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This website holds lots of information for children, young people, parents, carers and practitioners.
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Activity programme for York High Students
The voluntary activities ...
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HPV vaccination
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Contact Us
This website is maintained by York Family ...
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Use our feedback form to report incorrect content, problems using the site or to make general comments.
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Contact ...
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The About Us page provides information on who we are and what our aims are.
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This page provides an overview of our Terms and Conditions and information on electronic forms.
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The Site Map provides a layout of how the site is set up and structured.
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On this page you can find links and information on activities, health issues and education for 0-10 year olds
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This page has information and links to staying safe, careers and activities for young people.
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This page can help direct you to information, advice and support about being a parent.
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The Practitoner section of the website is aimed at professionals working for or with children and young people in York. Here you will find links to other pages that provide information and support for practitoners.
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Training Directory
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Training News
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Events ...
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The Help and Information page can direct you to information on family support, staying safe, being healthy and guidance on childcare.
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Get more information on healthy eating, keeping active, sexual health, teenage pregnancy, drugs and alcohol.
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Find useful sources that can help you eat more healthily
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Information, advice and where to get help regarding substance misuse issues for young people, parents/carers, and practitioners.
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Substance misuse related Information for young people, including advice and where to get help.
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How much do you use drugs or alcohol? Do you need help? Find out by taking our questionnaire.
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Drug questionnaire results. Reducing dangers and risks.
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What do you know about drugs? Take the quiz to find out and learn more about the myths surrounding drug use.
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Drugs quiz answers.
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Information, advice and where to get help regarding substance misuse issues for parents and carers.
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Find out more about teenage pregnancy and sexual health. Who can help you, pregnancy testing, STI screening and contraception.
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Lime Trees is the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service for all young people up to 18yrs.
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The Lime Trees Inpatient Service.
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An introduction to the Lime Trees inpatient service.
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Information about living and staying at Lime Trees.
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Information about the inpatient team at Lime Trees. The staff includes: Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Clinical Psychologists, Consultant Psychiatrists, Junior Doctors, a Social Worker, Family Therapists and Teachers.
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Information about the Lime Trees Outpatient Service. Find out who works there, problems seen and what happens.
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Information about the different kinds of workers and teams who work at Lime Trees.
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Information about the sorts of problems seen at Lime Trees, like depression, eating disrders and self harm.
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Information on what happens at your appointment and the types of treatment available at Lime Trees.
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Information on how to get referred to Lime Trees.
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Information on Primary Mental Health Workers. Who are they and how do you contact them?
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Your Rights
There are some important things you can ...
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This page provides links to information on teenage pregnancy, bullying, drug and alcohol abuse and keeping safe.
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York’s Parenting Strategy aims to ensure mothers, fathers and carers have access to information, advice and support for parenting when they need it.
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Information and advice for parents and carers to make being a parent an easier job.
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Information on Family Foundations, which provides support for families struggling with a childs' behaviour. There is also information on application criteria.
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Parenting information, advice, courses and more for parents of babies and children under 5 years. Parenting pre-school children.
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Parenting information, advice, courses and more for parents of primary school children aged 5 to 11 years. Family Foundations. Family Learning. Young and teenage parents.
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Parenting information, advice, courses and more for parents of young people aged 11 years and over. Stronger Families. Teenage Pregnancy.
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York’s Parenting Strategy aims to ensure mothers, fathers and carers have access to information, advice and support for parenting when they need it.
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The aim of the Stronger Families Programme is to improve relationships between young people and their families, increasing attendance at school whilst improving behaviour both at school and in the home.
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Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities
Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities is ...
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Websites and helplines for information and advice on parenting.
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Introduces the York Family Information Service and provides links to further information on childcare, early education and recruitment.
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Join a free information scheme and you'll get regular packs of information tailored to the age of your child and where you live.
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York FIS – Statement of Service and Standards
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Contact ...
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The jobs and money page provides information on childcare costs, bills, family finances, employment and housing.
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There’s never been a better time to work in early years and childcare. It’s an expanding and dynamic sector with an increasing demand for staff at all levels. Early Years and Childcare is an important career, as those who work in it play an incredibly valuable role in shaping the lives of future generations. It is a career that you can be proud of.
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Recruitment Form for registering interest in working in Early Years and childcare
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Details of our upcoming Childcare Training and Recruitment Event and how to go about applying to attend.
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Current job vacancies.
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Childminding jobs.
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Nursery jobs.
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Out of school group jobs.
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Pre school play jobs.
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Volunteering opportunities.
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Admin jobs.
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Take your dad to nursery day further information.
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Crossroads
What is it?
An activity programme for young people ...
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When it comes to choosing childcare there are lots of options to think about. This section gives an overview of the different types of childcare and what support is available.
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The Childcare Act means that from April 2008 every Local Authority needs to make sure that there is a sufficient level of childcare available. Find out about York's approach and how you can let us know if you feel there is a gap in childcare.
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From this page you can download individual chapters of the Childcare Sufficiency Assessment.
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Childcare Sufficiency Data Tables
This page allows you to ...
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Contact ...
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There are lots of different ways of reducing the cost of childcare but it can be confusing to know where you stand. York Family Information Service (YorkFIS) provide free and impartial information on the different options for parents and carers.
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For information on free early years provision and details on how to get a place at a setting.
