Services for deaf people

We offer a range of services to help meet the needs of deaf and hard of hearing adults and children, as well as their families and carers. These include:

social workers being available to help and advise on a wide range of personal and practical problems;
registering people as deaf and hard of hearing;
monitoring care of deaf adults in residential care;
participating in specialist assessments for a wide range of settings such as residential care, P.A.C.E. interviews, transitional reviews for deaf children at 14 plus;
providing information about deafness, sign-language, deaf clubs;
providing advice about support for deaf children;
providing information about regional and national resources for deaf people;
service development - we ask deaf people their views and what they want to improve and develop services;
liaison with other agencies;
deaf children's summer playscheme;
assessment and advice on equipment deaf people might need in their daily life for example, flashing doorbells, textphones.

Where individuals are not eligible for a service funded by us, they will be offered advice and information about possible alternative sources of assistance.