SEND Directory

The Children's Community Nursing Service is an NHS-run service of highly trained and experienced paediatric nurses who care for babies, children, and young people (aged 0-16) who live in Haringey and the N postcodes of Enfield.

The nurses visit children at home to deliver nursing care to children with both long-term and acute conditions. They work closely with allied professionals such as dieticians, community paediatricians, psychologists, clinical nurse specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, school nurses, and social workers.

Services include:

The Children's Life Force Team is an NHS-run service of paediatric specialist nurses, respite nursery nurses, play specialists/youth workers and psychologists.

We treat children from 0-18 with a life-threatening or life-limiting condition and provide care and support to families in the boroughs of Camden, Haringey and Islington.
   
They aim to provide enhanced support to families and ensure choice in place of care, especially at the end of life.
 
Their team provides:

Parent Infant Psychology Service (PIPS) is an NHS-run service for families in Haringey with infants up to two years old. The team of clinical psychologists and a parent-infant psychotherapist helps parents, carers, or guardians of infants under two years old and those expecting a baby.

Many parents struggle when expecting a baby or after their baby is born. PIPS understands how challenging this time can be and aims to help in several ways:

The pathway helps children with speech, language, communication skills, fluency, and feeding difficulties by working with parents, carers, and key professionals.

Pathway steps: 

Understand development

Children develop differently. Learn about language development at different ages on the Speech and Language UK website.

The Children's Community Physiotherapy Service is an NHS-run service that offers a specialist paediatric physiotherapy service for babies, children, and young people with disabilities and those with movement problems impacting their development and ability to engage in everyday activities.

Haringey's Portage Team comprises skilled play specialists who assist families with children under five with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND).

Their goal is to enhance child development through everyday practical play approaches. They work with children, supports parents/carers and collaborate with schools and settings. 

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