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Information booklet and
referral criteria for
Knowsley Child
Development Team
What is the Child
Development Team ?
The Child Development
Team comprises a group
of professionals offering
assessment and ongoing
support for children with
emerging developmental
problems, and complex
and additional support
needs. The Team works
with families to assess
each child carefully
and make joint plans to
help children reach their
full potential.
This is a service for
pre-school children and
children in their first year
of statutory education.
Alder Hey Alder Hey
Children’sChildren’s
NHS Foundation Trust
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Who are the professionals in
the Team:
Autism Specialist
Advisory Teacher
Area Special Educational
Needs Co-ordinator
Community Paediatrician
Children’s Centre
Community Children’s
Nursing Team
Educational Psychologist
Early Support
Neuro developmental
pathway co-ordinator
Occupational Therapy
Physiotherapy
Portage
Speech & Language
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Name of
Service
Advisory Teacher:
Social Communica-
tion, Interaction and
Imaginative Play
(Autistic Spectrum
Conditions)
Service Base
Central Area Support
Team, Knowsley
Central School
Main contact
person
Sarah Cobbe
Email Address [email protected]
Phone Number 0151 443 5771
Brief Description of Service
Observations of the child in the setting
and advice issued to the setting / family
regarding next steps in their learning,
communication, interaction and
behaviour
Home visits for children in PVI
settings
Post—diagnostic support meeting
for parents of children newly
diagnosed with ASC
Training programmes on ASC
awareness / issues in ASC for
settings
Parent training courses for
parents of children diagnosed with
ASC
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Criteria for referral
In a mainstream setting, the child is
seen in school and can be referred
under any of the following
circumstances:
s/he is on the Knowsley ASC
pathway
s/he has a diagnosis of ASC
In a PVI setting, the child can be seen
at home or in school and is referred
under any of the following
circumstances:
s/he is on the Knowsley ASC
pathway
s/he has a diagnosis of ASC
s/he has social communication
difficulties
A child can be supported out of borough
if they have a Knowsley statement,
which states ASC / social
communication disorder
IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES,
PARENTAL CONSENT IS ESSENTIAL
Information that would help with the
referral
Play plans and developmental
profiles are helpful in terms of
pitching the advice at the right
level.
A copy of the child’s EHCP /
statement where applicable
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Name of Ser-vice
Early Years Area SENCO
Service Base
Early Years Centre
Milton Avenue
Whiston
L35 2XYl
Main contact person
Suzanne Winrow
Email Ad-dress
Phone Num-ber
0151 443 5633/2972 office
07557004152 work mobile
Brief Description of Service
The Early Years Area SENCO will support the PVI nursery setting SENCO to support children with any additional needs in their nursery. This support includes observations of the children in nursery, offering advice and supporting strategies and attendance at child-review meetings with parents and other partner agencies. The Early Years Area SENCO will also support the transition process for the children she is involved with when they transfer to a school nursery or into a reception class. The Early Years Area SENCO works borough-wide within all areas in Knowsley.
Criteria for referral
The child will need to attend a PVI nursery in Knowsley.
The setting SENCO will need to ask permission from parents’ and a parents’ signature is required to request the involvement of the Early Years Area SENCO.
Information that would help with the referral
Names and contact details of any other services already supporting the child and his or her family, for example Health Visitor, Portage, or Children’s Centre involvement.
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Name of Service
Community Paediatrics
Service Base
Community Child Health
Mulberry House
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Eaton Road
Liverpool L12 2AP
Main contact person
Sandra Constantine (main secretary for Knowsley Community Paediatrics Team)
Email Address Sandra.Constantine@alderhey.
nhs.uk
Phone Num-ber
0151 252 5120
Brief Description of Service
We are a Community Paediatric Team based in Alder Hey and we are part of a wider team within the Integrated Community Services Clinical Business Unit of Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. We cover the whole borough of Knowsley.
We provide statutory services to the Local Education Authority and the Local Authority Adoption and Fostering Service. We also provide support to health visitors, school nurses and community paediatric nurses with regards to children with developmental problems, complex health problems and disability.
