Adult Placement for people with a learning disability

Name of service

Adult Placement

What the service is

The service offers residential support within an adult placement carer’s home on a long-term basis, or to offer short-term respite support.

The service user has the opportunity to live as part of the family.Non overnight support is also available in the form of the Supported Carers Scheme where service users are supported to access leisure opportunities during 4 hour sessions and Kinship support.

This is where someone who has moved on to independent living is offered arms length support with budgeting and so on and is also involved in the Adult Placement Carers family life.

Who the service is for

Adults with disabilities and older people including vulnerable adults.

How can you access the service

The Adult Placement Service can be accessed through an assessment. In the first instance contact ADIS:

Phone:0161 770 1515

Fax:0161 770 1519

Minicom:0161 770 1520

Email:adis@oldham.gov.uk

Postal: Adult Duty and Intervention Service, The Link Centre, 140 Union Street, Oldham OL1 1DZ

Opening hours - 8.40am - 5.00pm

For more information please see our detailed fact sheet:

Adult placement scheme for people with learning disabilities
Adult placement scheme for people with learning disabilities (large print)

Updated: DL 07/2008