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We provide services to Deaf and partially hearing people of all
ages, through staff skilled in communicating with Deaf people and
who have a knowledge and understanding of the Deaf community and
Deaf culture.
We have two teams dedicated to services for children, families
and education and those for adults.
Adults
Deaf Services for Adults provides services to those aged 18 and
over, and forms part of the Sensory Disabilities Unit within Kent
Adult Social Services.
Hi Kent
provides assessment and provision of equipment to people aged 65
and over (this link will open in a new window).
Children and families
The
Deaf Services Children and Families team is a professional
social work service dedicated to working with families across Kent
where there is medical diagnosis of deafness. The team works with
children from birth to 18 years who are identified as children in
need under the
Children Act 1989, S17 (10) (this link will
open in a new window). This includes children who are born deaf,
have acquired deafness and the hearing children of Deaf
parents.
Blind and deafblind
We are currently undertaking a
deafblind development project for people of all ages.
KCC also provides a range of services for those who are blind
and visually impaired, commissioned through
Kent
Association for the Blind (KAB).
Photos on this site are provided
by www.johnbirdsall.co.uk
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