Assessment of your care needs

Overview Why you might need it How to get it Who’s involved What happens during the assessment? Support you can get What it costs What happens after the assessment Further information

Overview

An assessment of your care needs is an assessment carried out with you by care professionals from your local council’s social care department. It’s to find out:

• what your care needs are
• how they can be met

It’s sometimes known as a:

• care assessment
• care needs assessment
• community care assessment
• joint needs assessment
• shared assessment
• single shared assessment