Early Years Useful Contacts.pdf - All Saints' Primary School

Staffordshire Parent Partnership Service
Early Years
– useful contacts
Parent Partnership Helpline 01785 356921

This leaflet contains details of contacts within
Staffordshire. It is organised into sections
dealing with Health Services, Education Services
and Voluntary and non-statutory groups.
Children’s Health Services
Health Visitors
These are qualified nurses with special training and
experience in child health. Advice can be given on
all aspects of your child’s growth, behaviour and
development, in addition to general health
promotion
work. The teams are based at your GP Surgery or
local clinic. For more information contact your GP.
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Child Child Development Development Teams Teams
These teams provide specialist community
These teams provide specialist community
paediatric services to meet health and
paediatric services to meet health and
developmental developmental needs needs of of children. These teams
include:
• • Community Paediatricians
• • Physiotherapists
• • Speech Speech & & Language Therapists
• • Dieticians Dieticians
• • Learning Learning Disability Disability Nurses Nurses
•
•
Educational
Educational
&
&
Clinical
Clinical
Psychologists.
Psychologists.
The teams work directly with families and closely
The teams work directly with families and closely
with
with
local
other
health,
local health,
education
education
and social
and social
services.
The services. teams are The located teams are in; located in;
Greenhill Health Centre Children’s Development Centre
Church Street
Faraday Road
Lichfield
Stafford
WS13 6JL
ST16 3NQ
Tel: 01543 440904 Tel: 01785 854778
East Staffs Children’s Centre
Waterloo Street
Burton upon Trent
DE14 2NJ
Tel: 01283 233400
Child Health Centre
TORC Campus
Silver Link Road
Glascote Heath,
Tamworth
B77 4JA
Tel: 01827 330980
Crown House
City General Hospital
Beecroft Road
Newcastle Road
Cannock
Stoke on Trent
WS11 1JP
ST4 6QG
Tel: 01543 500110 Tel: 01782 552247
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Children’s Centres
Children’s Centres bring together a range of
services for young children and families. Each
Centre works towards Government commitments to
provide:
• The best start in life for every child
• Better opportunities for parents
• Affordable, good-quality childcare
• Stronger, safer communities
Each Centre differs in exactly what they offer,
but can include:
• Parental / Family support
• Information and advice to parents and carers
on a range of subjects, including local childcare
• Support to childminders
• Drop-in sessions and activities for children and
parents/carers (may be at the Centre or in the
community)
• Links to Job Centre Plus
For information on Children’s Centres and what
they offer:
Tel: 0845 6509876
Email: fis@staffordshire.gov.uk
www.staffordshire.gov.uk/education/childcare/
families/ccentres
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Children, Young People and Families
Parent Partnership Service
This is a free, impartial, confidential service
for parents and carers of children with special
educational needs. They offer support and
information over the phone or by visiting families
at home. They will also support parents and carers
in meetings with their child’s school or Early Years
setting.
The Service also tries to promote better
partnerships between everyone involved in a child’s
education, offering free training, books to borrow
and organising parent workshops.
Tel: 01785 356921
Email: spps@staffordshire.gov.uk
Website: www.staffordshire.gov.uk/spps
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Children with Disabilities Service
Four teams, each made up of specialist social
workers and an occupational therapist, cover the
county.
They work with severely disabled children and
young people, or those with complex health needs,
up to the age of 18 years.
Their aim is to support disabled children and their
families and to enable them to join in family and
community activities.
Access to the service is through the First
Response Team:
Tel: 0800 131 3126
Email: firstr@staffordshire.gov.uk
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District Inclusion Teams
The District District Inclusion Inclusion Teams
are made up of a
number of different services. These include:
The District Inclusion Teams are made up of a number
• of Education different Psychology
services. These include:
• Special Education Educational Psychology Needs Support Service
(SENSS)
• Special Educational Needs Support Service (SENSS)
• Education Welfare Service
• Education Welfare Service
• Assessment Teams
• Assessment Teams
Specialist Support Service, which is made up of
• the Specialist Hearing Support Impaired Service, Service, which the is Vision made up of
Impairment
the Hearing
Service,
Impaired
Autism
Service,
Outreach
the Vision
Team and
Impairment Service, Autism Outreach Team and
the post-16 ASSIST Service.
the post-16 ASSIST Service.
With the exception of the Specialist Support
Service
With the
which
exception
is based
of the
in Stafford
Specialist
and
Support
covers
Service
the which whole is based County, in Stafford these teams and covers are based the whole in the County,
District these teams Offices: are based in the District Offices:
Newcastle &
Lichfield & Cannock
Staffordshire Moorlands
The Old Library
Seabridge Centre
Bird Street
Ash Way
Lichfield
Off Seabridge Lane
WS13 6PN
Newcastle-under-Lyme 01543 512050
ST
01782 297524
Burton & Tamworth
East Staffs & Tamworth Office
Grange Street
Burton upon Tent
DE14 2ER
01283 239755
6
Stafford & South
Staffordshire
Flash Ley Centre
Hawksmoor Road
Stafford
ST17 9DR
01785 356940

