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Howto access the Community Eye Service if your child is on the Social Communication Assessment pathway

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EYSCAT Social Communication Paediatric Leaflet - Vision Testing

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Supporting the whole family in Bury

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A handbook describing the Community Eye Service SEND service

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A social story designed to help prepare your child for what to expect at their Optometry appointment at Townside Primary Care Centre

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The complete resource for parents to help manage childhood myopia and protect your child's vision

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My Kids Vision | Advice on treating and managing myopia in children

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Learn about myopia, also called short-sightedness, and myopia management. We cover causes of myopia, how myopia affects young children and how it can be treated.

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Shared decision making - how to make the right choices for your care

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Shared decision making in the Community Eye Service

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Here is our patch pack with information for parents, teachers and children

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You can access support from our Older People's Staying Well Team if you meet all the following criteria:

Aged 50 years and above

A resident of the borough of Bury

Not currently receiving any support from Social Care services

The Staying Well Team will be able to provide you with advice, support and assistance to enable you to remain healthy, happy and independent for longer.

Once we have taken some basic details a Staying Well Co-ordinator will contact you and have an informal discussion to help you identify what's going well and what's not going so well by using the Quality of Life Tool. We will assist, support and signpost you into services that can help you to maintain or improve your health and wellbeing.

If you are interested in receiving support from our Staying Well service or to discuss our support service, please contact us.

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Guidance on how to access support from our Older People's Staying Well Team.

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Living Well is here to support you when living and feeling well feels too tough to tackle alone. We're for people living in Rochdale, Heywood, Middleton and the Pennines who want to improve their health and wellbeing by stopping smoking, losing weight, getting more active, or dealing with long-term ill-health linked to everyday living and much more.

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Rochdale Additional Needs Service (Visual Impairment)

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Rochdale Additional Needs Service (Visual Impairment)

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About

RANS helps children and young people with additional needs to develop the skills to become independent and active members in school and their community.

We work closely with children and young people, families, settings/schools and other agencies. We provide advice, assessment, support, teaching and training as appropriate to need.

What we do

We are a specialist team for children with:

Physical disabilities and/or assistive technology needs (school age)

A hearing impairment (0 to 19 years)

A visual impairment (0 to 19 years)

A developmental speech and/or language disorder (3 to 7 years)

Social communication and social interaction difficulties, including ASD (school age)

Our specialist staff cover the following additional needs:

Physical disabilities

Visual impairment

Hearing impairment

Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)

Social communication and interaction difficulties (including autism spectrum conditions)

The service helps children to develop the skills to become independent and active members in school and their community. We work closely with children, families, settings/schools and other agencies, providing specialist advice, training, teaching and assessment where appropriate.

The level of support your child receives will depend on their level of need. Referrals are made by settings/schools and professionals.

How to refer to the service

Referrals can be made by settings, schools and professionals - see individual team pages for more information.

Who to contact

Contact Position

RANS Leadership Team

Telephone

01706 926400 01706 926400

E-mail

rans/epsadmin@rochdale.gov.uk

Where to go

Name

Number One Riverside

Address

Floor 4
Smith Street
Rochdale

Postcode

OL16 1XU
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Related Links

Links (open in new window)

Local Offer

Local Offer Age Bands

0-4 (Birth to Pre-School)
4-10 (Primary School)
11-16 (Secondary School)
16-18 (Transitions into Adulthood)

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Our Rochdale | Rochdale Additional Needs Service (RANS)

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RANS helps children and young people with additional needs to develop the skills to become independent and active members in school and their community. We work closely with children and young people, families, settings/schools and other agencies. We provide advice, assessment, support, teaching and training as appropriate to need.

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About

RANS helps children and young people with additional needs to develop the skills to become independent and active members in school and their community.

We work closely with children and young people, families, settings/schools and other agencies. We provide advice, assessment, support, teaching and training as appropriate to need.

What we do

We are a specialist team for children with:

Physical disabilities and/or assistive technology needs (school age)

A hearing impairment (0 to 19 years)

A visual impairment (0 to 19 years)

A developmental speech and/or language disorder (3 to 7 years)

Social communication and social interaction difficulties, including ASD (school age)

Our specialist staff cover the following additional needs:

Physical disabilities

Visual impairment

Hearing impairment

Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)

Social communication and interaction difficulties (including autism spectrum conditions)

The service helps children to develop the skills to become independent and active members in school and their community. We work closely with children, families, settings/schools and other agencies, providing specialist advice, training, teaching and assessment where appropriate.

