Community Support Service (CSS)

Working towards independence
in the community…

 What do Community Support Services do?

The Community Support Services (CSS) are funded by Supporting People and Worcestershire County Council to provide time limited support to adults in the community who have a physical or learning difficulty, or who are an older or vulnerable person. The services provide a variety of practical and social support which focus on enabling individuals to secure and maintain their accommodation and to access the wider community.  

 Aims and Objectives

The aims and objectives of the community support service are:

• To encourage individuality and as much independence as possible
• To support the learning or re-learning of skills
• Encourage people to become part of the community
• Support people to use all the resources around them so that in the end they won't need as much specialist help and won't need CSS 

 What support can CSS offer?

• Securing / maintaining appropriate accommodation
• Accessing the correct benefits
• Managing debt / budgeting
• Accessing appropriate accommodation / registering with social landlords
• Setting up a new home
• Understanding / addressing health and hygiene within the home
• Obtaining furniture / appliances / computers
• Apply for / chasing up adaptations
• Accessing employment / volunteering / career / educational opportunities
• Accessing social activities / cultural and leisure facilities
• Accessing social / health services
• Accessing transport services 

 Interested?

If our services may be able to support you then please contact the Access Centre on 0845 607 2000 and request a Community Support Service, or if you would like further information our contact details are:  

CSS Information Downloads

• Community Support Service leaflet  (1.13 MB)

Also see

The Supporting People partnership website.