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NHS Sheffield Place SEND Team

Who are we?

We are a team of nurses and a project officer.  We have knowledge and experience to support families and other professionals.  This is so we can help children and young people with SEND and their associated health matters.

We are a dedicated team.  This means we only support children/young people and their families with SEND.  We also help the professionals around these families.

We are employed by the NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (often referred to as the ICB).  This means that we are not employed by any specific hospital in Sheffield.

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What do we do and how we can help

We look to make sure that the health part of the law for SEND is provided in the right way across Sheffield.

We do this by:

  • Providing advice and support to children, young people and their families
  • Assessing what health needs a child or young person has.  How these needs may affect their day-to-day life and their access to education
  • Working with Sheffield City Council to make plans for these needs to be met. This may sometimes be part of an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)
  • Working with hospitals and health services in our city to provide advice and support.  This is to help them meet their legal duties for children and young people with SEND
  • Working with schools, colleges and nurseries.  This is to make sure they think about a child/young person's SEND needs and how they can be supported
  • Delivering training to different services across Sheffield

How can you contact us?

You can contact us to ask for advice or support on:

You can also ask any of the professionals who are supporting you to make a referral to our team.  They can use the above email address. They refer when there have been attempts already to resolve health issues.  They may have tried a graduated approach or used existing service arrangements.  They will need to provide evidence of your consent to do this.

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