The level of support your child receives will depend on their level of need. Referrals are made by settings/schools and professionals.

How to refer to the service

Referrals can be made by settings, schools and professionals - see individual team pages for more information.

Who to contact

Contact Position

RANS Leadership Team

Telephone

01706 926400 01706 926400

E-mail

rans/epsadmin@rochdale.gov.uk

Where to go

Name

Number One Riverside

Address

Floor 4
Smith Street
Rochdale

Postcode

OL16 1XU
View OL16 1XU on a map Get directions to OL16 1XU

Related Links

Links (open in new window)

Local Offer

Local Offer Age Bands

0-4 (Birth to Pre-School)
4-10 (Primary School)
11-16 (Secondary School)
16-18 (Transitions into Adulthood)

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Our Rochdale | Rochdale Additional Needs Service (RANS)

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RANS helps children and young people with additional needs to develop the skills to become independent and active members in school and their community. We work closely with children and young people, families, settings/schools and other agencies. We provide advice, assessment, support, teaching and training as appropriate to need.

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Welcome to Our RochdaleProviding information on health, social care, childcare and family services within the borough of Rochdale

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Our Rochdale | Welcome to the Rochdale Local Offer

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This website helps children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities and their families find the information and support they are looking for, from across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale areas. Click on the image above to view our Raising Rochdale Strategy and learn...

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Who is a Carer?

A carer is someone of any age who provides unpaid care, for a few hours a day or round the clock, to a friend or relative who could not manage without their support. The care they give may be due to age, illness, disability, mental health problems, or substance misuse.

Carers' lives are often complex - many have other commitments as well as their caring role, such as work or school, and sometimes they live with the person they care for or sometimes they call in to help. These situations can create challenges which may impact on carers' financial or educational opportunities, as well as their own health and wellbeing.

Carers sometimes do not realise they are a 'carer' and feel they are simply being kind, by looking after a family member or friend. Carers provide huge benefits to the person they care for, as well as wider benefits to the health and social care system, by providing a free, essential support service.

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A carer is someone of any age who provides unpaid care, for a few hours a day or round the clock, to a friend or relative who could not manage without their support. The care they give may be due to age, illness, disability, mental health problems, or substance misuse.

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We are a team of experts providing free personalised support, helping people improve their lifestyle, boost their wellbeing, and enjoy life more

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Guidance

Early Help means identifying needs within families early and providing preventative support and intervention before they become difficult to address.

Early Help can be provided at any time in a child's or young person's life, pre-birth to adulthood.

Support can be delivered from a wide range of services depending on what is needed; people already working with your family might offer additional help or support so that you can access more specialist or targeted services.

All agencies in Bury who have contact with children and their families can provide help and support; for us to help a Story So Far document would be completed, this is a tool which agencies use to record conversations to help us understand what support you need and enables us to put a plan together to support you.

The Early Help Locality delivery model has been developed through our multiagency Childrens Partnership and came into effect on Monday 7 October 2019.

The Early Help Locality teams support all 5 neighbourhoods across the borough and are physically based in the Children Centres in Bury, Radcliffe and Whitefield.

The teams are working with children and young people, age 0-19, and their families (25 years if SEND)

The teams are linked to the schools, so that every school in the borough has a named Early Help Social Worker

The Early Help Locality teams link with partner organisations to ensure a joined-up approach

The Early Help Assessment is called the Story So Far, this replaces the previous Early Help Family Support Plan and is already being successfully used by schools and other agencies

Where additional support is required the Early Help Practitioners from the Locality Teams will work with a family to understand their needs and create a plan of support to promote positive change. Support ranges from mental health, education concerns, Parenting conflict, healthy relationships and much more.

Contact details:

Attachments

Guidance / Supporting documents

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Early Help means identifying needs within families early and providing preventative support and intervention before they become difficult to address. Early Help can be provided at any time in a child's or young person's life, pre-birth to adulthood.

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Bury: Young Carers Toolkit for Professionals

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Bury: Young Carers Toolkit for Professionals

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Welcome to the Community Eye Service Padlet. This Padlet is a resource for professionals and families to use to find out more information about what we offer. Resources are reviewed on a regular basis and we will always ensure that these are up to date. If you need any support or have any questions about anything you see on our Padlet then please contact our service on 0300 323 3316.

