Needs assessments for working age adults with a learning disability and social care provision - Find a freedom of information request

Information on needs assessments for working age adults with a learning disability and social care provision (as set out in Section 8 of the Care Act 2014) provided for working age adults with a learning disability.

Where questions refer to 'learning disability', please include individuals with 'learning disability' as their primary support reason.

1. How many working-age adults (aged 18-64) with a learning disability were refused an assessment for adult social care in:

a. 2018/19

b. 2017/18

c. 2016/17

2. In 2018/19, from the date of their first request for an initial assessment for adult social care, or from the date when the LA first became aware that an assessment was required, how many working-age adults (aged 18-64) with a learning disability had to wait:

a. Over 6 weeks for an assessment to be completed

b. Over 12 weeks for an assessment to be completed

c. Over 24 weeks for an assessment to be completed

d. Please also provide answers to 2(a) to 2(c) for the following years:

i. 2017/18

ii. 2016/17

3. In 2018/19, from the date of their first request for an initial assessment for adult social care, or from the date when the LA first became aware that an assessment was required, how many working-age adults (aged 18-64) had to wait:

a. Over 6 weeks for an assessment to be completed

b. Over 12 weeks for an assessment to be completed

c. Over 24 weeks for an assessment to be completed

d. Please also provide answers to 3(a) to 3(c) for the following years:

i. 2017/18

ii. 2016/17

4. How many working-age adults (aged 18-64) with a learning disability had an assessment for adult social care which identified eligible needs in the following years?

a. 2018/19

b. 2017/18

c. 2016/17

5. Of the adults identified in questions 4(a) to 4(e) how many were not having all of their eligible needs met after:

a. 6 weeks

b. 12 weeks

c. 24 weeks

6. In 2018/19, how many working-age adults (aged 18-64) with a learning disability had an assessment for adult social care which resulted in no services being provided?

If data is not available for 2018/19, please supply the information for the most recent year that data is available for. Please exclude those who received no services for the reason 'deceased'.

can confirm that some of the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council.

The figures for 2016/17 have not been provided due to a migration that year from our legacy system to a new system.

1. All requests from new customers are received by the Care and Wellbeing Hub; from the information gathered, they will identify the most appropriate service to meet the customer’s needs, e.g., information and advice, signposting to other services, referral to Wellbeing or Carers Services, or a referral for an Adult Care assessment as appropriate. (Please also note that no individual with a learning disability is refused an assessment for adult social care).

2. a. Over 6 Weeks

i. 2018/19    27

ii. 2017/18   52

iii. 2016/17 -

b. Over 12 Weeks

i. 2018/19   19

ii. 2017/18   54 

iii. 2016/17 - 

c. Over 24 Weeks

i. 2018/19   18

ii. 2017/18   35

iii. 2016/17 -

Assessments are normally completed at a convenient time with the individual and family and therefore are often completed over a few weeks. Also transition cases can come through some time before the individual’s 17th birthday and therefore assessments will not be progressed until nearer the point of transition to adulthood. 

3. a. Over 6 Weeks

i. 2018/19 271 Includes people in 2

ii. 2017/18 594 Includes people in 2

iii. 2016/17 -

b. Over 12 Weeks

i. 2018/19 442 Includes people in 2

ii. 2017/18 456 Includes people in 2

iii. 2016/17

c. Over 24 Weeks

i. 2018/19 348 Includes people in 2

ii. 2017/18 149 Includes people in 2

iii. 2016/17

4. a. 2018/19   119

b. 2017/18       213

c. 2016/17 -

5. We do not capture information on waiting times for new services; where set up of a provision is delayed, interim services are put in place for people where the risk indicates this is needed. For those whose services have started, an ongoing review process is used to establish if outcomes are being achieved or what changes to support are required.

6. 139 No long-term support service in the year.

Following a strengths-based approach, funded long term services may not have been required if the person was enabled to meet their needs using their existing social networks and community assets. The above people may have had short term interventions to delay or reduce their needs.

The above people may have had short term interventions to delay or reduce their needs, but all of them would have received bespoke information and advice which in some respects could be seen as a 'service'