Information that would help with the referral
Any additional evidence to show differentiation action plans or any reasonable adaptations to the nursery environment already in place to support the child.
Any other comments/notes
PVI nursery SENCOs are able to contact and request the support from the Early Years Area Senco directly via the contact details above.
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Criteria for referral
Child has a Knowsley GP and/ or lives in Knowsley
And any from list below:
Delay in one or several areas of their development
Child with complex health needs requiring ongoing input from several health/ therapy services
Child born very preterm or been diagnosed with a genetic syndrome and requires ongoing medical and developmental surveillance.
Information that would help with the referral
Discharge summary from the neonatal unit or hospital
Ages and Stages Questionnaire
Therapy reports
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Name of Service
Children’s Centre
Service Base
Kirkby – 0151 443 3257
www.kirkby.children
centres.org/
Huyton – 0151 443 5377
www.huyton.childre
ncentres.org/
Halewood – 0151 443 2191
www.halewoodchil
drenscentre.co.uk/
Whiston / Prescot – 0151 443 4531
www.whistonchildre
nscentre.co.uk/
Brief Description of Service
Stay and Play sessions - fun - filled sessions where you and your child (0-4yrs) can meet others and engage in quality play. We have songs, rhymes, games, creative activities and much more.
SEND - activities are all-inclusive. Services can be tailored to provide one- to-one support in the home or stay & play sessions made smaller and families attend by invite only.
Free bookable sensory rooms in all areas
Infant Massage - promotes bonding between parents and their babies. Baby Massage helps alleviate difficulties such as wind, colic, constipation and irregular sleeping
patterns.
Bosum Buddies - an informal parent - led support session for mums and mums to be who are thinking of breastfeeding.
Weaning - this is an awareness session.
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Brief Description of Service (continued)
Sleep Pathway - need advice on sleep routines? Or is sleep or lack of sleep becoming difficult for your child? Please drop into our clinic for advice on realistic expectations of sleep and how to create good habits to gradually support change and ensure that everybody gets a good night sleep.
Speech and Language Pathway - this pathway offers language support to parents/carers who have concerns around their child’s speech. The sessions are tailored to meet individual needs and can be delivered in small groups in local children’s centre/ nurse-ries or on a one to one session within the home. Sessions include fun and exciting activities for children to take part in. All activities are planned to offer parents/carers ideas and support to be confident in encouraging their child to achieve their full potential in Communication, Language and Literacy.
Freedom Programme - this programme is aimed at providing women with knowledge around the issues of what domestic abuse is and how perpetrators use a variety of different tactics to control them.
Early Years Sessions - a variety of targeted play and development sessions.
Language Enrichment Programmes - this pathway offers language support to parents/carers who have concerns around their child’s speech. The sessions are tailored to meet individual needs and can be delivered in small groups in local children’s centre/ nurseries or on a one to one session within the home. Sessions include fun and exciting activities for children to take part in.
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Brief Description of Service (continued)
All activities are planned to offer parents/carers ideas and support to be confident in encouraging their child to achieve their full potential in Communication, Language and Literacy.
YO Preventative Family Support - low level support for families receiving 2 Year Offer who do not meet the criteria for a Family First referral. The support offered will address issues such as basic routines, emerging concerns around behaviour issues and coordination of or signposting to additional services for the child or family.
Universal Plus - short term targeted intervention around a particular area such as toileting, sleeping , developmental concerns, post natal depression etc.
Level 3 – Universal Partnership Plus
Family First Support - Family First is a borough wide support service for families with children aged 0-11 and Stronger Families is a borough wide support service for families with children aged 11- 18. These services support families where there are significant concerns about the impact of the family’s situation on the children’s lives. Family First is focussed on families with needs which require a (CAF) but don’t meet the thresholds for specialist services such as Children’s Social Care, Youth Offending Service and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
The criteria for the service are outlined below:
Families with children aged 2 and under;
Families where parents have mental health difficulties;
Parents with substance misuse concerns (drugs and alcohol);
Families where domestic abuse is a concern;
Families where there is significant criminality.
