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Health

This section contains information on a range of health-related topics including where and how to find GPs and dentists, prescriptions, childrens mental health, adult mental health, pregnancy, patient transport, support for families with long-term conditions or disabilities, free sanitary products and much more. 

Working Well Together With Parents with Learning Difficulties

Advocacy and Parenting Peer Support

The Elfrida Society in Islington (different organisation to Elfrida Camden in Kentish Town) offer advocacy and parent peer support for parents with learning difficulties or disabilities.

Family Early Help can spot purchase independent advocacy if the family worker and manager think this would be a valuable addition to the scaffolding network, and would support the parent and family to move closer to their goals.

The Elfrida Society also have parent peer support groups for parents with learning difficulties or disabilities. The groups aim to support parents to gain awareness of self-advocacy and build confidence to speak up for themselves and to support each other, particularly around parenting.

Find out more here

https://www.elfrida.com/Parents_services.html

 

General Resources to Support Your Work with Parents with Learning Difficulties or Disabilities

The Working Together with Parents Network at University of Bristol has some fantastic resources and tools to support your work with parents with learning difficulties or disabilities. Find out more here

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sps/wtpn/

This report from University of Bristol on successful professional practice when working with parents with learning difficulties also has lots of ideas and tips to support your practice

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/sps/documents/wtpn/GTC%20SUMMARY%20REPORT%2016.5.2018%20designed.pdf

you can also find a good practice guide from the Working Together with Parents Network here

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/sps/documents/wtpn/2016%20WTPN%20UPDATE%20OF%20THE%20GPG%20-%20finalised%20with%20cover.pdf

Here is the slide pack from the webinar we had with Professor Danielle Turney and Beth Tarleton, which contains ideas for communication, information, parental skills development, and ways to adapt your practice. This includes the 6 T's approach to supporting parents with learning difficulties and disabilities

 

Camden Learning Disability Service (CLDS)

We have good friends in CLDS, so if you're feeling stuck or need to have a think together with someone about the best possible help and support for a parent with learning difficulties or disabilities, you can contact Catherine Schrieber, Illrette Cummings or Victoria Grimwood (on Outlook) or you can call ext 3737 (0207 974 3737) and ask to speak to either the health or social work duty manager. 

 

Camden Special Parents Forum

The Camden Special Parents Forum is a peer support group for families with children with disabilities. The Forum is provided by KIDS and offers a regular programme of activities and support. You can find information about their autumn programme here 

 

CYPDS

The Children and Young People with Disabilities Service produces a regular newsletter, and this one contains a lot of useful information (produced 10 July 2020) for families that include a child or young person with a disability. Includes accessible toilets open in Camden, information about short breaks, direct payments and using DP for buying PPE, and ideas for things to do during the summer.  

CYPDS Newsletter (July 2020)

 

Support for Children with Disabilities 

Here is a link to information about support for children with disabilities, including Mosaic (the integrated service for the borough’s disabled children, young people and their families based at Kentish Town Health Centre) 

https://www.camden.gov.uk/services-children-disability?inheritRedirect=true

And here is a link to Camden's Local Offer for families that include a person with a disability

http://cindex.camden.gov.uk/kb5/camden/cd/localoffer.page?localofferchannel=0

And a link to activities for children with disabilities, including short breaks

https://www.camden.gov.uk/services-children-disability#ppgf

 

SENDIASS (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service)

Camden SENDIASS provides impartial information, advice and support to children, young people aged 16-25 and parents/carers of children with special educational needs and disabilities. This includes children with or without a diagnosis, and with or without an EHC Plan.

You can refer to SENDIASS using this form

and here is an information leaflet about SENDIASS

or you can contact Julie Bidgway or Ozge Acar (on Outlook) 

 

KIDS

KIDS provide a range of support for families that include a child with a disability, including keyworking, sibling groups, home learning and short breaks. Providing support throughout COVID

https://www.kids.org.uk/pages/search.aspx?q=camden

 

Support for Adults with a Long-term Condition or Disability 

If you need some specific advice about supporting an adult with a long-term condition or a disability, our friends in Camden Learning Disability Service and Adult Social Care are really happy to help. Please contact Catherine Schreiber or Philip Vaughan in CLDS, and Anna Derham or Chris Stone in Adult Social Care.

 

National Autistic Society 

Here is a link to COVID information, advice and resources from the National Autistic Society  

https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/coronavirus.aspx 

and lots of helpful information for families with autistic people and their families here

https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/coronavirus/resources/helpful-resources.aspx

 

British Heart Foundation (BHF) 

There is a specific section on Coronavirus (link is external) covering: 

  

 

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) 

Have a page dedicated to Coronavirus (link is external) to help answer questions and concerns for those with cancer and with a range of useful links. 

  

Mencap 

Mencap have a page with easy to read advice on Coronavirus (link is external). 

They also have a free helpline available 9 am to 3pm Monday to Friday. This offers advice and support for people with a learning disability, and their families and carers. They also have an online contact form which can be used as an alternative to the helpline. 

More information is available on the website (link is external) 

 

Scope 

Scope's Coronavirus page (link is external) includes a range of information and advice including: 

 

Royal Association for Deaf People

Royal Association for Deaf People’s (RAD’s) desk-based advice support in Camden continues to be a remote service. RAD support is available via an accessible remote service including webcam, facetime, text and where safe, welfare visits for elderly and vulnerable clients in line with current (and up to date) guidance. RAD also provide information on employment, education and training.

The days and times of their service remain the same: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10.00am – 4.00pm. Please feel free to visit RAD’s website www.royaldeaf.org.uk  or contact Nicole Campbell at [email protected].

 

RNIB (Royal National Institute for the Blind)

Please contact the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) Helpline on 0303 123 9999 for the information and advice to help you with your specific needs during the COVID-19 crisis.

 

Replacement Batteries for Hearing Aids or Cochlear Implants

If deaf children and adults need Hearing Aid batteries or Cochlear Implant batteries but are down to their last packet and cannot get another packet before they will run out,  CSSEF will post them directly to your house.

Please email [email protected]

Last updated: 29 August 2023