Service detail

The Cambridgeshire Learning Disability Partnership is a joint health and social care service that works with adults (over 18) who have a learning disability diagnosis. We support a large rage of individuals, with different skills and level of needs.

The health element of the service is employed by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, and the social care element of the service is employed by Cambridgeshire County Council. Together the service is known as the Learning Disability Partnership and functions as one.

The teams are based in five localities: Ely, March, Huntingdon, Cambridge City and Cambridge South. Each team is managed by a team manager.

For more information and links to more resources, please visit the Cambridgeshire Learning Disability Partnership page on Cambridgeshire County Council's website here: Learning Disability Partnership | Cambridgeshire County Council

The teams are multi-disciplinary teams, which consist of: Social Workers, Adult Support Co-ordinators, Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Speech and Language therapist, Occupational Therapy, Art and Music therapist, Community Learning Disability Nurses, and Business support. All the health professionals are specialists in the field of learning disabilities, and they often undertake specialist activities for example, sensory assessments or de-sensitisation work (along with much more).

There are close links with the Young Adults team, the Adult and Autism team, agencies in the community, primary and secondary health care and mainstream services.

Working with over 65 organisations, employing over 1,500 staff through these organisations, the LDP has a central role in delivering specialist health and social care for people with a learning disability. It enables people to live as independently as possible in their local communities, accessing mainstream services wherever possible.

What the service does

The teams work hard to meet the needs and support people with a learning disability to become more independent, live healthy lives and have an active role in their local communities. The support provided is to ensure individuals reach their full potentially, with for example: employment or parenting. 

The teams work together to provide support to people with learning disabilities, their families, and carers around a wide variety of issues including, epilepsy, medication management, accessing primary health services, health promotion, behaviour support, psychological wellbeing, sensory awareness, bereavement support, independence skills, providing care and support, advocating for people, mental health support, autism awareness, dementia, transitions and end of life planning and support.

Support is provided to enable clients to access health services and ensure reasonable adjustments are in place, the team’s provide training to professionals, families, and support teams to enable them to support clients who have a learning disability.

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