There are a wide range of teams available across Tameside who can support settings/schools to meet the needs of children/young people with a wide range of SEND. Some of these services provide a universal support offer to settings/schools, some are traded and need to be ‘brought in’ by settings/school and some require settings/schools to follow a pathway or procedure in order for a referral to be made.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
Who they support
Children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties.
What they do
- Mental health assessments
- Therapeutic interventions
- Support for anxiety, depression and other mental health needs
- Advice and consultation for families and professionals
- Multi-agency working to support children and young people
Referral route
Via agreed referral pathways and eligibility criteria.
Integrated Service for Children with Additional Needs (ISCAN)
Who they support
Children and young people with additional needs requiring specialist health support.
What they do
ISCAN brings together a range of specialist services:
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Complex Needs Nursing
Where support takes place
- Clinics
- Nurseries
- Mainstream schools
- Special schools
- Family homes
Referral route
Via health and professional referral pathways.
Educational Psychology Team
Tameside Educational Psychology Service support children and young people aged between 0 – 25 years who may be finding it difficult to manage in their school/educational setting. Although we may work with individual pupils, we also work with other services and organisations to support positive change, e.g. the virtual school, mental health support teams and early years etc.
We complete statutory work (as part of the Education Health Care Plan process), are a traded service that Tameside schools can buy in (e.g. providing consultations (meetings), assessments, interventions, research and training) and have a universal (free) offer to schools with includes online workshops, supporting Barriers to Education, Emotionally Friendly Settings project, critical incident support and Local Authority Systemic work.
We are a large and innovative community of EPs who focus on facilitating positive change through using research and psychological approaches along with practice-based evidence. Our vision is for all Children and Young People and their communities thrive.
Tameside Vision Impairment Team
The Vision Impairment (VI) Service supports with the needs of children with vision impairments in Tameside. The team provides practical advice and strategies to families, schools and other settings about all aspects of reduced functional vision and its impact on children’s educational, social and emotional development.
- Advice to families
- Advice to schools and settings
- Strategies to support reduced functional vision
- Support for educational development
- Support for social development
- Support for emotional development
Tameside Service for Children and Young People with a Hearing Impairment
The service is for children with a diagnosis of a permanent or long-term hearing loss from 0-19 years of age, and for children with an Educational Health Care Plan from 0-25 years of age.
The team comprises of qualified Teachers of the Deaf, including a Teacher of the Deaf with an Educational Audiologist background, Early Years’ Specialist Teachers of the Deaf, Specialist Support Assistants and an Admin Manager.
Most children and young people who have an Education, Health, and Care plan will attend a mainstream school or provision. For some, it might be right for that child or young person to go to a specialist setting, school, or college, or an enhanced resource base. To go to a special school or an enhanced resource base in a mainstream school, a child or young person must have an Education, Health and Care Plan which sets out the specialist support necessary for the child/young person.
More info on Educational, Health & Care Plans
