Parents
Early Help – Suffolk Offer
The Early Help Service offers a wide range of support, the focus of the service is to work with families in ways that help you to manage and identify your own solutions. This support is available for parents and their children 0-19 (up to 25 for those with additional needs) or please speak to the school if you have concerns.
This may include:
- Health and children centres providing groups you and your child can attend, information and advice as well as health visiting services for families with children from pre-birth to 5. birth-5
- One to one parenting support according to the needs of your family, children's wellbeing accessed via Children's portals
- Support to encourage school attendance – Attendance Officer accessed via school
- Parenting groups, eg Triple P, Solihull, Strengthening Families visit the The Parent Hub for more information.
- School Nursing Service 1:1 Health advice for children and families (5-19), confidential text chat service for young people.
Disabled Children and Young People’s Services
The Disabled Children and Young Peoples Services team provide support and advice to disabled children and young people with complex needs requiring a higher level of specialist services. Following a social work assessment, services provided could include the offer of support at home with personal care, overnight breaks from caring either in the home or within a short break provision and the option of Direct Payments as a Personal Budget where appropriate and as part of an Education, Health and Care Plans.
For further information on the threshold criteria for a service from the Disabled Children and Young Peoples Services please refer to our guidance document.
If your child has a disability and you think your child would benefit from support from a short break please contact Activities Unlimited.
If your child has a disability and you think your child would benefit from support from social care, please contact Customer First on 0808 800 4005.