Contact:
  • Disabled Children's Team
  • Address:
    Bath & North East Somerset Social & Housing Services,  P. O. Box 3343, Bath. BA1 2ZH 
  • E-mail:
    Nora_Ryan@bathnes.gov.uk
  • Telephone:
    (01225) 825307
  • Fax:
    (01225) 460610
  • Minicom:
    (01225) 477815
  • Page Updated:
    30/08/2008
  • Author:
    Michelle Fillary
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Disabled Children’s Team

What is the Disabled Children’s Team?

We are a team of social workers and an occupational therapist dedicated to serving disabled children and young people up to the age of 18 in Bath and North East Somerset.

We work with children and their families where a child has learning difficulties/disabilities and/or sensory impairment.

We also work with children who have long-term, or life threatening illnesses.

We can meet with you and your child to discuss what support and help you need.  We may work with you ourselves, or we may organise other support.  The aim is to help your child reach his or her full potential.

Assessing your needs

We help you and your child to identify the help and support that you need.  We also help you find these services, where they are available/appropriate.

Parents of disabled children have a legal right to have their child’s needs assessed by Social Services on request.  We try to include Health and Education specialists in these assessments to get the clearest possible picture of your child’s needs.  We can also offer an assessment of carers’ needs upon request.

Occupational Therapy

Our Occupational Therapist assesses the needs of disabled children, offering advice on how to improve their quality of life as well as providing aids, adaptations and equipment, where appropriate.  Advice is also available on moving and handling disabled children

Working with the Royal United Hospital

The Disabled Children’s Team offers a weekday duty service to children at the Royal United Hospital.

We also offer a weekday duty service to the Head Injury Unit at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases

Out of hours emergencies

In an “out of hours” emergency, you can contact the Emergency Duty Team on 01454 615165.

Disabled Children’s Team office hours are from 8.30am to 5pm Monday to Thursday and Friday from 8.30am to 4.30pm.

Further Information

If you would like any information, advice or support concerning a child with a hearing impairment, or who is deaf, please contact the Duty Social Worker Tel: 01225 825307.

If you would like any information regarding services for children with cancer, please contact Sergeant Cancer Care for Children Tel: 01225 824345.

The Disabled Children’s Team has a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of disabled children within Bath and North East Somerset.

Where any disabled child’s health or safety is thought to be at risk, your first contact should be with the Duty Social Worker Tel: 01225 82530.

Disabled Children’s Team
Bath & Wessex House,
Royal United Hospital
Combe Park
Bath BA1 3NG

Tel: 01225 825307
Fax: 01225 460610

This information can be made available in a range of languages, large print, Braille, on tape, electronic and accessible formats.  Contact John Barnes on 01225 396220, Minicom 01225 477815 or email John_Barnes@bathnes .gov.uk  If you need translation or interpretation, or someone to sign in BSL for you this can also be arranged.