These pages provide information about the support given to children and young people with learning difficulties and disabilities (LDD) and their parents.
Services to disabled children and their families in Bury are provided from several different places:
The Children's Disability Team based at the Seedfield centre provides an assessment and care management service for children who have a permanent and substantial disability or a life-limiting illness. The legislative framework for the team is the Children Act, but work is also undertaken under The Disabled Person's Act and the Carers Act.
The area-based advice and assessment teams carry out initial assessments, and pass on to the children's disability team if the eligibility criteria is met. If not, then the children and families teams will work with families to meet their assessed needs.
Bury Parent Partnership, based at Morley Street is a community resource centre for disabled children and their families. This is run by NCH (a national charity) in partnership with Hurdles (a local charity), the Local Authority and West Pennine Housing Association, who owns the building. This is a purpose-built centre, which offers inclusive family support services.
The special educational needs (SEN) and Special Educational Needs and Disability Service (SEND) offer these services:
Early Intervention: Bury Portage Home Teaching Team, National Portage Association
Advisory Teachers' Teaching Teams:
The register of children with disabilities
Work is currently taking place to create a register of children with disabilities, which will be available to health, social care and education for planning purposes and for the dissemination of information. The register will be targeted on children's environments and the support that they need to fulfil their potential.
Commissioning Strategy - Short Break opportunities 2006-2009
Meaningful Short Break Opportunities For Disabled Children, Young People and their Families - Implementation Plan 2006-2009 (46kb, 8 page pdf)
