At our Space4Autism meeting last night we had the Cheshire East Family Service come along and give a talk. I too missed it but believe they can offer you lots of information and help.
Here are some of the things they can assist with and their contact details
The Family Service is an early intervention and prevention service working with children/young people ages 0 – 19 across the continuum of need i.e from families accessing universal services all the way up to children/young people with child protection plans. We work under CAF assessments, Child in need plans or Child protection plans.
Examples of direct work we would undertake:-
· Parenting support, strategies and signposting to relevant parenting courses
· Support, advice and strategies with behaviour management, sleep, guidance, boundaries and house rules
· One to one work with children and young people on wishes and feelings, keeping safe, and pretty much any issue they may have
· Liaising with other agencies i.e. health, schools, CAMHS, Youth support
· Managing direct payments
· Finding suitable groups/activities for children/young people to increase socialisation.
The Childrens Act 1989 states that every disabled child is entitled to an assessment which at the time was a Child In Need assessment as at the time that is all there was. Since 2000 we have had the National assessment framework so a disabled child can be assessed under a CAF. Only cases where there are safeguarding concerns or the child has short breaks provided by the Local Authority i.e. overnight stays with a foster carer will have a social worker. All other cases will now be held by a Family Service Worker.
Please get in touch if you need any more information.
Kind regards
Cat
Catherine Linde
Disability Focused Family Service Worker
Cheshire East Family Service
Based at Macclesfield Family Service Centre
Tel – 01625 374079
Mobile – 07920236042
