Mon-Fri: 8.30am-5.00pm

This is a specialist service for adults with a learning disability, jointly provided by Aberdeenshire Council and NHS Grampian. The service also gives support to families and carers. The service is provided at Day Centres, Health Centres and in the client's own home.

To provide a health and social work service that meets the care needs of adults with a learning disability

The Community Learning Disability Team offer:

• Care Management - Care Managers work with service users, carers, healthcare professionals and care providers to assess, monitor and review the non-medical needs of service users and carers
• Clinical Psychology - provision of a psychological formulation of client's problems by cognitive and behavioural assessments and detailed interviews
• Community Nursing - health screening and provision of support in domiciliary and other settings for clients and carers
• Dietetics - assessment of nutritional status, requirements and intake to ensure that a diet is nutritionally adequate
• Occupational Therapy - to promote and enable independence through the assessment and treatment to function
• Physiotherapy - the assessment and analysis of movement and function to help maintain joint range and muscle and bone strength
• Psychiatry - Psychiatrists work with adults who have actual or suspected mental illness
• Speech and Language Therapy - assessment, diagnosis, intervention and support for adults with learning disabilities who have communication and/or eating and drinking difficulties

Speech and Language therapists also provide training for staff, carers and parents in the use of alternative and augmentative communication systems, symbols and signing support for total communication.

The North CLDT operates an open referral system where referrals will be accepted from individuals, carers, next of kin, Day Centre Officers, Care Managers as well as GPs.

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