Greenwich CommunityLearning Disability Team

Information about you

It is important what you tell us is kept

private. We will ask you first if we need to

speak to other people about your care.

When to contact the team

Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5.30pm and

Friday 9am to 4.30pm

If you need help (after 5pm, weekends or

during bank holidays) you can call:

Your doctor

If the surgery is closed ring

NHS 24 hour helpline. Tel: 111

Social Services (Emergency Team):

Tel: 020 8854 8888

Queen Elizabeth Hospital A&E:

Tel:020 8836 6000

How to find us:Woolwich Centre35 Wellington St, London SE18 6HQTelephone:020 8921 4860Market Street Health Centre16-20 Market StreetWoolwich, SE18 6QR Telephone: 020 8301 8920

Bus: 51, 53, 54, 96, 99, 122, 161, 177, 178, 180, 244, 291, 380,386, 422, 469, 472, 672Rail: Woolwich Arsenal is served by both National Rail andDocklands Light Railway services

Information leaflet for people withlearning disabilities, their families and carers.

Reviewed by the Can you understand it? team

oxleas.nhs.uk

Updated December 2017

About Greenwich Community Learning

Disability Team or CLDT

Greenwich CLDT help people with

learning disabilities to keep well. They

also help people to learn to do things for

themselves as much as they can.

How to get help

You, your family or carer can ask for help.

You will need to tell us how we can help

you. You can talk to us or fill in a form.

The team can work with you to:

tell people what you want

eat, drink and swallow

make changes in your life

manage your behaviour

manage your feelings and

mental health

look after yourself and stay safe

stay well and healthy

manage your money

move around

do as much for yourself as possible

choose housing and where you live

find out about work and leisure

learn new skills

decide what support you need.

In the team there are:

speech and language therapists

social workers

nurses

physiotherapists

psychiatrists

occupational therapists

transition workers

psychologiststeam support.

We will arrange to meet you to askyou what help you need. We may visityou at home, your day centre, collegeor at work.

We will agree a plan. This is

sometimes called a support plan or

careplan. We offer help to people in

different ways and to plan for the

future. We also run some clinics and

groups.

Compliments and Complaints

If you are happy or not happy about

your care please talk to us. You can

speak to a member of staff or the

manager. You can also be helped to

contact PALS (Oxleas’ advice

helpline).You can call them on

0800 917 7159 (freephone number)

or by email: pals@oxleas.nhs.uk