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  • Baby and Us 24.02.25

    Baby and Us 24th February 2025 - 28th April 2025 Baby and Us covers topics such as: Following your baby’s cues How to feel more confident in your role as a parent Learning to communicate responsively with your baby Building a good attachment between you and your baby An opportunity to develop friendships with other parents Games, singing, physical touch and play to have fun with your baby Understanding your baby’s temperament Thinking about your relationships within the family and how these affect you and your baby Support to understand your baby’s crying/ sleeping / feeding, and the practicalities of your baby’s routine For parents/carers of babies under 9 months old at the start of the course. If you are interested in attending this programme, please complete the 'Find out more' form above. A member of our Parenting Team will get in touch to provide more…

  • EPEC Being a Parent 1102

    EPEC Being a Parent 16th April 2025 - 11th June 2025 This course aims to improve child development outcomes, parenting, family resilience and family relationships. The programme creates a trusting group ethos where parents are encouraged and supported. It is run by parent volunteers who have com…

  • 1055 - Making it REAL

    Making it REAL Session Aims: This session is a 2 day session for the 3rd and 4th of March, booking onto this session secures your slot for the 4th which you will need to attend also. Session Aims: Engaging parents in their children's early literacy development has been shown to improve children's outcomes and help to narrow the gap between disadvantaged and other children. Making it REAL (Raising Early Achievement in Literacy) is an award-winning programme that works with practitioners to support children’s early literacy and development. During Making it REAL training you will learn… writing and mark-making The training will include resource sheets and practice examples to support your learning and help you to work with families to support children’s early literacy development and create a positive early home learning environment. Early Help Partnership Training SYAC Business…

  • Feedback received

    with Neurodiversity is a priority for Sheffield Health and Care Partnership over the coming year. A diagnostic of the waiting list is soon to take place to support families waiting. The ICB and SCC are committed to linking support to the graduated response and ensuring that SENCOs and school staff are supporting children and families prior to any clinical diagnosis. Work is being led by Learn Sheffield to look at a model that supports early identification of need and early interventions to support children and families with strategies to support learning in their local school. This includes looking at a model that increases support at early stages and reduces need for clinical assessment to meet need. We are also promoting the use of Neurodiversity as our language rather than neurodisability. We are committed to meeting need early but also know this is a long term piece of work. We…

  • Baby and Us 17.01.25

    Baby and Us 17th January 2025 - 14th March 2025 Baby and Us covers topics such as: Following your baby’s cues How to feel more confident in your role as a parent Learning to communicate responsively with your baby Building a good attachment between you and your baby An opportunity to develop friendships with other parents Games, singing, physical touch and play to have fun with your baby Understanding your baby’s temperament Thinking about your relationships within the family and how these affect you and your baby Support to understand your baby’s crying/ sleeping / feeding, and the practicalities of your baby’s routine For parents/carers of babies under 9 months old at the start of the course. If you are interested in attending this programme, please complete the 'Find out more' form above. A member of our Parenting Team will get in touch to provide more…

  • Area SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) Ofsted and CQC inspections

    Area SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections What are joint area SEND inspections In January 2023, OfSTED and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) started using a new framework to inspect how local areas support children and young people… . What does the inspection framework cover The new inspection framework still assesses how well education, health, and social care services follow the law. It also includes new features from the 2022 SEND review: Right support, right place, right time . See the drop-downs for more…. These meetings are not inspections. They are held to support local areas as they work to improve the experiences and outcomes of children/young people with SEND. These meetings will help keep a spotlight on SEND provision. Through these meetings, Ofsted and the CQC will: check that the local…

  • Direct payments for social care services Transition Guide

    Direct payments for social care services - Transition Guide A direct payment is a cash payment made to a disabled child or adult, or their family member. This can be used to pay for things set out in your support plan. If you are able to get support from social care you can choose to have direct payments. This is so you or your parent/carer can arrange services yourself. This is instead of Sheffield City Council arranging services for you. They give you choice and control over the support you get and how your social care needs are met. Who can get a direct payment? Most people who are able to get support from social care can choose to have direct payments. That means: People aged 16 or over who have been assessed as being able to get support Parents of disabled children who have been assessed as being able to get support Carers with an agreed assessment of need who…

  • Direct payments

    supports a child / young person to do activities. How does a Direct Payment Work? The parent or carer would manage the Direct Payment themselves. If employing a PA to support their child or young person, then the parent or carer would also act as an employer. You can find out more about…, there is an ‘Employing a Personal Assistant handbook’. You can read this by clicking here . How much will I receive? This will depend on your child or young person's assessment of need. This varies from family to family. Direct Payment Support Service Sheffield City Council have a team called the Direct Payment Support Service (DPSS). They can give direct payment support to people who live in Sheffield. They help those who get a direct payment to get the most out of this money and to achieve their goals. The DPSS can support families to be able to manage their Direct Payment themselves. The Direct…

  • Play, Chat and Learn

    PlayChatLearn, Play-chat-learn, PlayChat&Learn, Play-Chat-Learn Supporting your child’s learning, development and early language skills through play in the home.

  • Help with the cost of living

    Sheffield City Council have pulled information, help and support on the cost-of-living into one place. This is to make it easier to find what you need. It includes: Money support Food support Community support Help with energy costs Business support You can find more information on the Cost of Living webpage. Speak to someone Telephone: 0114 273 4567 Open Monday to Friday 8:30am to 6pm. Citizen's Advice Sheffield You can get money, debt and budgeting advice from the friendly Citizen's Advice team in Sheffield. Watch the video below to see how they can help. Citizen's Advice Sheffield can be contacted on: Telephone: 0808 278 7828 Website: Citizens Advice Sheffield…