SEND Directory

The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) is a charity that supports parents across the UK and the Channel Islands on their journey through pregnancy, birth, infant feeding, and early parenthood.

They provide information for parents, courses and workshops, local activities, meet-ups and more.

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 Haringey School Nursing Service is an NHS-run service of Registered School Nurses, Registered Community Nurses and School Nurse Assistants.

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.

POhWER is a charity that offers free advocacy, information, and advice services to help people who find it difficult to express their views or access support due to disability, illness, social exclusion, or other challenges. 

In Haringey, POhWER provides services such as Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA), Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), Independent Health Complaints Advocacy (IHCA), and Care Act Advocacy. These services empower individuals by ensuring their voices are heard and their rights upheld.

Working with Children

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