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 - Find a freedom of information request

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

a. 2021/22

b. 2020/21

c. 2019/20

2. In 2021/22, 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.

Please also provide answers to 2(a) to 2(c) for the following years: 2020/21 and 2019/20.

3. In 2021/22, 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.

Please also provide answers to 3(a) to 3(c) for the following years: 2020/21 and 2019/20.

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. 2021/22

b. 2020/21

c. 2019/20

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

a. 6 weeks

b. 12 weeks

c. 24 weeks

6. In 2021/22, 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 2021/22, 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'

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.

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5. Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) 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. 90. 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, but all of them would have received bespoke information and advice which in some respects could be seen as a 'service'.