Services for disabled children

We have two social work teams for severely disabled children and young people.

One mainly based in Chesterfield, covering the north of the county and one based in Heanor, covering the south of the county.

These teams provide a full range of social work roles, including:

carrying out needs led assessments
working with children, families and other agencies to provide advice and support
promoting social inclusion.

Examples of help can be supporting disabled children to access local community based activities or services, or, for some children, attending specialist services such as outreach or short-term break provision.

The service takes into account both the needs of the children and their carers during the assessment process.

If you want further information relating to this service area please telephone your local area social care office

Please use the More Information section on this page for documents available to view or download relating to services for children with disabilities in Derbyshire.

The Directgov web site (opens in a new window) also provides information for disabled people which you find helpful to visit.

You might also like to find out more about our services for adults with disabilities.

Use the following link if you have a suggestion, praise or complaint about this service.