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Your Social Worker or Personal Advisor is there to help you to prepare to live independently and to offer advice and support after you leave care. A Social Worker is there to support young people aged 0-18 and a Personal Advisor supports young people aged…
Alternative Provision
Alternative education provision (AP) refers to education that a child or young person receives away from their school, arranged by the Local Authority or by the schools themselves.
Applying for Benefits
Your Personal Adviser will provide advice on the benefits that you can apply for and will support you to make your application. You might be able to claim some benefits, like Jobseeker’s Allowance or Universal Credit, Housing Benefit or Income Support, depending on your circumstances.…
Assessment and diagnosis of autism: what to expect A quick guide for young people and their families
Assessment and diagnosis of autism: what to expect A quick guide for young people and their families Jump to: Why assessment is offered? Arranging assessment During assessment After assessment Information and support Further information More than 1 in 100 people are autistic. This affects people in…
Autism Bedfordshire Summer Activity Schemes
DUE TO LIMITED SPACES BOOKINGS WILL BE CONSIDERED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS AND EACH LOCAL AUTHORITY (CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE, LUTON, BEDFORD BOROUGH) WILL HAVE AN EQUAL NUMBER OF SPACES, WHICH WILL BE SPREAD ACROSS OUR LUTON AND BEDFORD SCHEMES. DATES WILL BE OFFERED ON…
BAME Mental Health Support
Below is a list of services and resources to support children from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Backgrounds
Barracudas @ Bedford Girls School
***FULLY BOOKED*** Barracudas offers a vast range of activities including swimming, archery, fencing and motorsports (age restrictions for these three), many team sports (football, basketball, volleyball etc.), yoga, team building games, art, dance, drama – not only is there about 80 different sessions, each child…
BDCPS ‘Skool’s Out’ playschemes
Skool’s Out “Extraordinary activities for extraordinary young people” ‘Skool’s Out’ playschemes run in the school holidays for children and young people between 8 and 17 years old. These are full days (9:30am – 3:30pm) of fun, inclusive, creative and empowering activities led by experienced staff…
Becoming a Personal Assistant (PA)
Personal Assistants (PA’s) are employed to assist children/young people who need support with health or social care and provide extra support to the parent/guardian. Every child is different and so are their needs, PA support can vary from working with a child with Autism to…