Please note: this A – Z is for guidance only.
We do not endorse these services, nor is this A-Z exhaustive of all available services/information. We encourage families and carers to support the young person with conducting their own research to find suitable services and information about transition into adulthood.
There is information online and your social care worker will also go through the principles in more detail with you. The legislation states that a person aged 16+ years must be assumed to have capacity and we must not treat people as incapable of making a decision unless all practical steps to help them have been taken.
In line with the Mental Capacity Act, there are also options to apply to become someone’s Lasting Power of Attorney or Deputy if they cannot make a decision for themselves at the time it needs to be made.
Sussex Partnership Mental Healthline offers crisis care for people in urgent need of help with their mental health, including anyone experiencing stress, anxiety and depression.
The healthline is also available to carers, healthcare professionals and people concerned for a relative or friend. It is available 24/7. Tel: 0300 5000 101
Information is also available from:
The Mind of My Own app is a communication app for looked after children and young people and their workers.
Aldingbourne Trust and the Low Intensity Management for Autism team, Dimensions, Signposts and Worthing Mencap are a group of organisations and teams who work across West Sussex providing people with lifelong conditions, including learning disabilities/autism, support and guidance to live an independent life.
