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Child Health And Disability Team - Vale of Glamorgan - Family support services

Last updated: 24/04/2024
Family support services
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What we do

We are a specialist multi disciplinary team who believe that a child with a disability is a child first and should be encouraged and helped to access the same services and treatments as other children without disabilities.
We also link in with the Specialist Health Visitor and Social Workers based in other teams for children who have additional needs.
Referrals to the Child Health and Disability Team can be made by parents, family members and professionals.
To make sure the services we provide are given to people with the greatest need we use an eligibility criteria.

Who do we support

Our service is aimed at :
Children/young people who are aged between 0 - 18 years and who have permanent and substantial disabilities which have a moderate or serious impact on their day to day functioning due to
*A significant visual impairment.
*A significant hearing impairment.
*A profound communication impairment (including Autism Spectrum Disorder).
*A severe learning disability.
*A significant physical disability

We also support parents / carers of children with a disability.

Is there a charge to use this service?

No

Can anyone use this service?

Yes

Service details for this family support services

Language: English with use of bilingual elements

  • Can provide specialist support for families of children with disabilities / additional needs Yes
    Please contact to discuss your child(s) needs further.  
  • Relevant staff have a valid current DBS? Yes

 Address

 You can send post here:

Vale of Glamorgan Council
Docks Office
Subway Road
Barry
CF63 4RT

Contact methods

 Opening times

Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5.00pm and Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm

 Accessibility

Where do we provide our service?

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For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.

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We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.