Local Offer- MSSS
Who we support: All children and young people (CYP), and their families, who have a sensory impairment such that additional support and/or advice are required. We support at home, in Nursery settings, maintained, academy and free school. Age group: Birth to leaving provision, i.e. 16 or 19 depending on provision.
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What we offer: * Advice and Information regarding learning and education * Building capacity through training and support to families, settings and individuals and may include 1:1 with CYP depending on need * Multi-agency working * Independence development including habilitation skills and equipment use * Hearing Technology support for effective use and maintenance of hearing equipment used by deaf of hearing impaired CYP * Provision of, and traing, in the use of assistive technology for Visual Impaired CYP to access learning.
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Our staff team: Specialist Support Teachers of the Deaf and Visually impaired; Specialist Teaching Assistants; Family Support Workers; Qualified Mobility & Habilitation Officers; Hearing Technicians; IT Resource Officer; Data & Resource Officer; Service Support Manager; Speech and Language Therapist.
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Partnerships: We work in partnership with many other professionals including: Schools and Nurseries; Audiology; Auditory Implant Team; Manchester Eye Hospital; Orthoptists; Community Paediatricians; Health Visitors; Educational Psychologists; Rodney House Outreach; Speech and Language Therapy; Vision Team; Childrens and Families Sensory Team; Universities of Manchester, Birmingham & Manchester Metropolitan University; Guide Dogs (Blind Children UK); Ear Foundation; Henshaws; National Deaf Children's Society; SENCE and more. We do also seek advice from, or refer onto, specialist provision outside Manchester when required e.g. Thomasson Memorial School, Mary Hare, Seashell Trust, StVincent's.
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Referrals to the Service: (All require parental permission) * Referrals for hearing impaired and deaf children are received from Greater Manchester Audiology Clinics and through the New Born Hearing Screening programme only * Referrals for sight impaired children come from Manchester Eye Hospital; Community Orthoptists; Schools; other professionals and families Referral forms and pathways are in place to manage these processes and are available on request, see below. Once a referral is received, the specialist staff assess the CYP in their setting to determine the level of support and what auxillary aids* may be required to access learning, using national based criteria and service policies. We recognise that needs change over time and at other points such as transition; the level of support will reflect this. *These include radio systems, signed support, independance aids and assistive technology.
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How to contact us: Interim Head of Service: Tony Bowyer Email: t.bowyer@lancasterian.manchester.sch.uk Phone: 0161 445 1023 OR 07587968968
Admin Support: Richard Connolly Email: r.connolly@lancasterian.manchester.sch.uk Phone: 0161 445 0123 OR 07739955639 |