Bay Benefits SEND Local Offer
Bay Benefits is a sevice offered by Carers Aid Torbay to unpaid carers and their families. Their entitlements advisor will work through the benefits process with unpaid carers.
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Bay Benefits is a sevice offered by Carers Aid Torbay to unpaid carers and their families. Their entitlements advisor will work through the benefits process with unpaid carers.
Carers Aid Torbay provides free practical and emotional support for unpaid Carers in Torbay. Support includes advocacy, wellbeing checks, action planning, information, training and help to access services.
Devon in Sight provides free support for anyone affected by sight loss across Devon. It helps people access advice, equipment, training and wellbeing support. The service also supports families, friends and carers.
Dimensions for Autism (DFA) is a not-for-profit organisation run by and for autistic adults in Devon. It provides peer support, information, social groups and online communities to help autistic adults connect with others, share experiences and build supportive networks.
Our Family Help service is available to children and their families and is made up of two types of services that combine to form Torbay’s Early Help offer. These are universal services and targeted services.
The Family Intervention Team offer focused family support to families with complex needs through targeted support. We work flexibly and creatively with parents and their children in their homes and in groups, to increase the skills, confidence and abilities of all family members to live their daily lives in a positive and safe way.
Healthwatch Torbay is an independent champion for people who use health and social care services. It gathers local experiences and uses them to help improve services. It also provides information about accessing local support.
SEND Family Voice Torbay is an independent Parent Carer Forum recognised by the Department of Education.
Unpaid Carers can get free advice and support through their GP surgery and Torbay Carers Service. Support can include health and wellbeing checks, practical advice, emotional support, training, carers’ groups and help planning for emergencies.
The Supporting Families Programme is a Government funded initiative that has been running since 2015.
Torbay Community Helpline connects people with advice, practical help and community services. Support includes financial advice, food support, mental health support and befriending. People can also contact the helpline to offer help or refer someone who needs support.
Torbay Mencap supports people with learning disabilities, their families and carers. The charity provides information, activities, social opportunities and advocacy. People can join as members or support its work as a Torbay Mencap Champion.
Explore what financial support you can get through welfare benefits and grants based on your circumstances.
Lots of people care or support their relatives or friends. They may help with shopping or meals, attending appointments with them, or just making sure that they are alright. They may not see themselves as a carer or know about the support available to them.
Provides social support and access to information and guidance for parents and carers of young people who have a recognised disability, additional need or are awaiting diagnosis.
We provide impartial information, advice and support to parents/carers & children/young people in relation to special educational needs and/or disability issues for children/young people aged 0-25.
The EYAT for Inclusion supports all Early Years practitioners and setting Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCOs) working with children with special educational needs and/or disabilities in private, voluntary and independent Early Years settings in Torbay.
We are a specialist service that supports both the Local Authority (LA) and schools to understand and increase the educational achievement of all children and young people within Torbay.
Qualified Habilitation Specialist who works with children and young people (0-18 years) with a visual impairment. They can help your child develop a broad range of skills, including early years development, independent life skills and moving around (orientation & mobility). They assess all of your child's needs and deliver a holistic program to cater to them. They will often work closely with other professionals, as well as you as the parents, to ensure your child receives the right support across the board. They offer support in the home, nursery, school, college and in the local community and they will often work closely with your child's QTVI to support their key transitions into and through education.
We support all practitioners and Special Educational Needs and Disability Co-ordinators (SENDCOS) supporting young children with SEND living in Torbay, in early years settings.
Outreach services have been developed to support the inclusion of pupils with a range of needs in all Torbay schools, including special schools and provisions.
SEND Family Voice Torbay is an independent Parent Carer Forum recognised by the Department of Education.
The Hearing Support Service provides specialist support and advice to families, schools and settings to meet the needs of children and young people with hearing impairment.
Portage is a home teaching service for families with pre-school children who have Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND). The success and popularity of Portage is based on the premise that it promotes parents/carers as the key figures in the development of their child.
The Torbay SEND team are responsible for:
Torbay Visual Impairment (VI) Service has been developed to provide specialist support and advice to all Torbay’s Local Authority early years settings and schools, including special schools and provisions. The service supports the inclusion of pupils with visual impairments in all these settings.
CSW Group provides free information, advice, guidance and support to people of all ages to help them to enter work and learning.
Independent Travel Training is a free scheme which has been set up by Children’s Services at Torbay Council. Our Independent Travel Training programme provides targeted support for Children and Young People with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Our Trainer works with students from mainstream and special schools, education other than at school, and colleges of further education.
We provide impartial information, advice and support to parents/carers & children/young people in relation to special educational needs and/or disability issues for children/young people aged 0-25.
Children & Family Health Devon provide health services for children, young people and families across Devon. Our hope is that our services help children and young people to feel healthy, happy and safe.
The service is provided to adults who have a wide range of communication disorders, as follows:
We are a team of specialist children’s nurses and specialist nursery nurses who provide assessment, treatment, support and advice for children and young people with bladder and/or bowel difficulties.
