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Early Years Inclusion Fund

Specialist Support Directory 

Please see below for a list of specialist support available in Southwark  

Category Details
Autism Support Email the AST with any enquiries: AutismSupportTeam@southwark.gov.uk
Family Early Help

Contact Email: SEN@southwark.gov.uk

Telephone: 0207 525 42783

  • General enquiries and signposting
  • Family Early Help Duty Manager for general advice including consultations around potential and new referrals and current casework
  • Education, Inclusion and Attendance support and advice including all enforcement activity
  • Parenting support and advice and information on parenting course and group work programmes
Educational Psychology and Parental Consultation Service

Email:  SEN-EducationalPsychologist&EHO@southwark.gov.uk

Telephone: 020 7525 57988

Special Educational Needs and Disability Inclusion Practitioners (SENDIPs)

Jo Bleau: Borough, Bankside and Walworth

Carol Dalton: Bermondsey and Rotherhithe

Lindsay Barrett: Camberwell and Dulwich

Maxine Tapper: Peckham, Peckham Rye and Nunhead

Early Years Inclusion and SEND Standards Team

Inclusion and SEND Standards Team

Early Years Schools Advisory team

Early Years Quality Improvement team

Early Years Inclusion Fund Email: EarlyYearsInclusion@southwark.gov.uk
Cherry Gardens Specialist School
  • Branch Map Assessments (online copies available): 
  • Outreach support: Supporting parents and professionals
  • Mainstream schools can request outreach support for individual pupils and Anna Parsons or one of their other experienced teachers will provide targeted support
Sunshine House

27 Peckham Road, London SE5 8UH19

Telephone: 020 3049 8181 (Monday-Friday, 8.30am-4.30pm)

Community services provided:

Summerhouse Provides advice and guidance to mainstream schools experiencing difficulties in managing challenging behaviours from young people aged 5-11 with social, emotional and mental health needs. 

Visit the Summerhouse website for more information. 

 

Nurseries  A full list of nurseries can be found here 

Southwark Children and Family Centres

Borough, Bankside and Walworth

Bermondsey and Rotherhithe

Camberwell and Dulwich

       Peckham, Peckham Rye and Nunhead

General information

Selective Mutism Information and Research:

Selective Mutism Information & Research Association (SMIRA)

National Autistic Society: autism.org.uk

Use of trauma information approaches: PACE: What is meant by PACE?  

Council for Disabled Children: Council for Disabled Children

National Deaf Children’s Society: ndcs.org

The Elizabeth Foundation: The Elizabeth Foundation for Preschool Deaf Children

Royal Institute for the Blind: rnib.org

The Rainbow Centre: Children and Adults with Neurological Conditions

Simon Says: Child Bereavement Support

Widget pictorial resources: Widget Online

Education Endowment Foundation: EEF