Learning Disabilities and Autism
The Trust offers a range of services to support people with learning disabilities in the community. As well as autism diagnosis and post diagnosis support for autistic adults.
The service works with service users, families, social care and health partners to enable adults with a learning disability and/or autism living in Lincolnshire to receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
As a Trust we also offer support to children and young people with a learning disability in our Learning Disability Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (LD CAMHS) and have a Children and Young People Keyworker service for any young person with a learning disability, or autistic young people who may be at risk of admission to a mental health unit or hospital. Read more about the keyworker service by using this link
Our services
We provide specialist health support to people with learning disabilities who require assessment and/or treatment for their physical or mental health, including support with behaviours of concern.
- A single point of access (SPA) for all referrals
- Four community hubs - a multi-disciplinary team which provides the whole range of specialist learning disability professions
- Autism diagnosis and liaison - providing a liaison service which supports access to mainstream health services and ensures reasonable adjustments are made
- County-wide community home assessment and treatment team
Referrals
The service will work with adults over 18 who have a diagnosis of learning disability and associated physical and/ or mental health needs who are registered with a Lincolnshire GP. For a referral please contact your local GP or speak to your learning disability community team worker at Lincolnshire County Council.
All referrals are made through our Single Point of Access on:
- Telephone: 0303 123 4000 or
- Email: lincs.
spa @nhs.net
Community Learning Disability Hubs
The service is provided in four community hubs across Lincolnshire. These hubs are based at:
- Beech House, Boston
- Sycamore Centre, Grantham
- Units 1 and 2, St George's site, Lincoln
- Johnson Community Hospital, Spalding
As well as a number of satellite clinics which are used to enable choice and care close to home, when required.
The four community hubs provide a integrated multi-disciplinary approach to supporting people with a learning disability.
Each hub has specialist nurses, psychology, physical and mental health liaison nurses, psychiatry, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy.
The team work together, with other organisations to provide a single assessment process to reduce how often people have to tell their story. The team then discuss all referrals and allocate the appropriate professional to support service users and carers with their individual needs.
Liaison with health services
In each hub there are liaison nurses for physical health, mental health and autism. They work with local health services and service users and carers to ensure equal access to mainstream services, helping to develop reasonable adjustments and provide appropriate training for professionals.
Enhanced Support and Liaison Service
Following engagement with those who use our services, the Trust’s previous Community Home Assessment and Treatment Team (CHAT) and the Transforming Care Liaison Service (TCLS) have merged under the new Enhanced Support and Liaison Service.
They will provide seven days a week support between 8am and 8pm for people at risk of placement breakdown and/or hospital admission.
The team will also support people to access to psychiatry, psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy to help tackle any specific issues they may have, or liaise with mainstream mental health services to support with reasonable adjustments and timely discharge.
By combining the two existing teams the Trust have been able to combine the skills , knowledge and expertise of both teams and provide a more robust and bespoke offer for autistic people or those with a learning disability who may be experiencing a crisis in their mental health.
Transforming Care
Transforming care is a national programme all about making health and care services better so that more people with a learning disability, autism or both can live in the community, with the right support, and close to home.
Below are two Lincolnshire case studies about how services are changing to make this happen and how real people are having their lives and care transformed.
Watch our service user stories about how we are transforming care for people with a learning disability and/or autism.
You can listen and watch to the stories of some of our Lincolnshire service users about how real people are having their lives and care transformed.
Moving into my own home - Wayne's story
[Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAKr2elJSVg&feature=youtu.be]
Annual health checks - Lorraine's story
[Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWJvQfe7mu8]
More information about our services
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Autism Diagnostic Service
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Speech and Language Therapy team
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Learning Disability Specialist Community Service
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Virtual Autism Hub
Team locations
To refer to any of our services please contact the Single Point of Access Contact Centre on 0303 123 4000
Learning Disability Community Hub (West)
Unit 2, St George's site, off Long Leys Road, Lincoln, LN1 1FS
Telephone: 01205 600360
Learning Disability Community Hub (East)
Beech House, Toot Lane, Fishtoft Boston, PE21 0AX
Telephone: 01205 600360
Learning Disability Community Hub (South)
Johnson Community Hospital, Pinchbeck Road, Spalding, PE11 3DT
Telephone: 01205 600360
Learning Disability Community Hub (South West)
Sycamore Centre, Beacon Lane, Grantham, NG31 9DR
Telephone: 01205 600360
Enhanced Support and Liaison Service
Unit 1, St George's Hospital site, off Long Leys Road, Lincoln, LN1 1FS
Telephone: 01205 600360
Autism Diagnostic Service
Unit 8, The Point, Lions Way, Sleaford,
NG34 8GG
Email: lpft.adlt@nhs.net
Telephone: 01205 600360
