Somewhere to live and the support you need
Specialist Housing Services
Deciding where you live is very important
Getting the right support is very important too
The Accommodation and Support Team can help
Click here for more information about specialist housing services
Living Well, Feeling Safe – Help for you at home
You can get lots of help to live independently in your home.
There are gadgets, equipment and services that can all help people feel safer and more comfortable at home.
A council service called ‘Living well, feeling safe’ will visit you at home and provides lots of help at home.
Click here for more information about Living Well, Feeling Safe
A Real Home A Real Life: A short film
A Real Home A Real Life is a short film telling the stories about eight people with learning disabilities or autism in Dudley
It shows you different types of housing and the support people can get to live their own lives
Click here to see “A Real Home a Real Life”
Click here to view other film about people in Dudley
Personal Budgets
A Personal Budget is money that you are given to meet your care and support needs
You can choose to have this money yourself and choose how you spend it
Or the council can have the money and arrange your support for you
Click here for more information on personal budgets
Support Available
There are other organisations which provide support for leisure, learning and health
Click here to visit our Health pages for more information
For information about independent providers that the Council contract, contact the Commissioning Team
Tel: 01384 812842
Useful Links
The Care Quality Commission is the organisation that inspects care homes and domiciliary care (care in the person’s own home)