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Name of
Service
Community
Children’s Nursing
Team
Service Base
Stockbridge Village
Health Hub, The
Withens, Stockbridge
Village, Liverpool L28
1AB
Main contact
person
Caroline Boyle
Email Address
Phone Number
0151 443 2510
Brief Description of Service
Provision of expert nursing care,
support and advice to children, young
people with a disability or complex
health need and their families.
We support children and young people
with palliative care needs and at end of
life. We provide practical advice,
teaching and awareness sessions and
competency based assessments to
ensure the safe support of children and
young people in the community and
promote their inclusion into universal
settings.
Awareness Sessions can include;
Gastrostomy management
Tracheostomy Management
Epilepsy Management (for
children prescribed rescue
medication)
Oral and Nasopharyngeal
suctioning
Mechanical ventilation
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Information that would help with the
referral
A list of other professionals involved
with the child e.g. Dietician, Speech and
Language.
A detailed report from those
professionals detailing the child’s
needs.
Expectation of our input - what are you
hoping we can achieve?
Criteria for referral
Must be registered with a
Knowsley GP
Any child or young person aged
0-19 with a complex medical need
Any child attending Bluebell Park
School
Any child requiring provision of
specialist medical equipment e.g.
a profiling bed, specialist mattress,
suction machine etc.
Any child requiring provision of
consumables for medical
equipment.
We do not require a parents signature
to accept a referral.
Brief Description of Service (continued)
Competency Based Assessments can
include:
Gastrostomy management
including feeding and medicine
administration
Tracheostomy management and
tracheostomy emergency
management
Oral and Nasopharyngeal
suctioning
Mechanical ventilation
management
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Any other comments/notes
Please ensure we are provided with an
up to date contact number for parents.
Families will additional needs,
Interpreter requirements, health or
social needs can discuss their
individual circumstances with the team
who will endeavour to accommodate as
able.
Name of Ser-vice
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY SERVICE
Service Base
KIRKBY: NORTHWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL
HALEWOOD: YEW TREE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Main contact person
MARK ALLERTON
Email Address
Phone Number
Northwood - 0151 477 8635
Yew Tree - 0151 443 2057
Brief Description of Service
We are a team of seven Educational Psychologists. We are friendly and experienced professionals who work in all Knowsley schools and nurseries. Our job is to help plan what your child may need when they are in nursery or school. We listen to parents’ views of their child, observe and assess the child and talk to nursery staff and anyone else who is involved.
We help the nursery put together a plan of action to help the child, then come back to see how it is going and plan the next steps. We aim to be part of the process of working together in a team with your child’s needs at the heart of what we do.
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Criteria for referral to the service
We need to know that parents have been involved and give informed consent to our involvement, so we must have a signature from someone with parental responsibility. If the parents have joint responsibility, both should be involved but it’s OK for one to sign.
It’s always helpful to include any reports or letters from other professionals, with parental consent.
Information that would help with the referral
Please ensure that parents’ contact details are up to date.
Please give the email address, phone number and postal address of the nursery and the name of the SENCo.
Any other comments/notes
Please reassure parents that the Educational Psychologists want the best for their child and to work together with nursery and parents. We are all experienced professionals but we believe that parents know their children best and we know how important it is to listen to them and the nursery staff who work with them every day.
Criteria for referral to the service
We need to know what has already been tried, so we ask for at least two Play Plans that have been evaluated and adapted according to how the child has responded.
We need a general indication of what areas of need the child is experiencing, so we ask for the
Early Years Profile.
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Name of
Service
Early Support
Keyworking
Service Base
Knowsley Early Years
Portage Service ,
Meadow Park School,
Haswell Drive,
Stockbridge Village,
Knowsley L28 1RX
Main contact
person
Pam Kimmins
Carole Lewtas
Email Address
Phone
Number
07771542385
Brief Description of Service
The Early Support Programme provides
a standard framework and set of
materials that can be used in many
different circumstances, and a set of
expectations about how services
should work with families. Families are
held at the heart of discussion and
decision-making about their children.
