Adult Social Care
Practice Guide
Adult Social Care Practice Guide This accessibility statement applies to the website, https://ascpractice.camden.gov.uk/ This website is run by the Camden Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to: Change colours, cont…
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Who is in Adult Social Care ASC Practice Guide Overview of Camden Adult Social Care and information about the different services and teams
Who is in Adult Social Care This section provides an overview of the multi-disciplinary teams within Mental Health. From 30 June 2025, we are introducing a new model of Mental Health Social Work in Camden. Here are the new contact details for Mental Health Social Work Services within Camden Counci…
FOCUS FOCUS The FOCUS Team offers assertive outreach services to street homeless people and homeless people in hostels. The team will advocate on people’s behalf and support with various social and practical issues. The team also offers advice and support to street outreach staff and hostel staff…
Camden Assertive Outreach Team Camden Assertive Outreach Team Camden Assertive Outreach Team provides support to adults with a history of psychotic disorders and complex needs who may have had difficulty working with other teams or services and who may have had many admissions to hospital. The te…
Personality Disorder Service Personality Disorder Service The Camden and Islington Personality Disorder Service is a highly specialist service which consists of two teams: 1. The Community Team which provides care coordination by working in a structured way towards a person’s goals, improving dai…
Complex Depression, Anxiety and Trauma Service Complex Depression, Anxiety and Trauma Service Most people with depression, anxiety and trauma can be supported by a variety of psychological therapies and wellbeing services based in GP surgeries and in other community settings. However, there are p…
Services for Ageing Mental Health Services for Ageing Mental Health Services for Ageing Mental Health - Camden Mental Health Team (SAMH CMHT) is a multi – disciplinary service which supports older people with mental health issues as well as their carers. The service will also support people of an…
Crisis Resolution Services Crisis Resolution Services The North and South Crisis Resolution Teams provide rapid assessment of mental health crisis to determine the best way to support a person living in either the North or South of Camden. They also have a Home Treatment Team that provides altern…
Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) Service Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) Service Camden’s Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) Service fulfils the local authority’s statutory duties under the Mental Health Act 1983. AMHPs are specially trained professionals who coordina…
Early Intervention Service (EIS) Early Intervention Service (EIS) The Early Intervention Service (EIS) is dedicated to the assessment and management of people who have presented to specialist Mental Health Services with a first episode of psychosis. They aim to give people the best chance of reco…
Camden Recovery & Rehabilitation Services (North and South R & R) Camden Recovery & Rehabilitation Services (North and South R & R) The North and South Recovery & Rehabilitation Services provide mental health care to people with psychotic illnesses with the aim of supporting recovery, prompting m…
Mental Health in Camden Mental Health in Camden From 30 June 2025, we are introducing a new model of Mental Health Social Work in Camden. We have recently been reviewing how our mental health social care teams operate, working closely with partners, staff, and people who use our services, in line…
CLDS Who is in Adult Social Care Camden Learning Disabilities Service (CLDS) works with people with learning disabilities in Camden. They are an integrated health and social care team run by the Council and the NHS.
CLDS Guidance for practitioners on making placements Here you can find information you will need before making a placement, information on the placement making process, and useful contacts.
Before making a placement Before making a placement Step one Placing borough: Confirm there is no suitable service in borough that can meet the person’s needs. Step two Placing borough: Contact the relevant learning disabilities team at the earliest possible opportunity to talk through the person…
After making a placement Step one Placing borough: Identify a named person as the allocated care coordinator or point of contact and inform the host borough. Host borough: Maintain a record of named contact in host borough. Step two Placing and host borough: There is an expectation that represent…
Relevant contacts when making a placement We know that across NCL there are more learning disability providers based in Enfield and Barnet compared to Camden, Islington and Haringey. This protocol is intended to support those inner London boroughs to find suitable services within the region whil…
CLDS Resources relating to CLDS Resources relating to CLDS and working with people with learning disabilities, including easy read, Capabilities Statement, and Living a Good Life.
Requesting easy read Accessible Information Service (part of CLDS) Legal requirement for easy read Having your documents in easy read helps people who find it hard to understand written information, for example some people with learning disabilities or dementia. Making reasonable adjustments for…
Capabilities Statement Capabilities Statement The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) have published a Capabilities Statement for social workers who work with adults who have a learning disability. The Capabilities Statement is structured around the Professional Capabilities Framework ‘s…
Further resources Below is a range of resources, ranging from Bowel Cancer Screening to 3 Pillars of Life BOWEL CANCER SCREENING Public Health England have published new information and resources to support people with learning disabilities to better understand bowel cancer screening. You can rea…
CLDS Guidance on referring to CLDS This section will cover how to make referrals to CLDS, how decisions are made, and referral criteria that must be met to make appropriate referrals.
