Emergency Duty Team. The team provides an emergency social work service to people in crisis to meet their urgent needs out of office hours. The service is provided by an experienced social worker who is able to respond if necessary to the needs of people in crisis.
This service is available from 5.00pm – 9.00am, Monday to Friday and 24 hours during weekends and Bank Holidays
You can contact the Emergency Duty Team on:
Phone: 0161 770 6936
Minicom: 0161 770 8302
Fax: 0161 770 8302
Email: edt@oldham.gov.uk
For more information about this service please see our detailed fact sheet:
Who to contact outside office hours in an emergency (The Emergency Duty Team).(Standard Print)
Who to contact outside office hours in an emergency (The Emergency Duty Team) (Large Print)
Updated CO/07/2008