Single Shared Assessment
We assess people with community care needs, looking for help from social services as well as health and housing providers, who may require the services of more than one professional discipline or agency.
We know that people have many health, social care and housing needs and that agencies must work together so that assessment and subsequent care planning are co-ordinated and effective.
Our assessment gathers information on your needs and circumstances.
In practice this means if you are looking for assistance from health and social services you should get a more streamlined service as you move between different professionals and different agencies.
Where information is gathered once by one professional, with your consent this information will be passed to others involved. This improved communication between professionals results in better co-ordination in assessments and service delivery.