The programme aims to better-
integrate service planning and
delivery.
Families with young children with
complex medical needs,
disabilities or on the autism spectrum
are often in contact with many different
services and agencies, so should
benefit from co-ordinated multi-agency
working, which at the heart of the
programme.
Criteria for referral
The child has complex needs
Age: 0 – term after the child’s 3rd
birthday
There are more than 2 professionals supporting the child already
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Criteria for referral (continued)
Referrals are through the Child
Development Team, with the
consent of the parent/carer. The
parent/carer must sign the Service
Request so that they are fully
aware of the referral.
Any other comments/notes
If one of the services requested is the
Portage Service, Early Support will be
explained on the referral visit and a
decision made as to whether the family
want Early Support or not. The
Designated Keyworker will be informed
of the decision.
Name of
Service
Neurodevelopmental
Pathway (ASC only)
Service Base
Knowsley Central
School, Mossbrow
Road, Huyton, L36
7SY
Main contact
person
Laura Fisher
Email Address
Phone Number
0151 443 5771 (term
time)
07770568081 (school
holidays)
Brief Description of Service
The neurodevelopmental pathway
consists of multi-agency assessments
which determine whether a child has
ASC (Social Communication
Difficulties).
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Brief Description of Service (continued)
Assessments are carried out by a
Community Paediatrician, Educational
Psychologist and Speech and
Language Therapist.
Professionals meet once all
assessments are complete to decide
upon a diagnosis or non-diagnosis. On
occasion further assessment is
required.
Criteria for referral
The child must have a Knowsley
GP to be referred for the ASC part
of the Knowsley
Neurodevelopmental Pathway.
All sections of the referral form
must be complete.
The referral form must be signed
by parent/s.
Supporting evidence must be
returned with the referral form. For
example, screening tools,
reviewed play plans and reports
from professionals already
involved.
Information that would help with the
referral
Supporting information such as:
Reviewed play plans (especially
those relating to social
communication difficulties)
Report/s from professionals
already involved (which may detail
if they have concerns are social
communication.
Social Communication screening
tools (from nursery/school and
home)
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Name of
Service
Presently Integrated
and Targeted Child
Health Service
( Physiotherapy,
Occupational
Therapy )
Service Base
For Knowsley –
admin base Puma
Court. Clinicians
based at St Helens
Hospital and
Stockbridge Village
Main contact
person
Alison Unsworth
( Team leader OT/PT)
Email Address [email protected]
Phone Number
0151 290 2010 Puma
Court
01744 646557 St
Helens Hospital
Brief Description of Service
We provide an integrated service for
children aged 0-19 across the
St Helens and Knowsley area. We are
working hard to develop a consistent
way of working across the three
disciplines. We are all involved with the
assessment and intervention of children
with a variety of difficulties.
We work within a variety of settings
including mainstream and special
schools, children’s centres, hospitals,
nurseries, clinics, and within the home
environment.
Physiotherapists work towards
maximising a child’s physical potential.
Occupational Therapists promote
independence in all areas of activities of
daily living.
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Brief Description of Service (continued)
Integrated Therapy Assistants carry out
assessment and intervention under the
guidance of the Therapists. They work
across all three disciplines.
Criteria for referral
Parents can self-refer to the service via
phone, fax, email or letter with concerns
that impact on to the day-to-day
functioning of a child or young person.
Professionals can refer to the service
from Health, Education and Social
Services and the voluntary sector.
Parental consent / knowledge of the
referral is obligatory but a parental
signature is not mandatory.
The person referring needs to complete
a single assessment referral form that
can be completed via phone, email or
post. Admin staff can forward this form
or assist in the completion of the form
over the phone.
The service is for children and young
people who are registered with a
Knowsley or St Helens GP. The child or
young person needs to reside in the
borough and attend a school within the
borough. If a child resides and is
registered in-borough but is schooled
out-of-borough they will be seen if they
have a home-based need. If they have
a school-based need then the referral
will be sent to the neighbouring service.
