The Children's Trust - Community Services

National Service

Provider details

Service Description:
Our Brain Injury Community Team work in communities across the UK supporting children and young people with acquired brain injury, and their families. The specialist multidisciplinary team are able to support these children by providing advice, support and rehabilitation delivered at home, in school, or a combination of both.

Specialist services are particularly effective in supporting children who may have made a good physical recovery after an accident or illness and are expected to make a successful return to mainstream school, but are left with ‘hidden’ difficulties that can seriously affect their home and school life.

These difficulties can include:
• learning new information;
• concentration and memory;
• understanding and using language effectively;
• developing independence skills appropriate to their age;
• making and keeping friends;
• staying safe;
• controlling emotions and impulses;
• managing fatigue and getting enough sleep.

Our Brain Injury Community Service supports children and young people who:
• have a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of an acquired
• brain injury, either recently or some years ago;
• are medically stable;
• are 18 years and under at the time of referral; and
• are registered with a UK GP.

These children and young people no longer require intensive therapy but would benefit from some level of therapeutic support.

Anybody can refer a child who has a suspected or confirmed acquired brain injury, including concussion, into the service and we can provide clinical screening, advice, brain injury education and onward referral completely free of charge.

For some children this may be sufficient and no further support will be required. If additional specialist support is needed and this isn’t available locally, there are a number of assessments and rehabilitation packages we can offer. Delivered by our multidisciplinary community team, we will work to secure funding for these packages on the family’s behalf.

We have a dedicated Placements Team who are happy to discuss (formally or informally) the referral process of each of our services, admissions criteria and the assessment process.

Please contact them on 01737 365080 or email enquiries@thechildrenstrust.org.uk. Enquiries are accepted from parents and professionals.

Website: http://www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/bics
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/childrenstrust
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/childrens_trust

Contact details

Telephone:
01737 365 864
Address:
Tadworth Court,
KT20 5RU
Distance From You:
Not Available
Ofsted Reference:
Not Available

Childcare Information

Age Groups:
Up to 18 years
Daily Session Times:
Not Available
Costs:
Not Available
Registered for 2yr Old Funding:
No
Registered for 3/4yr Old Funding:
No
Offers Extended Hours:
No
Offers funded childcare outside of term time:
No
Special Needs Area of Experience:
Complex Additional Needs
Multi-Sensory
Physical Disability
Severe Learning Difficulties
Speech, Language And Communication Needs
Wheelchair Accessible
SEND Information:
Not Available

School Pickups

Schools Visited:
Not Available

FISD Update

Last Updated:
30/05/2019 00:00:00