Equipment and Adaptations
We are a County Team of four Occupational Therapists and four Occupational Therapy Assistants, with one of each attached to each of the four Children's Disability Teams.
How We Can Help
We can offer help and support to enable disabled children and young people to carry out everyday activities more safely and easily in their home. We usually do this by carrying out an assessment and agreeing an action plan.
This may include:
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Suggesting alternative ways of doing a task.
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Arranging the loan of identified equipment to help care for a child or young person or to enable him/her to be independent.
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Recommending and arranging funding for minor building adaptations, identified as essential to the child or young person's safety or independence.
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Arranging a Direct Payment for the purchase of recommended equipment or minor adaptations.
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Referral for a Disabled Facilities Grant for major adaptations to the child or young person's home, as are necessary and appropriate.
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Advising on building alterations and the purchase of disability equipment.
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Advising on grants to provide some specialist equipment for the child or young person.
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Signposting you to different or more appropriate services if necessary.
If you feel your child might need our services please contact the First Response Team on 0800 13 13 126 (Monday to Thursday 8:30am-5:00pm and Friday 8:30am-4:30pm) or email firstr@staffordshire.gov.uk|or|or fax 01785 854223.
You can also write to them at:
First Response Team
Wedgwood Building
Tipping Street
Stafford
ST16 2DH.
Useful Contacts
The Disabled Living Foundation (DLF)
The DLF is a national charity that provides free, impartial advice about all types of disability equipment and mobility products for disabled people of all ages, their carers and families. The DLF can help you find equipment that enables your child to stay active and independent. For more information please follow this link to the Disabled Living Foundation|| website.
Caudwell Children
Caudwell Children is a charity that provides specialist equipment for sick and disabled children across the UK. For more information please follow this link to the Caudwell Children|| website.
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children aims to put the child's needs first and gives practical support with equipment grants, nurse services, campaigns for change and funding medical research. More information can be found by following this link to the
Newlife Foundation|| website.
Staffordshire County Council is not responsible for the content of external websites linked from this page.
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