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If you are looking for childcare then York Family Information Service can talk you through your options. We offer free and impartial information to support you find the right childcare for you and your child.
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When it comes to choosing childcare there are lots of options to think about. This section gives an overview of the different types of childcare and what support is available.
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What is an Extended School? This page explains what an extended school is and how you can get involved.
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What young people have a right to expect from ...
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School's Out offer fantastic leisure opportunites for children and ...
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Parent Know ...
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Practitioner Support
This section is aimed at practitioners working ...
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If you're a practitioner looking for information on substance misuse, teenage preganancy, the York Play Team, general parenting or anything else to do with children and young people, this page can lead you to it.
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Information and guides for download, aimed at practitioners wanting to know more about Young People and the dangers of substance misuse.
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This section offers information for practitioners working around the issue of teenage pregnancy, sexual health and relationships.
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This page introduces the Play Team who provide a number of services for children and young people in York, such as Yorkash, School's Out and Street Sport York.
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Yorkash rules and guidelines.
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Schools Out is the Council’s school holiday activity programme for 5 – 18 year olds, find out here about it's aims and criteria.
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Active Play Equipment ...
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An introduction to parenting for practitioners and links to useful websites.
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As part of a DfES national transition project City of York Council produced a toolkit to help children from birth to six years old.
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City of York Early Intervention Fund and Better Play ...
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Updates on application process for Early Intervention Fund - ...
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Early Intervention Fund - Better Play Grants - Further ...
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The Children and Young People's Plan (CYPP) provides a clear sense of direction for everybody working to improve outcomes for children and young people in the city. It should also help young people understand what it is that they can reasonably expect the city to do for them and how they might make a contribution themselves.
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This section holds lots of useful information for practitioners looking for information about Early Years, Extended Schools and Children's Centre.
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The Recruitment homepage directs you to information on working in childcare and provides services, including job matching, interview assistance and general recruitment advice and guidance.
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Recruitment Vacancy Form
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The Nursery Education Funding (NEF) team can give advice and support on any query that you have relating to the free nursery education places for three and four year olds
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If you are a provider of childcare, play and early education then there is a range of support that you can access, including information on recruitment, the Play Team and development workers.
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Information on setting up childcare provision and becoming a childminder.
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To ensure high quality, sustainable childcare that meets the needs of local families, childcare providers, schools and other agencies work in Shared Foundation Partnerships.Download the newsletter here.
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This section contains information and resources to support schools and their partners in meeting the Extended Schools agenda. The information here is the same as that contained in the "Extended School's and Integrated Children's Centres - a guide for schools and their parents in the City of York" purple folder that was distributed in 2005.
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7.1 Ensuring that Extended Schools activities are fully inclusive ...
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Latest News
Early Years and Extended Schools News
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Graduate Leader Fund 2008 – 2009
The Graduate Leader ...
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Capital Funding for Early Years Provision
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Calendars showing dates of notable events
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Training and Events Calendar
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Calendar of Religious Festivals
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This section holds lots of useful information for practitioners looking for information about Early Years, Extended Schools and Children's Centre.
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The Nursery Education Funding (NEF) team can give advice and support on any query that you have relating to the free nursery education places for three and four year olds
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Integrated Working in York. Includes detail on York's Preventative Strategy and Child Index.
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An introduction to the YorOK Child Index and ContactPoint.
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The Prevention Route Map, Prevention Guidance and Preventative Strategy
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The Yor OK Preventative Strategy includes the Information Sharing and Assessment requirements made by the Department for Education and Skills for all local authorities and their partners.
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The safeguarding route map illustrates what to do if you have a child protection concern.
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Your Info is a common way of gathering information about children / young people and families in one place and using it to help decide what type of support is needed.
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A lead practitioner is someone who will coordinate provision and be a single point of contact for a child and their family, when a range of services are involved with that child or family and an integrated response is required.
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A tool to help practitioners determine what level of concern they have about a child / young person.
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Pyramid of Need
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Details of Integrated Working Training and dates courses are run on.
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Booking form for integrated working training.
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Sharing information is vital for early intervention to ensure that children and young people get the services they require at the time they need it. Information Sharing is also essential to protect children and young people from suffering harm from abuse or neglect, and to prevent them from offending.
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Your Info is a common way of gathering information about children / young people and families in one place and using it to help decide what type of support is needed.
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Children and Young People's Workforce Development
The YorOK workforce ...
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Children, young people and families - you are at the heart of developing services– you have a right to have your views heard link to Pledge Page. So find out more about how you can have your say. and what has changed because of what you have told us.
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What does the Children and young people’s champion do? How can they help you?
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Have Yorsay! Find out how you can get involved with current consultations and make your voice heard.
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Educational Psychology Service
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Find out more about the strategy for getting people involved developing, delivering and evaluating services and also what support is available.
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Are you thinking about carrying out some involvement work? Remember a lot of work has already been done. Look back through past work to see what has already happened.
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A guide to getting young people involved in interviews and recruitment.
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The YorOK Involvement Group can give advice on the best ways to carry out successful involvement.
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There are many excellent publications which can help you to carry out effective involvement. Use this good practice guide to make sure your work is of the highest standard.
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Consultation Factsheets
From this page you can download factsheets ...
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Children’s and young peoples views are listened to. Here are examples of what children, young people and families said and how it made a difference!
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Show me that I matter!
Why?
Because young people who ...
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