Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) – Care and Support Jargon Buster
The TLAP jargon buster is a directory of Plain English definitions of commonly used words and phrases in health and social care: Jargon Buster
Central Bedfordshire Council Services
- Central Bedfordshire Council web pages
- Central Bedfordshire Council Adult Social Care Strategies
- Children and Young People’s Service
- Children’s Services Procedures Manual
- Health and Social Care Information
- Housing Services Information
- Independent Advocacy
- Online Directory Central Bedfordshire Council
- Safeguarding Adults
- Safeguarding Children
- Special Educational Needs and Disability – Central Bedfordshire Council Local Offer
- Technology Enabled Care
- Working in Partnership
Legislation and National Guidance
Click on the links below to access relevant legislation and statutory and national guidance.
Adult Social Care Statutory and National Guidance
Homeless Legislation (1996 housing Act, Part VI)
Homeless Legislation (1996 housing Act, Part VII)
The Homelessness Code of Guidance
Adult Social Care
- ADASS
- ADASS East
- Adult Social Care – Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
- BLMK Integrated Care System
- Local Government Association (LGA)
- Skills for Care – Home page
Housing
NHAS – National Housing Advisory Service
Nearly Legal (Housing Law News and Comment)
Mark Pritchard – Housing Resources
Support / Community Organisations
- AccessAble (Central Bedfordshire Council)
- AdviceCentral – Advice in Central Bedfordshire
- Advice and Telephone Befriending for over 50s
- Advocacy – VoiceAbility
- Age UK
- Autism Bedfordshire
- Care Choices: Bedfordshire & Luton Care Services Directory
- Carers Support Service – Carers in Bedfordshire
- Employment Support Services (Mental Health)
- Families United Network
- Good Neighbour and Village Care Schemes
- Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire
- Hft Bedfordshire (Learning disability support services)
- Information and Signposting Services for people with disabilities and their families
- Memory Navigation Service
- Preventative Mental Health Services for Adults with Mental Health Issues
- MIND Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes
- National Autistic Society
- POhWER (Advocacy)
- Richmond Fellowship (Mental Health Charity)
- Sensory Impairment Services
- Stroke Association
- The Challenging Behaviour Foundation
- The Disability Resource Centre
- Tibbs Dementia Foundation – Dementia Support
- Timebanking
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