How the Families Information Service can help
Childcare providers in Peterborough all aim to offer fully
inclusive practice. Peterborough’s
Families Information Service (FIS) can work with parents and
carers to find suitable childcare options, as well as support and
leisure activities, for children and young people with disabilities
and additional needs. By understanding the needs of individual
families, the FIS can search for and contact childcare providers on
behalf of families to find the most suitable options for each
family, including short breaks for carers.
The FIS hold a full range of information about registered and
unregistered childcare services that run all year round, including
school holidays, and can provide clear advice about your choices
and opportunities, as well as financial support you may be entitled
to.
Contact Peterborough’s Families Information Service:
Freephone helpline: 0800 29 89 121 (with voicemail out of hours)
between 8.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday.
Telephone: (01733) 864446
Email: FIS@peterborough.gov.uk
The Voluntary Disability Register
The FIS maintains the Voluntary Disability Register for
Peterborough. By registering your child, you will be made aware of
specific support and leisure activities available in your local
area. The register providers a quick and easy way for us to ensure
parents have the most up to date information. Opportunities may
arise for you to have your say about the services in your local
area. The register will also support Peterborough City Council plan
future services.
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Disability Register Form
(136KB, 7 pages)
Peterborough’s Portage Service
The Portage service is a home visiting educational service for
pre-school children with disabilities, additional support needs or
developmental delay and their families. It aims to support the
development of young children’s play, communications, relationships
and full participation in day to day life within the family and
community.
Support offered through Portage is based on the principle that
parents are the key figure in the care and development of their
child, and Portage aims to help parents to be confident in this
role whatever their child’s needs may be.
The service offers an open referral system, which means parents
and professionals can refer children to the service.
Families are visited weekly or fortnightly at home by their
Portage Home Visitor. Parents share with their home visitor their
understanding of their child’s abilities and support needs. The
emphasis is on the positive, finding out and building on what a
child can do through play based activity grounded in everyday
situations.
If you would like further information about the Portage service
or would like to refer your pre-school aged child, please contact
Sarah Barnard, the Portage Coordinator by:
Telephone: 01733 333735
Email: sarah.bernard@peterborough.gov.uk