Transitioning from Children’s Services

Young People transitioning from Childrens Services to Adult Disability Services will be accepted to the  core Adult Community Disability Teams (Physical Disability Team / Adult Learning Disability Teams) where a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Nursing / or Social Work Keyworkers, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech and Language Therapists will support the young person and their carer. 

This Multi Disciplinary team will work in partnership with Children’s Services to support a smooth transition to Adult Disability Services, until the young person reaches 18 years of age.

 

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Contacts

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• Description of services/opportunities provided

  All those referred to the service will receive a Multi-Disciplinary assessment which may include input from Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech & Language Therapy, Social Work and Nursing.

  The assessment will identify the individual’s needs and the case manager will work in partnership with the service user and family to agree how these needs can be met.

  A separate Carer’s Assessment will also be offered.

• Routes to access the service

  Who can refer?

  • GPs
  • Consultant Psychiatrists
  • Children’s Disability Teams
  • 16+ Teams
  • Psychology services
  • Education services
  • Self-referral

  Email referral to adulttransitionteam@southerntrust.hscni.net

• Referral criteria
  • Age range 16 – 21 years
  • Confirmed Diagnosis of Learning Disability/Physical Disability
  • Resident in The Southern Health and Social Care Trust area
  • Willing to engage with services

  (Learning Disability defined as an IQ of below 70, or have a confirmed diagnosis of ‘significant’ or ‘severe’ impairment in cognitive function (below the threshold of full scale IQ<70) and an equivalent deficit in social functioning). IQ assessment must be completed by a SHSCT Psychologist.

• Copies of leaflets/information sheets
  • Adult Disability Transition Team

    Title	Date added	Download
    transition pathway	12-04-2022	Download
    SALT role easy read	12-04-2022	Download
    Physiotherapy role easy read	12-04-2022	Download
    Occupational therapy role easy read	12-04-2022	Download

• Advocacy

  Sinead Campbell

  Advocacy Team Leader Disability Action

  SineadCampbell@disabilityaction.org