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  • What is safeguarding?

    Please view this website using Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox, and not Internet Explorer. Safeguarding adults is the process of enabling adults with care and support needs to protect themselves from abuse or neglect. This includes adults with care and support needs who are already expe...

  • Getting started

    Learning Disability Someone with a learning disability is not able to learn and do things at the same rate as others. This is lifelong. It differs from person to person but affects things like socialising or managing money, doing jobs around the house and work in general. For more information visi...

  • Leaflets and posters

    New safeguarding leaflets and posters The Safeguarding Adults Board has produced a new information leaflet - Adult Safeguarding - Supporting people to be safe in West Sussex, an Easy Read version , and four new Safeguarding posters . Please help us to share this information with colleagues and pe...

  • Hammonds - Bognor Regis

    1-120714731 Hammonds is a registered, purpose-built residential care home based in the local community of Aldwick, Bognor Regis, that can support up to 16 people long term. The care home provides person-centred care and support for people over the age of 18 who have a learning disability. We suppo...

  • Dementia - support at a glance

    The term 'dementia' describes a set of symptoms including memory loss, mood changes, and problems with communications and reasoning. It is caused by diseases of the brain, the most common being Alzheimer’s. Although dementia is more common in people over the age of 65, it can also affect younger p...

  • Adult social care publications

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  • Looking after your own health and wellbeing

    Websites you may be interested in Carers Support West Sussex Local Offer West Sussex Parent Carer Forum Carers UK Caring for someone can take its toll on your own mental and physical health. If possible, try to take time out from caring to do things for yourself. Perhaps someone else could t...

  • Family and friend carers

    Websites you may be interested in Carers Support West Sussex Local Offer West Sussex Parent Carer Forum Carers UK If you provide unpaid support to someone who couldn’t manage without your help because of old age, a disability, an illness, mental health problems or an addiction, then you are o...

  • Notices and updates

    Joint Carers Strategy 2021-2026 West Sussex County Council and the local NHS are working together to make West Sussex a county that values all carers. The West Sussex Joint Commitment to Family and Friend Carers is the strategy which sets out how carers will be supported to be more proactive about...

  • Accessibility Statement

    This is the Accessibility Statement for the West Sussex Connect to Support website - https://www.westsussexconnecttosupport.org/ This website is run by West Sussex County Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. This website should allow users to: Change contrast...