Individual and Family Support
Early Childhood Support Service provides therapy, education and family support to families that have a child with a disability. The program is designed to promote the child’s strengths and abilities to maximise their readiness for school. Metropolitan & Regional Individual & Family Support Services assist families to access generic and specialist community resources in metropolitan and regional NSW. The service offers support with integration into school and the community and provides counselling and specialist advice in times of need. Group programs are also run that offer clients and their families a variety of opportunities to meet with others who may share common concerns and experiences. Click on the links below for more information... Northcott Intensive Family Support (Nepean) provides intensive, short-term support to children and young people with a disability aged 0-17 and their families where there is a risk of out of home placement and/or family breakdown. Adult Outreach - is staffed by community workers and occupational therapists who offer information, learning opportunities and practical assistance to adults with a physical disability and their families who are concerned with the issues of everyday living. Illawarra Case Management staff coordinate care and provide support for people with disabilities in their local communities. Macarthur Case Management provides intensive support to children 0-18 years with complex needs. The Northcott Early Childhood and Family Support Service (NECAFS) provides support to families who have a child with a diagnosed disability. The service aims to promote the inclusion of children with disabilities into mainstream services and the wider community. Northcott EarlyStart Diagnosis Support (NEDS) is an innovative program that provides short term support to families who have a child with an undiagnosed developmental concern or recently disagnosed disability. Family support workers will provide information and emotional support and assist families to access mainstream and disability specific services within their local area. The NSW Paediatric Spinal Outreach Service (PSOS) is a joint project of the SpineCare Foundation and Northcott funded by NSW Health. The team provides services to children and young people aged 0-18 years, who have a spinal cord injury as a result of trauma or disease. Western Sydney Therapy Service (Cumberland/Prospect and Nepean) provides speech therapy and occupational therapy to children 0-18 years who have significant and/or complex needs.
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