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Bury Vision and Hearing Impairment/Deaf Education Service - VISION

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Please browse though the tabs along the top to find documents and links that you might find useful.

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Visit our Orthoptic story board for Townside Primary Care Centre in Bury

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Visit our Orthoptic story board for Nye Bevan House in Rochdale

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Visit our Orthoptic story board at Bury Living Well Centre

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Patching - information and support for parents

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Patching - information and support for parents

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#WePatch - British and Irish Orthoptic Society

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Community Eye Service Bury - Glaucoma Virtual Clinic

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Community Eye Service Bury - Glaucoma Virtual Clinic

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Community Eye Service Bury - Glaucoma Service

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Community Eye Service Bury - Glaucoma Service

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SeeAbility’s Head of Eye Care and Vision, Lisa Donaldson, featured in a recent episode of children’s TV show Mr Tumble, emphasising the importance of eye care.

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Orthoptic Story Board Bury Living Well Centre

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Orthoptic Story Board Bury Living Well Centre

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Your Child Needs Glasses Information Leaflet

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CBeebies - Topsy and Tim - Eye Test - Series 3

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Orthoptists - what we do

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Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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CES Leaflet - information for all service users

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CES Clinic locations Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale

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CES Clinic Locations in Bury

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Eye tests aren't just about how well you can see, or whether you need glasses. During an eye test, an optometrist also looks at the health of your eyes.

Find out more about the importance of attending your eye appointments during lockdown.

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Glaucoma UK | Funding research and helping people with glaucoma

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Eye tests aren't just about how well you can see, or whether you need glasses. During an eye test, an optometrist also looks at the health of your eyes. Find out more about the importance of attending your eye appointments during lockdown.

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How we can help

RNIB is committed to helping blind and partially sighted people

If you're blind or partially sighted, you've come to the right place for products that help you live independently and enjoy everyday activities. Not sure where to start? Why not have a look at our best sellers, our new products, or our special offers.

We are leading the creation of an accessible world. A world where everyone can participate equally is a better world for everyone.

Our impact

RNIB is dedicated to making a difference

We provided employment advice and information to more than 2,400 people, and supported more than 800 people to stay in work.

Find employment advice

Our Eye Care Liaison Officers (ECLOs) provided vital emotional support to over 60,000 eye clinic patients, their friends, and their families.

Find out more about ECLOs

With the help of our supporters, we raised £61.5 million this year to support and empower blind and partially sighted people.

Get involved

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The homepage of the Royal National Institute for Blind People. Discover how the RNIB supports blind people and those with visual impairments.

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Bury Society for Blind and Partially Sighted People

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Low vision services are for people - both children and adults who have a vision impairment, whether or not medical treatment is able to help with their medical diagnosis. The most common conditions that vision impaired people who come to our services are:

Age related macular degeneration

Diabetic retnopathy

Glaucoma

Untreated cataracts

Nystagmus (uncontrolled constant eye movements)

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Low vision - British and Irish Orthoptic Society

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Stroke Association is a Company Limited by Guarantee, registered in England and Wales (No 61274). Registered office: Stroke Association House, 240 City Road, London EC1V 2PR. Registered as a Charity in England and Wales (No 211015) and in Scotland (SC037789).

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The RCP's core mission is to drive improvements in health and healthcare through advocacy, education and research.

They are an independent patient centred and clinically led organisation, that drives improvement in the diagnosis of disease, the care of individual patients and the health of the whole population both in the UK and across the globe. Follow the link to their website here. https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/

Nice provide evidence-based recommendations developed by independent committees, including professionals and lay members, and consulted on by stakeholders. Please follow the link for more information. https://www.nice.org.uk/

In response to the National Stroke Strategy (2007) the UK Stroke Forum developed a training arm with the task of establishing nationally recognised, quality-assured and transferable education programmes in stroke. For further information follow the link. https://stroke-education.org.uk/

The VISION group evaluates visual impairment in acquired brain injury and neurological conditions, explores and develops outcome measures in orthoptics, and seeks to explore the complexity of co-existent visual and functional impairments. There is a wide variety of resources available including open access research papers. Please follow the link. https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/population-health/research/groups/vision/about/

