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Working Together in Manchester:Register of Parents who want to Get Involved
Working Together in Manchester: Register of Parents who want to Get Involved Are you the parent or carer for a child or young person with special educational needs and/or disabilities? Do you want to make a difference in Manchester? Information, Advice and Support (IAS) Manchester…SEND Local Offer: Help available through Sure Start Children's Centres
Sure Start Children's Centres offer a range of services for all families of children under the age of 5. These are known as universal services. These include: Ante Natal/Post Natal Services Healthy Child drop in Health and Development Reviews Early Learning opportunities for families and…Improving the Local Offer: Our Response to your Feedback
Your Feedback A parent emailed us to tell us that she had looked on the Local Offer to find out who to contact about progress of her request for an Education, Health and Care Plan. Her comments were: “From the Local Offer I found a…Getting involved with the Local Offer: Feedback from Melland's Information Day
Feedback from Melland’s School Information day 27th November 2015 Organised by Parent Champion Cath Stone I just wanted to say again what a fantastic day we had yesterday – and what a great venue.....! We were able to contact lots of new parents/ carers and…Young Carers in Schools
Young Carers in Schools is a free England wide initiative making it as easy as possible for schools to support young carers and awarding good practice. In doing so, it supports and celebrates effective local partnership working. Run jointly by Carers Trust and The Children’s…What is a Young Carer?
What is a Young Carer? Young carers are children and young people under 18 years old who provide unpaid care to a family member who is physically or mentally ill, disabled or misuses substances. The tasks and level of caring undertaken by young carers can…Whole Family Pathway
This is a tool for all adults’ and children’s services, education, health and other agencies who have contact with young carers and their families. The Children’s Society has developed this Whole Family Pathway, to ensure that however a family (Parent or Child) in need of…The Local Offer for Young People
Finding Out About Support Near You You can find out what support there is near you by looking at the Local Offer. This is the name of a web page or written information, like a leaflet. It is written by your local authority, which might…EHC Needs Assessment for a young person
Finding out what support you need Sometimes we might need extra help in school, college or training. To find out if you need extra support, you might have an Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment. This is a careful look at what you might need…