Parent carer support groups
Life support (keeping children safe, courses for parents and financial support)
Read more about general life support including keeping children safe and courses for parents. In addition, find out more about the financial support available to you.
Safeguarding Children
Do you have concerns about a child or young persons safety?
If you have a concern that a child is vulnerable or at risk of significant harm please contact the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub in York.
The MASH is a multi-agency team made up of representatives from a range of services, including Social Care, Early Help, Police and Health Professionals and is a single point of contact for all concerns about children. This partnership approach will make it easier to get children, young people and families to get the right level of support as quickly as possible.
Contact the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub by telephone: 01904 551900, email: [email protected] or post:
MASH, West Offices,Station Rise,
York,
YO1 6GA.
Outside office hours, at weekends and on public holidays contact the emergency duty team telephone: 01609 780780.
Courses for parents
York learning provide a range of family learning courses and workshops.
Sleep Support
At any given time up to 40% of adults and 50% of children (this rises to 80% with a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities diagnosis) have difficulties with their sleep. Yet in a recent survey, almost 60% of adults felt there was a lack of support for sleep issues. Sleep problems can leave people feeling isolated and lonely.
Our free helpline, Sleep Support, is run by trained sleep advisors, many of whom are specialists in working with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. We can talk to young people directly, or parents (we can also talk to adults, including older people, about their sleep issues).
The helpline is open 5 times a week, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday evenings between 7.00pm and 9.00pm, and Wednesday mornings from 9.00am to 11.00am. Telephone: 03303 530 541.
Financial Support
Find out more about financial support, including information on grants, funding and other financial support available to families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
Prediagnosed Support
Your child and your family are entitled to support whether your child has a diagnosis or not. In York, support is available when a need is identified, there is no need to wait for a diagnosis before looking for support. View support by need or the Universal Offer to see what support is available to you.