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Local Support Organisations & Services
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This section includes information on some of the local organisations and support services that support children/young people with special educational needs & disabilities (SEND).
Please contact the service directly to find out what support they can offer you.
DABD – Information Support Service
DABD provide services that give people the opportunities to create a better life.
The services that they offer include benefits and financial advice, support into education, skills and employment, personal care and accessible transport.
For more information and contact details see below:
EPEC (Empowering Parents Empowering Communities)
EPEC offers accredited courses for parents and carers which have been designed by the NHS Centre for Parents and Children.
Unlike other parenting courses, the EPEC Hub trains local parents to deliver the courses themselves, creating a peer-to-peer environment.
The courses currently delivered by the EPEC Hub include:
- Parent Group Leader Training
- Living with Teenagers (for parents/ carers of young people aged 11-16 years)
- Being a Parent course (for parents/ carers of children aged 2-11 years)
- Being a parent : Autism Course (for parents/ carers who have a child or young person up to 18 years with a diagnosis or who is on the referral pathway. You can access an information leaflet on this course via this link: EPEC: Being a parent : Autism Course
For more information and contact details see below:
First Step – Early Years Support (0-5 years)
First Step offers families the opportunity to meet in a welcoming and understanding environment.
A range of support services and sessions are provided offering an holistic approach, aiming to assist with the well being of the whole family.
Pre-school and Promoting Attention Communication & Co-operation (PACC) sessions follow the principles outlined by the early years foundation stage (EYFS).
For more information and contact details see below:
Havering Council’s Appointee & Deputyship Service (18+ Referral only)
This service provided by The London Borough of Havering offers appointee & deputyship to residents living in Havering.
This service is for people who cannot manage their finances due to lack of mental capacity. An appointee can only manage state pension and benefits. They must then use this money for the person on their behalf and in their best interests
An appointee however, has no legal authority to manage property and financial affairs and in most cases, it is also necessary to apply to the Court of Protection to be a deputy.
If you wish for Havering Council to become your appointee and/or deputy, you must speak with your social worker. If you don’t have a social worker you can enquire via:
Havering Council’s Career Advice & Employment Service (Havering Works) – Employability Support Service
Havering Works supports people who are 19+ years seeking employment.
They can support you with CV writing, job applications & interview preparations and more.
Their services include one-to-one assessment of individual skills and training development needs, guidance from a qualified personal mentor to help individuals develop an action plan with steps towards achieving work/training/further or higher education.
They also provide information on specialist agencies and other provision that offer additional and/or more specialist support.
For more information you can contact them as follows:
Havering Council's Local Offer - Information Support Directory
With a wide range of information from universal services (such as GPs and schools), targeted services (additional short-term support over and above universal services) and specialist services (specialised, longer-term support), the Local Offer aims to make this information easily accessible to parents/carers and young people with SEND.
To visit Havering’s Local Offer, please click on the following link:
Havering SEND Family Voice - Havering Parent/Carer Forum
Havering SEND Family Voice are an Independent Group for parents and carers of children and young people aged 0-25 with special educational needs and disabilities living in the London Borough of Havering.
For more information you can contact them as follows:
Romford Autistic Group Support (RAGS) – Autism Support Service
RAGS provide help and support for families who have a child/children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
For more information you can contact them as follows:
Sycamore Trust - Autism Support Service
The Sycamore Trust supports the needs of families, carers and friends of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) including Asperger syndrome.
With Young People’s Services, Adult Services and Family Services, the Sycamore Trust offers a range of support.
The Sycamore Trust are able to offer 1:1 appointments to Havering families who have any specific issues around autism they would like to discuss. You can contact the Service directly directly by email (see below).
For more information you can contact them as follows: