Peterborough City Council's children's social care service teams
are moving to a new home at Bayard Place, Broadway, Peterborough,
to create a new one-stop-shop for customers.
There will be a phased re-location of services from multiple sites
that will start on Wednesday 20 August 2008. All services will have
moved by Tuesday 2 September 2008.
The aim of the re-location is to provide better and more central
services for vulnerable children and young people in
Peterborough.
The move supports the council's drive to make services more
accessible for customers. It will also enable all teams working
with children and young people to take a more joined-up approach
and ensure they are providing the best possible service to
customers.
Affected services include:
The referral and assessment team at Laxton House, Lincoln Road,
Millfield will re-locate to Bayard Place on Wednesday 20 August
2008. The team's telephone number will change to (01733) 864180 or
864170.
The children in need team currently based at Newark Court, Newark
Road will move on Friday 22 August 2008. The team's new telephone
number is (01733) 864420.
The adoption team at Midgate House, Midgate will relocate on Friday
22 August 2008. The new number is (01733) 317448.
The looked after children team which is changing its name to the
permanency and children in care team will move from Bretton Green,
Rightwell, Bretton on Friday 29 August 2008. The team's new number
is 01733 863839.
The fostering team at Midgate House will transfer to Bayard Place
on Friday 29 August 2008.The team's new telephone number is (01733)
317427.
The children with disabilities team will be renamed children's
integrated disability service and will move from Herlington House,
Benyon Grove, Orton Malborne on Wednesday 27 August 2008. The
team's new number is 01733 864397.
The access to resources team at Peterborough Professional
Development Centre, Cottesmore Close, Westwood, will re-locate on
Wednesday 27 August. The team's new number is (01733) 863840.
The workforce development team at Peterborough Professional
Development Centre, Cottesmore Close, Westwood, will re-locate on
Wednesday 27 August. The team's new number is (01733) 864576.
The children in need team based at Herlington House, Benyon Grove,
Orton Malborne, Peterborough, is changing its name to the
assessment and care planning team and will move to Bayard Place on
Wednesday 27 August. Its new telephone number is (01733)
864376.
The leaving care team at Bretton Green, Bretton, Peterborough, will
not move to Bayard at the moment. However the team's telephone
number will change to (01733) 864371.
The family assessment and support service (FAST) at Orchard Street
also stays at its current location but the number will change to
(01733) 864333.
The multi-systemic therapy team can be contacted on (01733)
863846.
The new one-stop shop services will be open from Monday to Friday
from 9 am to 5 pm.
Maureen Phillips, Peterborough City Council's assistant director
for families and communities, said: "Bringing together services for
children and young people in care will provide better services for
vulnerable children and young people and allow service users to
access them in one centrally-located building. Long-term this move
will also make the services provided by children's social care more
efficient."
Councillor Stephen Goldspink, cabinet member for education and
children's services, said: "This change in the way children's
social care services are delivered is in-line with the council's
drive to get all council services into the city centre to make them
all as easily accessible as possible.
"The customer service centre based at Bayard Place is designed to
make it as easy as possible for customers to access services
therefore this move should assist customers accessing children's
social care services to find the information they need
easily."
The housing options team will also be moving to the first floor of
Bayard Place.
For people who are unsure of which team they need to speak
to can call 01733 747474.
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