Social Care leaflets and publications

The Health and Social Care Department produce a number of leaflets for adults needing social care services. (See list below).

You can obtain the leaflets on this page by contacting Social Care Direct on 0131 200 2324.

Some social work units (such as homes for older people or children's centres) or specialist services (such as Family Focus or the Special Needs Employment Team) have their own leaflets. You can obtain these by contacting the unit direct.

You can also obtain information in community languages, Braille, large print and audio tape. Contact the Interpretation and Translation Service on 242 8181 for further information.

General

• Emergency Social Work Services
• Open Access - Access to personal files - information for the public
• Open Access - Access to personal files - information for service users
• Confidentiality

Community Care

• Guide to adult social care services
  (Leaflet explaining how you and your familiy can get the help you need)
• Money matters - Moving into a care home - General information
  (Leaflet explaining the financial situation when you move into a care home)
• Money matters - Moving into a care home - Legal information
  (Leaflet explaining the legal situation when you move into a care home)
  
• Free Personal and Nursing Care in care homes
  (Leaflet explaining free personal and nursing care when you move into a care home)
• Moving on
  (Leaflet explaining what happens when you move between a hospital and a care home)
• Sharing information and giving consent
  (Leaflet explaining how information about you is shared )
• Equipment for use at home
• Direct payments
  (Leaflet explaining how you can access a direct payment)
  
• Guidelines for the closure of care homes and NHS hospital wards
  (Leaflet explaining what happens when your care home or hospital ward has to close)
• Protecting Vulnerable Adults: Ensuring rights and preventing abuse
• A carer's guide to carer's assessment
  (Leaflet explaining what happens when you have a carer's assessment)
• Night Support Service
  (Leaflet explaining the night time service we have to help you stay at home)
• The Home Care and Support Service
  (leaflet explaining the service we offer to help you stay at home)
• The open employment scheme
  (Leaflet explaining the supported employment service if you have experienced a mental health problem or illness)
• Supported employment team
  (leaflet explaining the supported employment service if you have a disability)
• Supported employment team
  (leaflet with information for potential employers)
• Outreach - caring for carers in Edinburgh
  (leaflet on short breaks from caring)
• Marionville Court Care Home
  (Leaflet on Marionville Cour Care Home for older people)
• Adult Resource Team
  (Leaflet on the service that provides accommodation and support to help individuals live as independently as possible in the community)
• Tenancy Support Service
  (Leaflet on this service which provides visiting support to adults with a learning disability, physical disability or mental health problems.)
• MINE
  (Leaflet on this service which provides support to people with a history of mental health problems to establish and keep their own tenancies.)
• Bernard Street and Cadzow Place
  (Leaflet on these services which provide accommodation for vulnerable homeless adults who have the skills to live independently but need help to do so.)
• Supported lodgings service
  (Leaflet on this service which provides support to vulnerable adults who have experienced homelessness or are vulnerable to homelessness.)
• Adult placement service
  (leaflet on this service which rovides support to adults with learning disability, physical disability, mental health problems or acquired brain injury who find it difficult with living independently.)

Complaints

• Advice and complaints service - adult social care services
  Details of how best to make use of this service
• How to make a suggestion or complaint about our services - children and families. (This can be obtained by phoning 0131 469 6110)