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Safeguarding is the promotion of children’s welfare and protecting children from harm. This includes protecting them from abuse or maltreatment, preventing harm to their health or development and providing safe and effective care. Providers on the Early Years and Childcare registers must continu…
Stocksbridge Summer Activities Join the Family Hubs this summer for fun group activities that show you how to have a great time without spending a lot of money. Enjoy the outdoors with nature pictures, bracelets, stick wands, and leaf art. Go on a bug hunt, make music, play with bubbles, have fun…
Stocksbridge Summer Activities Join the Family Hubs this summer for fun group activities that show you how to have a great time without spending a lot of money. Enjoy the outdoors with nature pictures, bracelets, stick wands, and leaf art. Go on a bug hunt, make music, play with bubbles, have fun…
Not all children with health needs will need the local authority to arrange suitable provision. Managing health needs in education will depend on the level of need. Health services should work with schools, education services and social care. This is to address children’s health needs in a flexi…
This section hosts information and support for childcare providers of all kinds. If you would like to suggest any additional content to these pages, please let us know at childcareplanning@sheffield.gov.uk If you are a parent looking for childcare information, please go to the Parent Page. What…
Useful Documents Childcare Sufficiency Assessment The Childcare Act 2006 places a legal duty on us to ensure that there is sufficient childcare available in Sheffield to enable parents to work or undertake training to be in work. The Childcare Sufficiency Assessment (CSA) is an assessment of exi…
All children have a right to an education. Most childhood illnesses don't stop a child from going to school. Some illnesses may mean a child misses one or two days of school. Some school age children may have health issues which mean they can't go to school. These health issues can stop them att…
Local Authority and Health Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Panel If all support has been tried, the Inclusion and Attendance Officer will go to the Local Authority and Health MDT panel. This is to look at alternative education not on school site, or a mix of school and alternative education. The …
Who we support and referral reason We support children under 3 years 8 months old and are presenting with social communication difficulties. A diagnosis of Autism maybe be considered. Please note that we look at the information on the referral to understand where help is needed. It is not based …
Who we support and referral reason We support children with sensory processing difficulties associated with autism/social communication difficulties. The child will have a number of significant sensory issues. These will mean children aren't able to take part fully in school life and/or access the…