As part of our commitment to our young people, we also offer support to families. This support can involve signposting families to agencies or can involve direct support from Portland School. 

 

A full list of support pathways can be found below. 

Please contact our Family Support Officer for more information: Miss R Shaw, Rachel.Shaw@portland.set.org

 

CORE OFFER

TARGETTED

BESPOKE

PROGRAMMES

 Workshops

Induction for all new parents including:

Chronology/Timeline

Parents Pack

1st point of contact for all parents

General Advice

DLA Applications

Signposting

Home visits

Direct work with children

 

 

 

 

Play & Learn Activities

Direct Work with families

Training and resources for parents to use to support strategies in the family environment

Monitoring, measuring and implementing correct support and strategies

Group Sessions

Family Sessions

Rebuilding and Repairing family/sibling relationships

1:1 Direct Work

Portland Repair

Intense individualised packages of support


 

Sparkles

Positive parenting

ASD‑aware practice

Emotion coaching

Mindfulness

Attachment & trauma

 

ASD

Routines

Rewards & natural consequences

Importance of boundaries

Positive not punitive

Emotion coaching

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following contacts may also be useful to you; 

 

SOCIAL CARE-IFD (integrated Front Door)

  • Emergency Duty Team (out of hours)
  • Telephone: 01782 235100
  • Telephone: 01782 234234

 

To report online abuse please contact CEOP by following this link:

  • https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/

 

To seek support or report abuse students can contact Childline by Telephone: 0800 1111 or access the website at

  • https://www.childline.org.uk/

 

Other contacts for support:

  • Samaritans — https://www.samaritans.org/
  • The Mental Health Support Team (MHST) 07708318356
  • NSPCC – 0808 800 5000 email help@nspcc.org.uk
  • New Era (Domestic Abuse) – 0300 303 3778

 

LADO:

  • Talitha Thompson
    • Local Authority Designated Officer
    • Stoke Children’s Services
    • Swann House
    • Boothen Road
    • LADO.sp@stoke.gov.uk
    • Telephone direct line  01782 233342
    • Mobile number 07942 676060

If your concern is an emergency, please call 101 or 999.

 

Urgent Mental Health Support

  • For urgent mental health support, call the 24/7 support line:
  • North Staffordshire/Stoke on Trent: 0800 0328 728 (option 1)
  • Rest of Staffordshire: 0808 196 3002