Deaf Services Home Care Team

The Deaf Services Home Care Team has one difference to the other Home Care teams: they provide a service to Deaf children as well as Deaf adults. The Team employs a mixture of deaf and hearing staff with the aim to provide a culturally and linguistically appropriate Home Care Service to profoundly Deaf People.

The philosophy of Deaf Services recognises and fully respects individuality and diversity and aims to enable Deaf people to reach their full potential to be as independent as possible. By adopting a person centred approach, Home Care Workers support Deaf people to lead as full a life as possible in all aspects of daily living.  

The service recognises and values British Sign Language as a language in its own right and also the existence and importance of Deaf Culture. The Home Care Service is provided by Home Care Workers who have communication skills with Deaf people and who have specialist knowledge of Deaf culture and Deaf issues. If you would like to know more about Deaf Home Care Services or you would like to become a Home Care Worker for Deaf children and adults you can contact us in the following ways:

Tel: 0115 947 5729 Voice/minicom
0115 947 5730 Minicom/answerphone

SMS:(mobile text) 07887 960704 Office hours only

Email: deaf.team@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Useful Links

Nottinghamshire Deaf Society
www.nottsdeaf.org.uk.

Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
www.rnid.org.uk

National Deaf Children's Society
www.ndcs.org.uk

British Deaf Association
www.britishdeafassociation.org.uk