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Health and social care

As a council we aim to promote safe and healthy communities and protect and support vulnerable vulnerable adults and children – two of our corporate priorities.

Through our social care and Health Improvement and Development Services, we are working hard to provide care and support for those people who need it, and to give everyone’s health and wellbeing a boost.

To give you an idea of the scale of socal care, we support almost 6,000 adults each year through our residential care and supported living services – and we help most of those people to continue to live independently in their own homes. We provide services for older people, and those who have physical and learning disabilities, sensory impairment, mental health problems or issues with substance misuse.

More information about health

Alcohol Interventions Team
Health improvement and development
Healthy Living
Grow Your Own Grub project
Smoking - kick the habit
Community Health and Care Services

More information about social care

Adult Social Care
Where can I get help?

Foster care in Portsmouth

Introduction to fostering
What is fostering?
Types of foster care
Benefits of being a Portsmouth City Council foster carer
Level one foster carer
Level two foster carer
Level three foster carer
Family Link Scheme
Assessment process
Private fostering

More Information about Children and Families

Support Groups
Young Carers
Portsmouth Parent Partnership Service
How to register a birth
Child Protection
Babysitting Service
Respite Care for Children
The Portsmouth Children's Trust
Support for Children with HIV
Hospice Care for Children
Shared Care for Children
Residential Care for Children

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