Yes, if you want one and you:
- are aged 14 or over and usually before you are aged 20
- have a permanent and substantial disability or visual or hearing impairment
- live in Nottinghamshire
- are likely to need social care support from Nottingham County Council.
The transition co-ordinator will either be contacted by:
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Children’s Services or your school. They would usually be invited to your Year 9 school review.
- you or your parents/carers if a transition co-ordinator was unable to attend your review.
If you have already left school you can contact us direct.
The transition co-ordinator will work with:
- you
- your family/carers
- people who have known you in the past like teachers and doctors
- people with special training and skills, for example, speech and language therapists or occupational therapists
to find out what help and support you may need as you become an adult.
For example:
- what you want to do when you leave school
- how and where you want to live
- what you want to do during the day time
- how you want to spend your spare time.
If the transition co-ordinator does not think they can help you they will advise you where you can go to get the help you need.
When all of the information has been checked with you, your transition co-ordinator will write down all the information and this will be called an assessment. They will then help you make a plan for how and when all of your support needs will be met.
The transition co-ordinator will agree with you the best time for you to have an assessment. As your needs will change between the age of 14 and 18 (or when you leave school) you may want to wait until closer to your 18th birthday (or after it) until you have an assessment.
You can get support for many different things. These could include:
- practical things to make everyday life easier
- transport
- health services
- self help and independence
- saying what you want and making sure people understand
- someone to speak up for you
- leisure/recreation, holidays, clubs, sports
- learning more things
- advice on friendships
- things to do in the day time including paid work
- time away from home
- living in your own home away from your family
- making sure you get all the money you should be getting.
Find out more about
adult social care support.
Some of the services you currently get may stop. People who have worked with you may only work with children. When you become an adult other people may have to take over the work that they do.
When you become an adult you will need to have an adult assessment. Services are free for children, but adults have to pay toward the cost of some services. For example, short breaks services.
How much you pay will depend on how much money you have coming in. We provide benefits advice to make sure you get all the benefits you are entitled to.
You have the right to:
- be listened to
- be given respect
- know what is happening
- agree or disagree.
If you are unhappy with what has happened let your transition co-ordinator or their manager know or you can make a formal complaint.
