The Advice, Referral and Assessment Service is the access point for all new referrals to Children's Services in Sandwell.
Advice, Referral and Assessments
Advice, Referral and Assessment Service provides 'signposting' to other
Services, assessments of need to ensure equal access to the provision
of services and short term intervention and support to children in
need.
On occasion it is necessary to formally intervene in
families where a child's safety cannot be ensured, and to co-ordinate a
multi agency response to safeguard those children at risk from harm.
Adoption and Fostering
We provide both short and long-term foster and adoptive
placements for children and young people who require a planned period
away from home.
Child Protection
Child
abuse can be physical injury of a child, neglect, emotional abuse or
sexual abuse. It happens to children of all ages, from birth up to 18
years of age, from any social background or ethnic group. It can
involve a parent, another family member or someone else they know well
in addition to someone not known to the child.
Looked After Children
When support in the family home is not the answer to serious problems,
and no-one else in the family is able to help, a child may need to be
looked after elsewhere either temporarily or permanently.
Safeguarding Children
The Safeguarding Children Board is the multi-agency forum for agreeing
how local services to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and
young people should be planned, delivered and monitored in the Sandwell.
Sandwell Integrated Support Service
The Sandwell Integrated Support Service is a multi-agency service
supporting children and young adults with special needs and/or
disabilities from birth up to the age of 25 years old and their
families.