CLDS referrals We have a referral form that can be completed to make new referrals for people who are not already known to us. Please complete the referral form and send it to [email protected] or [email protected]. Please note a person must have a GP in Camden in order to be considered for heal…
Eligibility decision making process Eligibility decision making process If it is not possible to make a decision based on the information available on the referral, we will offer an Initial Contact Assessment (ICA) that involves a face-to-face meeting with the referred person. The aim of this is…
Eligibility (adaptive functioning) A global learning disability is partially defined by a significant, life-long impairment in a number of areas of adaptive functioning including: Personal care and daily living: opportunities to carry out activities of daily living, level of prompting/support ne…
Eligibility (cognitive functioning) A global learning disability is partially defined by a significant, life-long impairment in a number of areas of cognitive functioning, including the person’s understanding of words (verbal skills) numbers (abstract conceptual skills) and pictures (visual-spat…
CLDS An introduction into CLDS - who they are are, and what they do This section outlines who is in CLDS, the work they do, and defines what a learning disability is. Working with parents with additional needs:Joint working protocol between Adult Social Care and Children’s Safeguarding and Family…
What is a learning disability? We define a global learning disability according to internationally recognised criteria including those of the World Health Organisation (ICD-10) and American Psychiatric Association (DSM-IV): people with global learning disabilities experience life-long impairment…
What is CLDS? Who is in CLDS? Camden Learning Disabilities Service (CLDS) is an integrated health and social care service for adults with global learning disabilities living in or supported by the London Borough of Camden and/or registered with an NHS Camden GP. Our team consists of different pro…
CLDS Information about Living a Good Life, wikis and who to contact for further information. “People with learning disabilities in Camden will be supported to live a good life in the way they want, with friendships, personal growth and having a valued place in society at its core.” This page cover…
Easy read information about Living a Good life can be found here. Living a Good Life is a project developed by Camden Learning Disabilities Service (CLDS), Synergy (a self-advocacy group), people in Camden with learning disabilities, parents and carers of people with learning disabilities, and pr…
RIX wikis A wiki is a digital About Me that reflects a person’s interests and goals. Like a personal website, it can be easily shared and updated and is designed to change and develop with the person. Wikis can include photos, videos, sounds, and attachments. A wiki is owned by the person themsel…
The project has established a single point of access for all services and opportunities/activities for people with learning disabilities. The purpose of a single point of access is to coordinate better across all learning disability and mainstream providers to ensure that people have self-determi…
A Disability Job Hub meets people in local community spaces across the borough and in 5 Pancras Square to support them to build up skills and confidence in readiness for training and employment. The Hub meets people out in the community, and at 5 Pancras Square. The skills that somebody needs var…
To find out more about Living a Good Life, contact: Richard Lohan / Jane Saunders (Wiki c oordinators) – for information about Wikis Catherine Schreiber (Chair of Opportunities Planning Group) – for information about Single Point of Access and OPG Eleanor Campbell (Disability Job Hub Lead) – for…
Living a Good Life Opportunities Group The Living a Good Life Opportunities Group is made up of people from teams such as CLDS and CYPDS and is designed to help people with learning disabilities achieve their aims and ambitions. In particular, the group can support people going through a transiti…
Who ASC Neighbourhoods Service support Who ASC Neighbourhoods Service support Camden’s ASC Neighbourhoods Service supports people aged 18 and above who have a range of needs that relate to physical or mental health, frailty, homelessness or drug and alcohol dependence. The service also supports a…
What the ASC Neighbourhoods Service does What the ASC Neighbourhoods Service does ASC Neighbourhoods Service works alongside adults who have care and support needs in order to support them to live healthy and independent lives within their communities. We do this by working in a strengths-based w…
Your colleagues in the ASC Neighbourhoods Service Your colleagues in the ASC Neighbourhoods Service See who is in your team on the neighbourhoods service structure charts. The ASC Neighbourhoods Service comprises the following colleagues: Service Managers are the strategic leads for our Service.…
Teams that make up ASC Neighbourhoods Service Teams that make up ASC Neighbourhoods Service The ASC Neighbourhoods Service is made up of the following teams: NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAMS The Neighbourhood teams are geographically based across five Neighbourhoods: - North - West - Central - South - East Pl…
Contact the ASC Neighbourhoods Service Contact the ASC Neighbourhoods Service For a new referral to the service, complete this form . For urgent support or concern about the immediate safety of a vulnerable person call Contact Camden on 020 7974 4444 and when prompted, say 'Adult Social Care.' Fo…
Referrals to ASC Referrals to ASC This page outlines a sequence of steps that follow when a referral is received. It includes various actions that are taken at each Conversation and when decisions are made. Attached is a map that sets out the steps, starting from when the person finds out where t…
ASC Neighbourhood Quality Assurance Panel ASC Neighbourhood Quality Assurance Panel This document sets out the standard operating principles for the Neighbourhoods Quality Assurance panel. This procedure relates to all staff within Adult Social Care (ASC) that have a responsibility for Case Manag…