The Stroke e-learning programme has been designed to provide an overview of stroke care across the entire pathway and promote better patient care, by providing all health and social care professionals and multidisciplinary teams with the appropriate level of knowledge, skills and experience they need to deliver effective stroke prevention and care to people with stroke, and at risk of stroke. Please follow the link for more information. http://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/stroke/

HEE are also working closely with system partners and stakeholders to deliver improvements along the entire patient pathway for stroke services. The details can be found here: https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/population-health/stroke

HEE have developed Stroke Training films that discuss a series of difficulties stroke survivors may experience, including problems which affect communication and movement, as well as low mood and anxiety. Please follow the link to this series. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrVQaAxyJE3fVEKGwkawdUUIyovogWNHs

Stroke Training and Awareness Resources (STARs): This e-learning resource provides a learning tool for health and social care staff to enable them to become more knowledgeable and skilful in the challenging area of stroke care. The resource is based on the Stroke Core Competencies which were published by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) in 2005.

The website provides a multidisciplinary resource which focuses on a wide range of core knowledge and skills required by all staff when delivering stroke care. Follow the link for more information. https://www.chsselearning.org.uk/core-competencies/

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Stroke and Neuro Rehabilitation - British and Irish Orthoptic Society

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Visual Processing Difficulties - British and Irish Orthoptic Society

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2023 marks the 39th year of Volunteers' Week (1-7 June), when SeeAbility will join thousands of charities and voluntary organisations recognising the contribution volunteers make across the UK. With this year's theme of 'Celebrate and Inspire' we hope to encourage people to get involved in volunteering in whatever way works for them.

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2023 marks the 39th year of Volunteers' Week (1-7 June), when SeeAbility will join thousands of charities and voluntary organisations recognising the contribution volunteers make across the UK. With this year's theme of 'Celebrate and Inspire' we hope to encourage people to get involved in volunteering in whatever way works for them.

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Supporting people with learning difficulties or autism, who may also have sight loss, to live ambitious lives and achieve things they never thought possible.

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Search for residential homes, supported living, and activity and resource centres.

Find an optometrist who offers services to people with learning disabilities.

Get involved by raising awareness, raising money, making a donation or volunteering.

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SeeAbility is a 200-year-old registered UK charity that supports people with sight loss and multiple disabilities, including learning and physical disabilities, mental health difficulties, acquired brain injury and life-limiting conditions. We provide specialist support enabling people to develop the skills and make the choices they want, to enjoy a fulfilling life with as much independence as possible.

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The majority of children and young people who have special educational needs and or a disability ( SEND) will have their needs met within their local nursery, school or college. However some children and young people may require an Education Health and Care ( EHC) needs assessment in order for the Local Authority ( LA) to decide whether it is necessary to make provision for a child or young person in accordance with an EHC plan.

The LA must conduct an EHC assessment when it considers that it may be necessary for special educational provision to be made for a child or young person (0-25) in accordance with an EHC plan. An EHC assessment will not normally be the first step in meeting the special educational needs of a child or young person. It will normally follow on from careful planning already undertaken with the child/young person, their parents and the educational provider.

What is an EHC assessment?

An EHC assessment is a multi agency assessment of a child or young person who may need a more intensive level of support than can normally be provided within a school or college. The assessment will gather advice and information from a range of relevant education, health and social care professionals.

The process puts the child/young person and their parent at the very centre of the assessment and planning process. At the end of this process the LA will decide whether an EHC plan is required. The whole process takes 20 weeks from when a request is received.

What is an EHC plan?

An EHC plan brings together a child's/young person's education, health and social care needs into a single legal document. It will describe the aspirations, special educational needs, desired outcomes and the SEN/health/social care provision that is required to meet these outcomes. An EHC plan can be in place from the age of 0-25 (if required) and will support a young person in preparing for their adulthood.

Who can ask for an EHC assessment?

A request can be made by:

a child's parent;

a young person over the age of 16, but under the age of 25;

a person acting on behalf of a school, a post 16 institution.

Other people can bring a child or young person with SEN to the attention of the LA where they think an EHC assessment may be necessary. This includes health and social care professionals, foster carers, early year's practitioners, youth offending teams etc.

Parents and young people can make a request at any time, although it is useful if you do speak to the school or college before you make a request. A request does need to be made in writing and should be sent to:

The EHC Assessment and Review Team, 3 Knowsley Place, Duke Street, Bury BL9 0EJ.

Alternatively, you can send an email us at ehc@bury.gov.uk.

