Support through education, health and social care services
H&F Early Years advisory team
The team will support the child's nursery, children's centre, or family hub and the practitioners working with the child through programmes and activities.
See Early Years Foundation Stage
H&F Inspire service: Specialist help for children with learning, behaviour, sensory, or communication needs
Inspire consists of teams of qualified specialist teachers. They support mainstream settings to meet the needs of pupils aged 0–25 with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). This, including attention, behaviour, and interaction needs or specific literacy and numeracy difficulties including dyslexia and dyscalculia.
Inspire also organises workshops for parents and carers including support for children through anxiety, anger, or sadness.
See Inclusion and specialist intervention outreach service (Inspire)
H&F Educational Psychology service
The nursery or school team has access to this service. They help the education setting support the child or young person by sharing useful strategies.
See Educational psychology service
H&F Family Hub and specialist centre Stephen Wiltshire Centre
This is a specialist centre for children and young people with SEND. The centre offers information, advice, support, and group sessions.
See Family Hub Stephen Wiltshire Centre
MIND Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) via sessions and activities in schools
The service supports individuals and groups in schools with things like anxiety, low mood, anger, or behaviour. Also working with parents, schools, and specialists. Plus group activities and help with staying in or returning to school.
See Children & Young People - Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow Mind
The Occupational Therapy (OT) Hub website for parents, carers, young people and staff
Access everyday practical tips, training, and local help on things like sleeping,toileting, getting organised, handwriting, and more. The site also includes a calendar showing workshops and training sessions run by occupational therapists online and in your local area Family Hubs and schools.
Visit the OT Support Hub
Kooth website for mental health and wellbeing support for young people aged 11 to 25
Talk openly about anything that's worrying you, like anxiety, stress, low mood, or bullying, without fear of being judged. Free text-based professional counselling, peer-to-peer support and self-help.
See Kooth
Community Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
This service supports the family as well as the professionals working with the child or young person. This may include:
- SENCOs, school staff, children's therapy teams (like speech and language therapists)
- local health groups like GPs, community nurses and mental health teams
- H&F social care, who helps with safeguarding and access to services.
Professionals to visit Support for professionals :: West London NHS Trust
Cheyne Child Development and Neurodisability Service at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
The support includes:
- sharing information about voluntary and third-sector providers
- clinical psychology support in situations where there are significant challenges at home and in school
- liaising with the school to offer advice on strategies to support and manage behaviours and learning
See Cheyne Child Development Service — Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust .
Other services can be found under the mental health and wellbeing page Emotional wellbeing and mental health
As you approach your 18th birthday, there is a range of services that can support your transitions to adult mental health services and continue supporting you as an adult. See Mental health support for young people
Support through community organisations
Confident Parent Happy Child courses to support challenging behaviour
Support around parenting a child in Hammersmith (6-8 weeks programme).
See Confident Parent Happy Child parenting programme Hammersmith Fulham
Parentsactive, the Hammersmith and Fulham parents' local network for peer support and shared experiences
The Centre for ADHD and Autism Support (CAAS)for individual and group support (8–25 years old and families)
To book sessions for children and young people access Services for Children & Young People .
To find support groups for parents and carers of children and young people with ADHD and autism, visit Services for Parents & Carers (of young people) and Services for Parents & Carers (of adults)