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Childcare for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities in Wandsworth

Childcare registered with Ofsted, is available in Wandsworth for children with special educational needs and or disabilities (SEND) up to 13 years old, from  childminders, nurseries, nannies (or "homebased childcarers"), after school centres and breakfast clubs and holiday playcentres. After the age of 13 specialist…

School Uniform Support Scheme 2023

The school uniform scheme has now closed to new applicants. Wandsworth are pleased to launch our School Uniform Support Scheme again in 2023. We want to ensure support is available for Wandsworth residents in receipt of Free School Meals (FSM), who are moving into Reception…

Early Help IT System (EHITS)

EHITS has been decommissioned and replaced with a signposting and referral portal. The portal went live on 20th of December and we would encourage you to use the new portal. You can access it here: fis.wandsworth.gov.uk/kb5/wandsworth/fsd/advice.page?id=mUSnUT69qdw From the 7th of January 2022, EHITS has become read…

Working with children and young people

A career working with children and young people can vary according to their age. For example nursery settings have children aged 0-5 years, whereas after school or holiday care have children aged 5 - 16 years.   There are a variety of professions available such as, a self employed childminder,…

Early Help Quality Assurance Process for Early Help Service

To ensure that the services we offer are effective in promoting and strengthening resilience in children and families we have developed a framework for how we will quality assurance the work that we do.

Direct Work Tools for Practitioners

The direct work tools found under 'Downloads' (to the right, or below) are worksheets that can be used to help practitioners when working with children, young people and families. The direct work tools have been obtained from different sources, including Children's Involvement for Sheffield Council.

Continuum of Need – thresholds

In 2010 Wandsworth Safeguarding Children Partnership and the Children and Young People’s Board adopted the London Continuum of Need.  The Continuum of Need is a guide to thresholds for four levels of service. The movement up and down the continuum of need is not exactly…

Guide to Early Help Processes

This handbook is written for frontline operational managers, but the processes and policies will be of use to all staff working with and supporting children, young people and their families. The guidance explains the framework, practice tools and processes that are used to support integrated working…

Setting Up a Nursery or Out of School Care Business in Wandsworth

Setting up a childcare business on premises outside your own home is called childcare on non domestic premises. This childcare for 0 – 8 years olds is regulated by Ofsted and applications and guidance on how to apply for registration is on the Ofsted web…