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  • Careers Advice Transition Guide

    Careers Advice - Transition Guide Sheffield City Council Community Youth Services have an Information Advice and Guidance (IAG) Team . They give careers advice for young people. As part of this team, there are advisers who go to secondary special schools in Sheffield. They give careers advice for those young people who have an EHC plan from Year 9 to Year 14. The schools’ advisers go to: Bents Green Talbot Seven Hills Holgate Meadows Heritage Park Advisers have a set amount of time. They use this time to go to each school. They work with the school to agree when they come in to talk to pupils during the school year. The offer to schools can include: attendance and input of personal careers guidance at EHC Plan annual review meetings. This is from Year 9 through to Year 14 personal careers guidance interviews attendance at post-16/parents’ events group…

  • 2) Help with finding and keeping a job Transition Guide

    ) website. Click on the logo. Visit the Disability Sheffield website. They have a list of local organisations and services that give information and advice on getting a job. Click on the logo. Sheffield Supported Employment This programme helps people with learning disabilities and / or autism… discuss other support available They can refer you to a disability specialist advisor or a specialist work psychologist. They can also carry out an ‘employment assessment’ of your skills and experience. This helps see what kind of roles you are interested in. Opportunity Sheffield Opportunity Sheffield is part of Sheffield City Council. It provides employment and skills programmes. These are designed to help people who face difficulty in looking for work. This can include individuals who want to start their employment journey but don’t know how. It includes those with: disabilities…

  • 3) Help with finding and keeping a job Transition Guide

    3) Help with finding and keeping a job - Transition Guide SEND Employment Programme The programme is for those living in Sheffield, aged 18 to 24 who have Autism. Specialist employment coaches can help you with: a plan of action removing barriers to working skills needed for a job looking at what you want for the future helping you work towards employment, internships or apprenticeships Find out more by visiting the Autism Plus website. The programme is free. You can contact them on: Email: employmentsupport@autismplus.co.uk Telephone: 0114 384 0284 and ask for the Employment Team Youth Hubs The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched “Youth Hubs”. They have done this alongside Sheffield City Council. The Youth Hubs are located with different organisations across the city. These organisations work together with other services. They offer…

  • Leisure Transition Guide

    about your interests and support needs. They will create a profile and complete an assessment. They give this to the club to help them to meet your needs. Specialised clubs for disabled children and young people Specialised clubs are for disabled children and young people only. Sheffield City…

  • Other Travel Support and useful Apps Transition Guide

    health issue Click on the logo below for more information. Safe Places Safe Places is a local scheme in Sheffield. It looks to support adults who may feel vulnerable when they are out and about in Sheffield. If someone needs help they can enter the nearest safe place to get support. This could…

  • Social Care Services Transition Guide

    Social Care Services - Transition Guide Social Care Social care give help for children, young people and adults who need extra support. There are guidelines used to decide who can get this. Find out more Click on the buttons below to find out more. To ask for support To ask for support from social care please call Sheffield City Council on: If you are 0-17 please call 0114 273 4855 If you 18 or over please call 0114 273 4908 …

  • Short Breaks Services Transition Guide

    are short breaks for children for? Short breaks are available for disabled children and young people who: are 0-18 years old live in Sheffield have a disability. This means that they have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on their ability to do… for children? The Special Needs Inclusion Playcare Service team, also called SNIPS, is the team in Sheffield City Council available to help you. They can provide more information on the range of short breaks available. The team can be contacted by telephoning the Children with Disabilities Team… transitions service. See page 29. If you do not have a children’s short break service If you would like one as an adult, please contact Sheffield City Council. Ask for a referral to adult social care. See page 28.…

  • Decision making and mental capacity Transition Guide

    decisions on your behalf, they must follow the Mental Capacity Act. For more information have a look at the Mental Capacity page on this Sheffield Local Offer page . No-one should make a decision for a young person if it can wait until they can do it themselves. Parents and professionals must always…

  • Transitioning from Children’s Health to Adult Health Services Transition Guide

    and ResPECT forms. Speak to your clinician to make sure these are up to date. In emergencies From age 16, you should go to the Emergency Department at Northern General Hospital. Patients aged 16 and over will only be seen in the Emergency Department at Sheffield Children’s Hospital in the following cases: you have ongoing care with a specialist team at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. you have a transition plan for moving to adult services and have follow up appointments planned at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. you have not yet had your first appointment at adult services. Once you have attended an appointment at adult services you will be discharged from Sheffield Children’s Hospital. In an emergency, you would then attend the Adult Emergency Department. This is unless you are a CAMHS patient. You should go to the adult emergency department from 16 years and above…

  • Important Local NHS Health Services Transition Guide

    Important Local NHS Health Services - Transition Guide These are some of the important local NHS Health Services in Sheffield. Click on the drop downs for more information. Continuing Healthcare for Adults If your needs are health related, then you could be suitable for continuing healthcare…: psychiatry psychology occupational therapy physiotherapy speech and language therapy community nurses You might be invited to attend a transition clinic with the Community Learning Disability Team. This is to see what help is available. Sheffield Adult Autism and Neurodevelopmental Service (SAANS) If you have autism or ADHD and no related learning disabilities, you can be referred to SAANS. This is for assessment, support and counselling over the age of 16. Useful contacts Sheffield Children’s Hospital They have information about transition. Click on the logo to find out more…