Step One
Contact Disability Services for an initial telephone assessment on 0161 253 5151. They will carry out an initial telephone assessment. The assessment is in the form of a checklist asking you about how you manage day to day activities. It is at this point that they will signpost you to those who can best help you. They may tell you that you qualify for an Assessment of Need or invite you to attend one of the assessment clinics held at Textile Hall in the centre of Bury.
Alternatively find out how to contact Disability Services here.
Step Two: Assessment of Need
If you meet the criteria for an Assessment of Need you will be visited by an Occupational Therapist who will carry out the assessment in your own home. This will depend on the information you provide during the course of the telephone assessment.
Once the Assessment of Need has been carried out, the Occupational Therapist will make recommendations about what aids or adaptations will meet your need.
Depending on your circumstances, you may be offered one or more of the following ways to help:
There are two types of adaptations (these lists are not exhaustive).
A Minor Adaptation:
A Major Adaptation:
If an adaptation has been recommended and approved by Disability Services, it is at this point that you will be referred to Six Town Housing.
You will be contacted by someone from either the minor or major adaptations team.
In the case of Minor Adaptations: You will be contacted by a member of the Repairs Direct Team who will make an appointment to visit at a time convenient to you, to provide and fit the minor adaptation recommended by an Occupational Therapist.
In the case of Major Adaptations: You will be visited by a member of the Repairs Direct New Works Team, at a time convenient to you, who will carry out a site survey and discuss the recommendation with you.
Depending on the work identified, the Site Supervisor will draw up a schedule of work and arrange for contractors to visit. We can only carry out work that has been recommended by an Occupational Therapist.
The Site Supervisor will instruct any contractors carrying out work and will supervise the work until it has been completed to everyone’s satisfaction.
You will then be sent a questionnaire to ask you to comment on the adaptations process from beginning to end. It is important that we have this feedback to ensure that we can continually improve our services to meet the needs and aspirations of our customers.