What Support is available to me?
Nottingham City Council's Adult Social Care Services
If you need some help to get around the home, do simple tasks or need to see what help and support you can receive to make your Daily Living easier, then the Social service can help by providing an assessment to look into your needs.
Nottingham Health & Care Point
If you need advice on where to get help and support, including what's available on care, disability, stroke, nursing services, community services, speech and others. Then by Calling the Health and Care Point, you will speak to someone trained in health and social care. In that case, they will understand the call and know where to get help if they can't resolve it themselves.
- Call: 0115 876 3330, Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm or
- Visit: Adult Social Care Hub
- Visit: Nottingham Health & Care Point | Ask Lion - Nottingham City Directory
If your query or concern is urgent and is outside these hours, please call the Emergency Duty Team on 0115 876 1000
Nottingham Autism Support Service
- Contact Name: Lynne Boam
- Tel: 07732498278
- Email: Nottingham Autism Service
- Visit: Nottingham Autism Support Service Ltd
Supported Living
Supported Living is accommodation-based support, where ongoing assistance is provided within a citizen’s accommodation. Personal support plans are created for the individual which can include anything from support for a couple of hours a week right through to a comprehensive 24 hours a day service - depending on the citizen’s needs. Each citizen has their own tenancy for their home, and they are provided with assistance to maintain this and budget for their household expenses.
- Visit: Supported Living | Ask Lion - Nottingham City Directory
Independent living communities (sheltered housing)
We have independent living communities (sheltered housing) in most areas of the city. The communities consist of self-contained homes, each with their own front door. There are one and two-bedroom flats, and bungalows.
- Visit: Independent living communities - Nottingham Housing Services
Housing Support
The Housing Support service offers services for people to obtain or maintain their tenancy and to remain independent.
- Visit: HomeLink - Nottingham HomeLink
- Visit: Housing Support - Nottingham City Council Housing Services
Shared Lives
Shared Lives offers accommodation and support, including short breaks, within approved family homes for people aged 18 and over whom have a learning disability.
- Visit: Shared Lives
Barkla Close
Barkla Close is a residential home service offering short breaks for adults with learning disabilities. Conveniently located in Clifton, providing three bedrooms with a shared wet room and changing area. Each bedroom and the wet room has overhead hoisting facilities.
About us
Barkla Close offers short breaks for up to 3 adults with learning disabilities. We provide person centred support and care, operating 24 hrs of the day, 7 days a week.
Our aim is to provide individuals with short breaks that closely
aligns with how they would ordinarily live their lives, whilst also offering opportunities to access the community for leisure and social pursuits.
We will identify and support an individual’s healthcare needs through collaboration with the individual, their meaningful contacts, and health and social care professionals.
Care and Support
On admission, We will prepare a detailed file in consultation with the Citizen staying with us and/or their representative. This will include the development of a Care Plan which will outline the aims and objectives of the placement and indicate the individual needs and requirements of the citizen.
We will provide support that enables citizens to be as independent as
possible whilst maintaining privacy, dignity and respect and always ensuring the opportunities are available for to make their own choices.
Support will be identified and offered after full consultation with the Citizen, and after an assessment of their care and support needs has been made.
Both males and females are appointed to work at Barkla Close. Whilst we endeavour to support an individual with their gender preference, there are times when this may not be possible, particularly when 2 staff are required to support an individual with personal care. Please discuss this with us so that we might agree a way to ensure a persons dignity is maintained during their stay.
Activities
Citizens enjoy daily trips to Clifton and the nearby City centre with its extensive range of shops, cafes and pubs and evening trips to the local theatres, cinemas and the shows and pantomimes at Christmas.
We organise day trips throughout the year, including trips further afield. Seasonal events take place such as Summer Parties and various cultural celebrations.
We enjoy visits to extensive local amenities in Nottingham city centre
for shopping, local churches, pub lunches, and to the cinema, theatre and ten pin bowling.
At Barkla we provide other Activities such as sensory relaxation, arts & crafts, Cooking, Card Making, Tabletop games, Gardening, massage & makeovers!
As our care is person centred we try to accommodate individual requests by citizens and arrange activities they would like to enjoy.
Meals and Refreshments
Fresh meals are provided as well as snacks throughout the day. Citizens will be consulted about their individual food preferences and dislikes as well as their cultural, religious and health needs, all of which will be taken into account when planning menus.
All menus offer at least two main choices and citizens will be asked which choice they would prefer at every meal.
All diets will be catered for including Cultural, Religious, Diabetic, Coeliac, Gluten Free and Dairy Free. Picture menus are available to all citizens
Meal Times
Breakfast starts from 06.00 am;
Lunch starts from 12 noon;
Dinner starts from 5:00 pm.
Citizens are not confined to these meal times. Meals can be reserved
and snacks can be provided at any time.
We have a nutritionist on hand to ensure all dietary requirements are catered for and appropriate meals are provided
Staying with us
Admission/Discharge days are Mondays and Fridays. Weekend stays will be classed as an overnight stay on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
When booking just a weekend, 3 days will be taken from your allocation regardless of the length of stay.
We ask that people vacate by 11 am and admissions will be from 2pm, to allow us to deep clean bedrooms after a stay and prevent over capacity.
Bookings are on a first come first serve basis up to a year in advance. Any bookings made over a year in advance will remain provisional until 1 calendar month before the booking.
Charges
Nottingham City Council has a statutory duty to meet assessed needs for residential care irrespective of a person’s financial means. This will be determined by an assessment of finances undertaken by a social worker prior to admission.
If you are wishing to fund privately then please contact Adult Residential Service on 0115 876 2671 for costs
Should you require further information regarding finances for Barkla Close, please contact the Assessment and Care Management Team on 0115 8763330
The following services will be included within the weekly fees: -
- Accommodation
- Board
- Personal care
- Personal laundry
- Entertainment/activities within the home.
Extra services such as attending concerts, theatres, etc, will incur additional charges. Citizens or their representatives will be advised of the additional costs of the goods and services.
How to find us
We are located at 19 Barkla close, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8QH
Reports
View our Care Quality Commission report
https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-6301808037
Contact us
Call our friendly team on 0115 8763095
Or email us at dawn.hobster@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Counselling Directory provides a confidential service that encourages those in need to seek help and to connect individuals with qualified counsellors in the UK. The site contains information on the common reasons people turn to counselling, as well as articles, news, and events.
- You can find more about counsellors in your area at Counselling Directories website.
If you are receiving Adult Social Care services and you're considering moving to, or moving away from Nottingham City we want to make sure that this care and support continues. We call this 'continuity of care'.
For more information on continuity of care please click below to download our PDF document.
NHS Nottingham City Clinical Commissioning Group, Nottingham City Council and Nottingham CityCare Partnership are working together to integrate adult health and social care services as part of a five-year programme to improve and streamline care for citizens.
Integrated care aims to 'join up' health and social care to meet the needs of an ageing population and transform the way that care is provided for people with long-term conditions, enabling people with complex needs to live healthier, fulfilling and independent lives
Some people in Prisons or Approved Premises need support to do the everyday things that most of us take for granted. The social care system provides this support for those who need it, to help them keep their independence and dignity.
To find out how to access this support please see our document below.
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