If a school or college makes a request for an assessment they will need to complete the relevant application form.

What happens when a request for assessment is received?

When a request is received the SEN team will write to parents, the young person (if they are over 16), the school or college, the health service and social care to request further information. Within 6 weeks of the request being received, a multi-agency panel will consider the request and decide if it meets the LA's thresholds for an assessment. If the assessment is not agreed then the parent/young person will receive a letter explaining this decision and advising them of their right to appeal.

If the assessment is agreed then there will be a coordinated assessment process where the information about the child's/young person's needs will be collected together. The information gathered will then be considered by the multi-agency panel who will consider if an EHC plan is required and if so what resources will be described in the plan.

If an EHC plan is to be drawn up then a planning meeting will take place, involving parents, the child/young person, the LA, school or college and any other relevant professionals. This meeting will develop the EHC plan.

The plan will then be issued to parents or young person as a draft EHC plan. Parents or the young person will be asked if any further changes to the plan are needed; whether a request is to be made for a personal budget; and the educational setting that they would like to be named on the plan.

Disagreeing with a decision

Parents and a young person (over the age of 16 and below 25) can challenge the following decisions that are made by the LA:

the decision not to carry out an EHC assessment;

the decision not to issue an EHC plan;

the description of the SEN and provision within an EHC plan;

the name or type of school or other educational institution.

Where possible the LA will seek to resolve any disagreements as quickly as possible and at a local level. However parents and young people will be advised on how they can appeal to the SEND tribunal throughout the assessment process.

Personal Budgets

During the EHC assessment process or when an EHC plan is reviewed, parents or a young person can request a Personal Budget to support some of the outcomes in an EHC plan. A Personal Budget is an amount of money that is identified to meet some of the needs and outcomes described in the plan.

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Education, Health, Care Assessments and Plans

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Special Educational Needs (SEN) | The Bury Directory

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SEN - British and Irish Orthoptic Society

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Across the Northern Care Alliance, we recognise the importance of clear communication. Our interpretation and translation teams make that easy for patients and visitors who need their support.

The Interpretation & Translation Service provides verbal and written support for people who speak one of the nearly 100 different languages spoken within the geographical area of the Trust.

We help patients whose first language is not English who require an interpreter to communicate confidently with staff during their hospital appointments.

Deaf patients can get expert support from British Sign Language interpreters and the visually impaired can request documents in Braille or large text.

A translation service for documents is also available on request.

You can choose from several different interpretation methods according to the service requirement and appropriateness. All the interpretations are carried out mostly by our Trust permanent Interpreters or Trust bank Interpreters. If the language is not available then we use agency interpreters.

If you are a patient and would like to request a

Language Interpreter - then please call NCA Central Interpretation Booking office on 0161 627 8770 or email your request to service.interpretation@nca.nhs.uk. Please make sure you have all the appointment information to hand as you will be asked for it by the staff member.

BSL Interpreter - then please follow the details given in the drop down below labelled British Sign Language.

If you are member of NCA staff then please follow the instructions given below according to the method of interpretation you require. If you are part of Salford Care Organisation and this is the first time you are booking an interpreter using this method, please also provide your cost code so your department can't be set up on the system.

To request a language interpreter simply click on the weblink below:

Zipporah - Interpreter Booking Request Form
(Form will not load in Internet Explorer or Edge, please use Chrome or Safari)

An email confirmation will be sent when the interpreter has been allocated with all the necessary details you require.

The following handbook was produced before web accessibility guidelines, so may not be fully accessible to all users. It is available here for deaf service users to download a print.

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Across the Northern Care Alliance, we recognise the importance of clear communication. Our interpretation and translation teams make that easy for patients and visitors who need their support. The Interpretation & Translation Service provides verbal and written support for people who speak one of the nearly 100 different languages spoken within the geographical area of the Trust.

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Northern Care Alliance - Community Eye Service Bury and Rochdale

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Northern Care Alliance - Community Eye Service Bury and Rochdale

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Visual Processing Difficulties appointments are offered to children and young people over the age of 7 who are experiencing difficulties specifically with literacy and visual processing. The appointment can take up to an hour to complete and may involve the assessment of eye coordination, visual tracking and for the signs and symptoms of visual stress.

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The Community Eye Service provides specialist eye services in Bury and Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale.

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Children’s Vision Screening - British and Irish Orthoptic Society