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Simple stretches for your child's legs
Splints and footwear for children
Normal variations in children's walking (Flat feet)
Occupational Therapists work with children and young people, parents/carer(s) and teachers to find solutions to minimise the difficulties they face and help them to get the most from life. We support children and young people with physical, sensory, developmental, cognitive and social needs that affect their functional abilities and have an impact on their daily life. When a child or young person is referred to us we work in partnership with parents and with other healthcare and education professionals with whom the child or young person has a relationship, because we recognise that parents and carers know their child or young person best.
Learn how the NHS and CARE working with communities and local organisations will improve people’s lives through Integrated Care Boards and Integrated Care Partnerships.
SEND Family Voice Torbay is an independent Parent Carer Forum recognised by the Department of Education.
The Mental Health Support Team (MHST) provides early support for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. It works with participating schools across Devon and Torbay. Support includes guided self-help, individual and group sessions, workshops and support for families and school staff.
School nurses are the key people linking education and health and take over from the health visitor when children start school, and are there to support them until they leave school at 19.
The service we offer includes behavioural, sleep and assessments to support continence and skills for independence with children and young people who have profound and severe levels of learning disability; working with children who have profound and severe levels of learning disability (including children with additional diagnosis such as Autism, Down Syndrome etc.) and supporting the development of community and school-based programmes of support. As such, we offer support both directly to children and young people with learning disabilities and indirectly in order to facilitate access to mainstream services.
We provide impartial information, advice and support to parents/carers & children/young people in relation to special educational needs and/or disability issues for children/young people aged 0-25.
The Torbay Mood, Emotions and Relationships Service, previously known as CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service), provides emotional and mental health assessment and treatment to children, young people, aged 0-18 years, and their families/carers within Torbay.
LDAP started as part of a nationwide pilot as recommended in the NHS Plan. The remit is to support young people with a diagnosed Learning Disability or Autism who are at risk of Tier 4 mental health admission or placement breakdown.
The DSR is a list of children, young people and adults who have Autism and/or a Learning Disability, they may have behaviours that challenge or may be a risk to themselves and require immediate care.
CETRs are arranged for children and young people with a Learning Disability and/or Autism who are either already in a specialist mental health or learning disability hospital or are at imminent risk of admission.
Torbay Children's Services have a specialist team comprising social workers and community care workers, to support children with disabilities up to the age of eighteen and their families across a range of thresholds, including Targeted Help, Child in Need and Child Protection planning and Cared For planning. They work in close connection with the Placements, Day Care Services and Short Break team, who oversee the management and support of holiday play schemes, Saturday clubs and enabling services as well as Direct Payments.
Our Family Help service is available to children and their families and is made up of two types of services that combine to form Torbay’s Early Help offer. These are universal services and targeted services.
The Family Intervention Team offer focused family support to families with complex needs through targeted support. We work flexibly and creatively with parents and their children in their homes and in groups, to increase the skills, confidence and abilities of all family members to live their daily lives in a positive and safe way.
SEND Family Voice Torbay is an independent Parent Carer Forum recognised by the Department of Education.
The Supporting Families Programme is a Government funded initiative that has been running since 2015.
TYAC provides a range of support for Young Adults aged 16 – 25 years old who are caring for, or helping to care for someone who has a long term illness, disability, frailty, mental ill-health, and drug or alcohol problem.
Torbay Youth Justice Service (previously known as a YOT or a youth offending team) works with children aged 10 – 17 years old who have been arrested, charged or sentenced for offences or who are at risk committing crime.
We provide impartial information, advice and support to parents/carers & children/young people in relation to special educational needs and/or disability issues for children/young people aged 0-25.
The service is provided to adults who have a wide range of communication disorders, as follows:
Torbay Children's Services have a specialist team comprising social workers and community care workers, to support children with disabilities up to the age of eighteen and their families across a range of thresholds, including Targeted Help, Child in Need and Child Protection planning and Cared For planning. They work in close connection with the Placements, Day Care Services and Short Break team, who oversee the management and support of holiday play schemes, Saturday clubs and enabling services as well as Direct Payments.
Dimensions for Autism (DFA) is a not-for-profit organisation run by and for autistic adults in Devon. It provides peer support, information, social groups and online communities to help autistic adults connect with others, share experiences and build supportive networks.
An IMCA is an Independent Mental Capacity Advocate appointed by the local authority and/or NHS body to protect other people’s interests when they lack the capacity to make certain important decisions and, at the time such decisions need to be made, have no one else (other than paid staff) to support them or be consulted.
SEND Family Voice Torbay is an independent Parent Carer Forum recognised by the Department of Education.
In Torbay, Social Care Support for adults is provided by Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.
TYAC provides a range of support for Young Adults aged 16 – 25 years old who are caring for, or helping to care for someone who has a long term illness, disability, frailty, mental ill-health, and drug or alcohol problem.
Turning Heads is a community interest company that is helping to build a community that values and empowers togetherness.
Torbay Youth Justice Service (previously known as a YOT or a youth offending team) works with children aged 10 – 17 years old who have been arrested, charged or sentenced for offences or who are at risk committing crime.
Independent Travel Training is a free scheme which has been set up by Children’s Services at Torbay Council. Our Independent Travel Training programme provides targeted support for Children and Young People with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Our Trainer works with students from mainstream and special schools, education other than at school, and colleges of further education.
We provide impartial information, advice and support to parents/carers & children/young people in relation to special educational needs and/or disability issues for children/young people aged 0-25.
