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The Children's Trust – Community Services

The Children's Trust

We are the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury. We deliver rehabilitation, education and community services through skilled teams who work with children and young people aged 0-18, with acquired brain injury, neurodisability, and complex health needs. It is our ambition that all children with brain injury and neurodisability have the opportunity to live the best life possible.

Community Services

We work in communities across the UK supporting children and young people with acquired brain injury, and their families.

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.

Through our specialist multidisciplinary team we are able to support these children by providing advice, support and rehabilitation delivered at home, in school, or a combination

of both. With a member of our community service based in four of the UK’s major hospitals, and a dedicated multidisciplinary team based at our national specialist centre in Surrey, we are able to support children from right across the UK.

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.

Who to contact

Name
The Brain Injury Community Service
Telephone
01737 365 864
Email
bics@thechildrenstrust.org.uk
Website
http://www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/bics
Social Media
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Notes

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.

Where to go

Address
The Children's Trust
Tadworth Court
Tadworth
Surrey
Postcode
KT20 5RU
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Area served
All Suffolk
Parking details
On site parking is available
Notes

All our facilities are fully accessible. Staff ensure each child participates to the best of their ability in decision making, their individual timetable, and play and leisure activities. We use a range of communication aids to enable all children to participate even if they are non-verbal. Please feel free to contact us in advance to discuss your specific needs and we will work with you to resolve any access issues as far as possible.

Days & Times

Open 24/7 all year round
Time of day
Morning
Afternoon
Evening

Other details

Referral required?
Yes
Age Groups
Pre-school, 16-25 years, Children (5-11), Young people

Accreditation details
We are inspected by Ofsted, Care Quality Commission, and the Charity Commission.

Notes

We run the UK's largest paediatric residential rehabilitation service for children with brain injury. Each child has an individual programme of therapy, education and care. It is funded by NHS England via National Specialist Commissioning or via CCGs.

The Children’s Trust School is non-maintained for children aged 3 upwards with learning difficulties. We combine education, therapy, care and medical cover to cater for children with complex medical needs, degenerative conditions and sensory impairments.

Our residential short breaks offer flexible and nurse-led care for children and young people between the ages of 0 to 18. We also offer holiday schemes and Saturday clubs for children from Surrey with complex needs.

We provide a nurse-led service for children who are technology-dependent. This includes children: who have a complex tracheostomy; require artificial ventilation; fed via parenteral nutrition; need central line management/ intravenous medication.

Our Brain Injury Community Team supports children and young people in challenges around cognition, communication / behaviour and gives them the best opportunity to succeed in school. The team works closely with the child’s family, school / local agencies.

 Ages 0-18 years.

Service users involved in planning
Yes
Families are fully involved at their child's placement at The Children's Trust and are invited to attend regular meetings and their feedback is welcomed.
Ofsted
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Support for people with disabilities

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Experience of including people with special educational needs and disabilities

We have an unparalleled reputation in our field thanks to our commitment to meeting the diverse needs of these children and their families, coupled with our ability to deliver the best possible combination of nursing, therapy, medical care and education. Staff undertake continuing professional development both in-house and externally and are fully trained to meet the diverse needs of the children we work with. All staff undertake safeguarding training and first aid training is completed as required.

Our specialist multidisciplinary team ensure that each child has their own individualised method of communication – whether signs and symbols or augmented or alternative communication aids such as eye gaze or iPads – best suited to them. This ensures they are involved in their programmes and can make choices and make their opinions/feelings known, even if they’re unable to speak verbally. Feedback is welcomed from parents and children alike and is used to continually improve our services.

Contact
Placements and Commissioning Team
Telephone
01737365080
Email
enquiries@thechildrenstrust.org.uk
Conditions Supported
Communication difficulties
Learning difficulties
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairments

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