The City Deaf Team provides support to profoundly deaf or deafened people of all ages from different cultures and backgrounds.

We undertake a range of social work tasks including assessments of need, family support and child protection. We provide specialist homecare workers to support deaf people in their homes.

The team works with a variety of Deaf people including:
Deaf People of all races
Deaf children and their families
Deaf people with mental health needs
Deaf parents and hearing children
Deaf people with other disabilities
Deaf adults and their families
Deaf older people
Deafblind people

For more information about the City Deaf Team contact:

New Brook House
385 Alfreton Road
Nottingham
NG7 5LR
Telephone: Voice/Minicom 0115 9159150
Fax: 0115 9159155
SMS: 07930 282 756
Email: deaf.team@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

You can telephone us Monday to Friday from 8.30am - 4.50pm or call into the office to see a social worker any Tuesday morning between 9am and 12 noon.

For emergencies outside office hours contact the Emergency Duty Team on 0115 915 9299 voice/minicom.

Download the Deaf Team Equipment Brochure

There is a video available presented in sign language about the work of the team. Contact the team to ask for a copy.

Other services for deaf people are provided by Nottinghamshire Deaf Society

Other useful sites:
Royal National Institute for Deaf People
National Deaf Childrens Society
British Deaf Association