Get social care help

Adult Social Care is a department of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. We work with adults aged 18 or over who live in Redcar and Cleveland. Our role is to enable you to live as independent a life as you can, for as long as you can.

If you need social care help from us, we'll have a chat and ask you some questions about your day-to-day life to work out what you need. This is called a needs assessment.

Once a needs assessment has been completed, if you are eligible (entitled) for adult social care support you will be provided with a care and support plan.

If you are worried or unsure about your health or social care assistance, an advocate or advocacy service will be able to support you during your assessment, review or with care and support planning.

Sometimes a disability, illness or accident can make it difficult for someone to make decisions for themselves at the time that the decision needs to be made. This means that they may lack capacity.

​Transition means change. If you or your child is receiving support from social care, health or education services, transition is the period from year 9 up to the age of 18, when support moves from services that are for children and young people, into services that support adults.

Leaving hospital after an accident, illness or surgery can be a worrying time for you and your family.