Looked-after children under the care of
Social Services will be seen
out-of-borough if appropriate with
liaison with local services dependent on
need and appropriateness.
Out-of-borough visits are kept to a
minimum and typically take the form of
a one-off advisory visit or handover
session to local services.
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Information that would help with the
referral
Include any relevant medical history,
diagnosis, concerns and how the
problem impacts on the day to day
functioning of the child. Up-to-date
contact details are very important along
with details of parental responsibility.
Social services involvement if known is
useful. Please include any relevant
reports or further information that will
support the referral.
Teachers /Education staff accessing the
DCD service should include the
screening tool checklist for motor
coordination difficulties given to staff
following the In Syn training.
Any other comments/notes
Families that struggle to engage in
services can be supported to following
liaison with the appropriate professional
(Portage / Health Visitor / Education /
Social Worker as appropriate). Families
with additional needs, interpreter
requirements or health or social needs
can discuss their individual
circumstances with the team who will
endeavour to accommodate as able.
Name of Service Early Years
Portage Service
Service Base
Meadow Park
Whitethorn Drive
Stockbridge
Village
Huyton, L28 1RX
Main contact per-
son
Pam Kimmins
Email Address pam.kimmins@knowsley.
gov.uk
Phone Number 07771542385
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Brief Description of Service
Portage is a home-visiting educational
service for pre-school children with
additional support needs and their
families.
The aim of Portage is to support the
development of young children's play,
communication and relationships and to
encourage full participation in
day-to-day life within the family and
beyond the home. Support offered
through Portage is based on the
principle that parents are the key figures
in the care and development of their
child and Portage aims to help parents
to be confident in this role whatever
their child's needs may be.
Portage offers a framework of support,
which respects each family and their
own individual priorities. It is a model
that adapts flexibly to individual child
and family needs. Families are visited
weekly or fortnightly at home by trained
Portage Early Years Officers. A Portage
Developmental checklist is used to
identify strengths and goals for future
learning.
Criteria for referral
To access the Portage Service the child
needs to have a delay in more than one
area of their development.
Referrals can be made by professionals
or parents. Referrals are through the
Child Development Team, with the
consent of the parent/carer. The parent/
carer must sign the Service Request so
that they are fully aware of the referral.
Information that would help with the
referral
Detailed description of the child’s
needs.
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Name of
Service
Speech and
Language Therapy
Service Base
Administration base:
Unit 4, Puma Court,
Kings Business Park,
Prescot
Clinical base: Stock-
bridge Village Health
Hub
Main contact
person
Ruth McCartney—
Performance
Manager
Email Address [email protected]
Phone Number 0151 244 4387
Brief Description of Service
The Speech and Language Therapy
Team are responsible for the
assessment, support and treatment of
children between the ages of 0-19 who
have a specific speech, language,
communication and / or feeding
swallowing difficulties.
Criteria for referral
Knowsley G.P.
Specific functional difficulties with
speech, language and
communication over and above
other difficulties e.g. learning
Information that would help with the
referral
Checklists (specific to speech and
language)
Other professionals’ reports to
support referral
School specified
Details of other professionals
involved
Be as specific as possible about
the child’s difficulties
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Other comments (Speech and
Language Therapy service)
SLT are involved in the ASC Pathway
diagnosis team at a specialist level. We
have expert knowledge within the team
for children with complex needs.
The Child Development Team will also
pass on referrals which are relevant to
the Sensory Impaired Service
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Knowsley Child
Development Team
Stockbridge Village
Health Hub
The Withens
On the site of Stockbridge
Village primary school
The Withens
L28 1AB
Tel : 0151 443 5754
What does this mean
for referrers:?
You will only need to
complete one referral
form, even if the child
needs to access several
of the services.
Referral forms should be
completed electronically
wherever possible;
however, paper copies
will be accepted in
exceptional
circumstances.
Please contact the
administrative
co-ordinator on 0151 443
5754 if you require a copy
of the referral form.
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