Warwickshire County Council support

The following services within Warwickshire County Council offer a wide range of specialisms to help support children and young people in education settings.

Internal WCC services
Name of service Service provisions Contact details

Integrated Disability Service (IDS)

The Integrated Disability Service (IDS) provides a range of services to support children with complex needs or physical disability in their early years (from birth to three) and in mainstream education settings.

Integrated Disability Service (IDS)

Integrated Disability Service (IDS) Hearing Team The IDS Hearing Team work with children in their early years (from birth to three) in the county with hearing loss or multisensory impairment. Integrated Disability Service (IDS) Hearing Team
Vision Support Service The Vision Support Service provides support for children and young people with a visual impairment from birth to 19 years of age in a variety of educational settings. The service provides support for babies within the home. They also work in nurseries and pre-school. Vision Support Service

Specialist Teaching Service (STS)

STS provide targeted and specialist support for children and young people in schools and other educational settings.

Specialist teachers use qualified staff who have received further training in Social, emotional and mental health, Communication and interaction and Cognition and learning.

Specialist Teaching Service (STS)

Educational Psychology Service (EPS)

Educational psychologists use their training in psychology and knowledge of child development to assess difficulties children may be having with their learning.

They support education settings to promote children and young people’s learning, development, social and emotional wellbeing.

Educational Psychology Service (EPS)

Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service (EMTAS)

EMTAS helps education settings to support children from the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community. They provide support and advice to help settings meet the needs of children and their families.

They help to remove barriers to their learning. Experienced advisers are multi-lingual and culturally fluent in different languages, therefore also provide support for pupils where English is an additional language (EAL).

Medical Education Team (MET)

The Medical Education Team (MET) provide educational support for children and young people who have medical needs and are unable to access their usual education setting.

The Medical Education Team

 

External- Health Related Services

Name of service Service provisions Contact details
RISE CAMHS

Rise CAMHS is a family of NHS-led services providing emotional wellbeing and mental health services for children and young people in Coventry and Warwickshire.

It aims to build resilience and empower children and young people.

RISE

Speech and Language Therapy (SALT)

 

The Speech and Language Therapy service supports children in a range of settings across Warwickshire, including pre-schools, mainstream schools, special schools and in the community.

Speech and Language Therapy

Occupational Therapy (OT)

 

The Occupational Therapy service works with children and young people who have a wide range of physical and learning needs that impact on their participation in daily life.

It is delivered across a variety of settings including schools, nurseries, and home with a family centred approach.

Occupational Therapy
Warwickshire Child and Family Wellbeing Warwickshire Child and Family Wellbeing provide the School Age Health Service, the local school nursing service in Warwickshire. This confidential service is freely available to all school-aged children and young people from 5 to 19 years old (up to 25 years old for people with special educational needs) and their families and carers. Warwickshire Child and Family Wellbeing
Physiotherapy The Community Children and Young People’s Physiotherapy Service provides specialist assessment and a range of therapeutic interventions to help your child reach their full potential by promoting normal movement, maximising function and independence, thereby improving quality of life and wellbeing. Physiotherapy (Children)
External - Support services for parents and carers
Name of service Service provisions Contact details

Warwickshire SEND Information Advice and Support (SENDIAS)

(SENDIAS) service offers confidential, independent, impartial advice and support to parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

They work with families to know their rights and explore their options This service is also offered directly to young people who are aged 16 or over.

Resources are available free to use from their website and there is an email and call-back service to speak with a trained independent adviser.

Warwickshire SENDIAS

Dimensions of Health and Wellbeing

This is a free, online tool providing self-care information to support adults, children and young people in Coventry and Warwickshire. Self-care information is tailored to a person’s own needs and the challenges they face and is available 24/7.

Dimensions - Home

 

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