About Social Care
What can you expect from social care?
Adult social care services are designed to support people to stay healthy, maintain independence and have choice and control over their lives.
Your Circle is the name for Gloucestershire's more flexible and personal approach to adult social care services. By putting the individual at the heart of everything, people are helped to develop their personal support network of trusted people, places and services, allowing more choice and control over their care and support. Each component of Your Circle makes an important contribution to the individual's care and support plan.
In time, the Your Circle symbol will also help you identify where to find information and support.
Useful advice
Do I have to pay for social care? Financial Assessment
Following a social care assessment many people do not have to pay towards the cost of their social care support or service, but some may be asked to contribute. You More…
Who is eligible for help from social care?
If you need community care services, because of disability or infirmity, or poor mental health, you may be entitled to an assessment of your needs, which will be matched against national 'fair More…
What is a personal budget and a direct payment?
A personal budget is an amount of money that the council has agreed you will need to pay for the help you need as identified in your support plan, following More…
When might I need an advocate?
Here are some examples of situations when you might want an advocate to help you speak up: Making a complaint to your council about a service you receive If you More…
What is Advocacy?
It is not always easy to express your wishes or preferences. If decisions are being made that affect your future, or the future of someone that you care for, you More…
GUIDE Information Service
The GUiDE Information Service has merged with Gloucestershire LINK to form the new Healthwatch Gloucestershire organisation. The four thousand plus up to date and pro-actively monitored records on the GUiDE More…
Personal budgets brought to life
If you are eligible for social care you may be offered a personal budget. Here are some ideas demonstrating how you could develop Your Circle of support. Even if you have More…
Changes to Social Care
Adult social care services are changing across England to give people, family and carers much greater choice and control over the support that they receive and who delivers it. People More…
How can an Occupational Therapist help me?
Occupational therapy is the assessment and treatment of physical and psychiatric conditions using specific, purposeful activity to prevent disability and promote independent function in all aspects of daily life.What Social More…
Do you need help from social care?
Are you new to social services? If you or your family feel that you need extra support, your first step is think about the kind of support you might need. More…
Gloucestershire
County Council
Shire Hall
Westgate Street
Gloucester
Gloucestershire GL1 2TG
T: 01452 426868
E: yourcircle@
gloucestershire.gov.uk
www.yourcircle.org.uk
