Whole Life Disability Social Care Services
The Whole Life Disability Teams provide specialist social care services for disabled children which include:
- Sign posting, advice, information and assessment of Disabled Children who have a Permanent and Substantial Disability (Children's Act 1989);
- Parent Carers assessments of parents whose children are likely to need specialist services;
- Specialist Occupational Therapy assessments of children in need of aids and adaptations;
- Arranging statutory Short breaks provision;
- Arranging other services outlined in the chronically sick and disabled Persons Act;
- Undertaking Child protection enquiries in relation to children who have severe and complex disabilities; (see paragraph 4);
- Meeting statutory requirements in relation to severely Disabled Children Looked After including those for whom adoption is required.
The criteria are that the child must:
- Be aged 0 - 18 (19 if still attending special school);
- Have a permanent and substantial disability (diagnosed/identified by a doctor or consultant) and;
- Whose needs cannot be met through universal or targeted services as evidenced in the CAF/EHC/TAC/Early Help Assessment/Priority Family Assessment.
Who to contact
- Telephone
- 0115 883 8266
- disabledchildrens.team@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Where to go
- Name
- Whole Life Disability Team
- Address
-
Bulwell Riverside
Main Street
Bulwell
Nottingham
- Postcode
- NG6 8QJ
Local Offer
- Needs Level
- High
- Medium
- SEN Provision Type
- Specialist
- Targeted