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Social work team. Provide information and signposting on social care services. Community care assessments of need for patients who require assessments, and discharge planning for social care.

Social work assessment for patients being discharged into the community from all the hospitals within the UCLH NHS Foundation Trust. For older people and people with physical disabilities.

Offers free adult learning courses in community learning venues across the borough for people over 19. Some classes are for particular groups such as older people, parents and carers, ESOL learners or people with learning disabilities. Some of the courses are intended as first steps…

All courses are for adults aged 19+ and give priority to Camden residents. We offer a range of courses in computing, English, work and volunteering and family learning. Some classes are for particular groups, for example,  parents and carers. Some classes have a free crèche –…

The Complaints Unit provides support and advice including advocacy for Adult Social Care users, potential users and carers who may wish to make a complaint about services.

The Camden Learning Disability Service (CLDS) Physiotherapy service provides person-centred, whole life approaches to helping people with learning disabilities manage or maintain their health and improve movement and physical skills Physiotherapists work in a number of community based settings and service users’ own homes to…

We work with young people over the age of 18 that have a visual or hearing impairment. The Sensory Needs Service meets a range of health and social care needs of young people 18 years and over with Special Educational Needs. We work in a…

Offers leisure and recreational activities to African families. Includes advice, information and health promotion. Interpreting and translation service.

Offers advice, counselling, information and support to asylum seekers, refugees and migrants particularly in the fields of immigration, welfare rights, housing, health (HIV/AIDS, mental health, tropical diseases), education, training and employment. Swahili mother tongue classes for children aged 7-14. Outings for children and people from…

Specialist clinic dealing with female circumcision, especially in relation to pregnancy and family planning. Ante-natal, intrapartum (during birth) and post-natal treatment. First visit will include an assessment and liaison with an interpreter, counsellor and advisor if required. Non-pregnant women with female circumcision can also self-refer.…

National charity providing information, support, community services and products for older people and their families and carers. Share a building with Age UK Camden.

Provides support, advice, information, counselling, advocacy and befriending services (via Good Neighbour schemes), resource centres, volunteering opportunities, Direct Payments support, neighbourhood care, computer training, Bangladeshi elders groups, carers' support, dementia support, nailcutting service, internet shopping service, home service, services for older gay men, lesbians and…

Care Navigators are professionals who provide a free, impartial and confidential service to older people in Camden. They are based within the GP practices in Camden and have specialist knowledge of services available to you. They can talk to you about your needs and concerns…

One to one free counselling for older people living in Camden. Counselling will be offered to people in their own homes if they are unable to attend the centre. People can be referred by GPs, social workers or other professionals, or may self-refer. Sessions last…

Support for people affected by dementia and those who care for them, providing information, guidance and support. If required, clients can be matched to a volunteer to help them to understand the information given, resolve any outstanding issues and get access to services to which…

The dementia befriending service works with volunteer befrienders who visit socially isolated older people living with dementia or memory impairement.

Group with volunteer support. Quizzes, reminiscence, games, lunch, outings. Volunteers needed.

Support for up to 9 people with mild dementia. Lunch, refreshment and transport provided. Social activities.

Social Services can give people assessed as needing services the funds to arrange their own home care. Age UK Camden's Direct Payments Service offers support, including explaining the scheme, assisting with recruiting care staff directly or choosing an agency and making sure that all of…

An Age UK Camden resource centre for the over 60s living in Camden. The centre is in Kings Cross, and offers a variety of services and activities for older people. Freshly home cooked lunch is available every day. Specialist services for people with moderate to advanced…