Early Years Special Educational Needs
Co-ordinators (SENCos)
Early Years SENCos are qualified teachers of
pre-school children with special needs, who offer
advice and support to providers of Early Years
education. They are part of the SENSS team,
contact details under District Inclusion Teams.
Family Information Service (FIS)
For families with children aged 0 – 19, they
offer information on childcare options and other
relevant issues.
Tel: 0845 650 9876
Email: fis@staffordshire.gov.uk
Portage
Portage is a home based teaching service for
pre-school children with Special Educational Needs.
Parents work in partnership with a portage worker
to help their child. The service is accessed
thorough a referral from your Health Visitor or
Paediatrician.
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Non-statutory and Voluntary
Organisations
Community Voluntary Services
Local support groups can be invaluable to families,
providing support, a listening ear, contact with
families with similar problems and information on
other local organisations. Unfortunately, groups
come and go and contact details change. For the
most up-to-date information contact your local
Community Voluntary Services:
Burton on Trent 01283 543414
Cannock 01543 500404
Lichfield & District 01543 303030
South Staffordshire 01902 851675
Stafford & District 01785 606670
Staffordshire Moorlands 01538 381356
Tamworth 01827 709657
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Contact a Family (CAF) West Midlands
This organisation offers access to advisers
through a dedicated national freephone helpline,
updated information on rare disorders and a
wealth of practical information on line at www.
cafamily.org.uk. They also have local support
groups and organise workshops.
Helpline: 0808 8083 555
Email: westmids.office@cafamily.org.uk
Family Focus
This is another voluntary organisation offering
support to parents who have a least one child
under five. They can offer practical help when you
need it, information on other services, parent/
toddler groups and parent support groups. They
cover different areas to Homestart. (see next page)
Rugeley (also covers Lichfield area)
41 Horse Fair
Rugeley
WS15 2EJ
Tel: 01889 579836
Cannock
33 Park Road
Cannock
WS11 1JN
Tel: 01543 570273
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Homestart
Provides informal and friendly support for families
with young children. Homestart volunteers visit
families who are finding it difficult to cope,
whatever the reason, in their own home. They can
offer a listening ear, help with the children, provide
practical assistance and support parents to use local
services and resources.
Their free information line on 0800 068 6368 will
put you in touch with your local group.
Pre-School Learning Alliance
Provides a support network for parents and all
early years settings, including voluntary-run parent
& toddler groups. Advisers can help with training,
quality assurance, advocacy and provide information
on all aspects of Early Years provision.
For details of local groups:
Tel: 01785 713915
Email: staffordshire@pre-school.org.uk
Support for Carers
A carer is somebody who looks after, or helps to
look after, a relative or friend, who because of their
disability or illness cannot manage at home without
help. A carer can be a neighbour, parent, brother
or sister. Carers’ Association services include free
and confidential advice and information, emotional
support & services for young carers such as youth
clubs.
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Carers’ Association Southern
Staffordshire
The Carers’ Centre
Austin Friars
Stafford
ST17 4AP
Tel: 01785 606675
Email:enquiries@carersinformation.org.uk
www.carersinformation.org.uk
North Staffs Carers
Unit 2, Burslem Enterprise Centre
Moorland Road
Burslem
Stoke on Trent
ST6 1JQ
Tel: 01782 831610
www.carersfirst.com
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Leaflets produced by Staffordshire Parent Partnership
Service include:
• Information for parents/carers who have children
with special educational needs – General
• Information for parents/carers who have children
with special educational needs – Early Years
• Information for parents/carers who have children
with special educational needs – School Exclusion
Information Packs:
• Supporting your child’s educational needs – General
• Supporting your child’s educational
needs - Statutory Assessment
• Supporting your child’s educational
needs – Early Years
General Leaflets:
• Dyslexia – A guide for parents
• Developmental Coordination Disorder or
Dyspraxia – A guide for parents
• Transition Review- Year 9 onwards
Copies of these can be obtained from:
Staffordshire Parent Partnership Service
13 Lichfield Road
Stafford
ST17 4JX
Telephone: 01785 356921 (Minicom service available)
Fax: 01785 356921
E-mail: spps@staffordshire.gov.uk
Website: www.staffordshire.gov.uk/spps
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Staffordshire Parent Partnership is funded
by Staffordshire County Council. It operates
independently as a confidential service for parents
and carers of children with special
educational needs.
If you, or someone you know, would like a copy of
this booklet in large print, Braille, on audio-tape or
in languages other than English, please contact the
Parent Partnership Service on 01785 356921.
Email: spps@staffordshire.gov.uk
Website: www.staffordshire.gov.uk/spps
Revised February 2010