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Further help and support - Transition guide

You may find some of the organisations and links below helpful.  Click on the drop downs to find out more.

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There is page in the Local Offer website that can you help you with this.  Click on the logo below to take you there.

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They have information and links to websites that may help you.

Click the logo below to find out more.

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An advocate is someone who can help you express your views and wishes, and help you stand up for your rights. 

Sheffield Advocacy Hub is a partnership between Citizens Advice Sheffield, Cloverleaf Advocacy and Disability Sheffield. 

It provides all statutory advocacy in Sheffield.  

This includes advocacy for:

  • social care
  • mental health
  • NHS complaints
  • learning disabilities

You can contact them on:

Telephone: 0800 035 0396 

E-mail: referrals@sheffieldadvocacyhub.org.uk 

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SSENDIAS stands for Sheffield SEND Information and Advice Service.

They give:

  • information
  • advice
  • support

This is to children and young people with SEND and their families.  They help with things to do with:

  • education
  • health
  • social care
  • disability benefits
  • leisure

You can contact them on:

Telephone: 0114 273 6009

E-mail: ssendias@sheffield.gov.uk 

Click the logo below to open their website.

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Citizens Advice Sheffield give advice and information on lots of different things.

You can call them on 03444 113 111

Click the logo below to find out more.

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IPSEA are a national charity.  They give free information, advice and support on legal matters.  This is to help children and young people with SEND get the right education.

They have different helplines and services.

Click the logo below to find out more.

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Sheffield Carers Centre is a local charity.  They give support, information, advice and assessment services to all unpaid adult carers living in the city. A carer is anyone who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who cannot cope without their support.  This could be due to:

  • illness
  • disability
  • older people who can't do the things they used to do
  • mental health
  • physical health
  • addiction

This includes parents caring for disabled children.

You can call their free Carer Advice Line Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm.

Phone: 0114 272 8362

Email: support@sheffieldcarers.org.uk

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An independent group of parents/carers of children and young people (0-25) with SEND. They give:

  • information
  • organise events
  • gather and represent parents’ views
  • run a peer support service

You can contact them on:

Telephone: 0300 321 4721

E-mail: enquiries@sheffieldparentcarerforum.org.uk

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Contact help families with children who have SEND.  They can give advice and information.

You can call their family helpline on 0808 808 3555.

Click the logo below to check out their website.

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In this section

  1. Introduction to the Transition Guide
  2. Preparing for Adulthood
  3. Sheffield's Local Offer
  4. What happens and when - Early Years (age 0-4)
  5. What happens and when - Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 (age 5-7)
  6. What happens and when - Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 (age 7-11)
  7. What happens and when - Year 7 and Year 8 (age 11-13)
  8. What happens and when - Year 9 (age 13-14)
  9. What happens and when - Year 10 (age 14-15)
  10. What happens and when - Year 11 (Age 15-16)
  11. What happens and when - Year 12 (age 16-17)
  12. What happens and when - Years 13 and 14 (Age 17-19)
  13. What happens and when - Age 19-25
  14. Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans - Transition Guide
  15. Education, Employment and Training - GCSEs and Help in Exams - Transition Guide
  16. Post 16 Education - Transition Guide
  17. A Guide to Qualifications at 16+ - Transition Guide
  18. Apprenticeships and Supported Internships - Transition Guide
  19. Things to do when not in college - Transition Guide
  20. University and Higher Education - Transition Guide
  21. Careers Advice - Transition Guide
  22. 1) Help with finding and keeping a job - Transition Guide
  23. 2) Help with finding and keeping a job - Transition Guide
  24. 3) Help with finding and keeping a job - Transition Guide
  25. Leisure - Transition Guide
  26. SEN Transport - Transition Guide
  27. Independent Travel Training
  28. Other Travel Support and useful Apps - Transition Guide
  29. Social Care Services - Transition Guide
  30. Moving from Children’s to Adult Social Care Services - Transition Guide
  31. Paying for adult social care - Transition Guide
  32. Getting a carer’s assessment for your parent/carer - Transition Guide
  33. Short Break Services - Transition Guide
  34. Direct payments for social care services - Transition Guide
  35. Housing - Transition Guide
  36. Decision making and mental capacity - Transition Guide
  37. Transitioning from Children’s Health to Adult Health Services - Transition Guide
  38. Annual Health Checks for people with a learning disability - Transition Guide
  39. Important Local NHS Health Services - Transition Guide
  40. Mental Health Services - Transition Guide
  41. 1) Finance and Benefits: Disability Living Allowance, Direct Payments and Appointeeship - Transition Guide
  42. 2) Finance and Benefits: Universal Credit - Transition Guide
  43. 3) Finance and Benefits: 16 to 19 Bursary Fund - Transition Guide
  44. 4) Finance and Benefits: Banking, Wills and Trusts and Child Benefit - Transition Guide
  45. Further help and support - Transition guide