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Social care services in Wiltshire help people live safely and independently in their local communities. There are a wide range of services for children and families and for adults and their carers. Services include family support, home care, residential care, fostering and adoption.

Adult Social Care

CerebralPalsy.org.uk Supporting children, adults and their families affected by Cerebral Palsy. It is estimated that 1 in 400 babies born in the UK have a type of cerebral palsy. Figures indicate that with the birth rate in excess of 700,000 per year there may be as many a 1800 new cases of cerebral palsy in children each year. Taking into account family, friends and others involved in supporting those with cerebral palsy it becomes apparent how these conditions affect many thousands of lives not just in the UK but around the world.

Health and Social Care

Health and Social Care

We're a not-for-profit organisation that has a simple purpose ‘‘ to help keep children safe in the digital world. As we're backed by the UK's most prominent internet industry players, BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media, and are supported by leading child online safety experts, we're able to offer you the best advice and information available on tackling e-safety issues. We're passionate about keeping children safe online and are here to help you make the right decisions for you and your family.

We provide a comprehensive range of social work and social care services across Community Care, Children and Families and Criminal Justice.

We know that children, young people and their families may need advice, guidance or support for a number of reasons and that there will be times when support is needed in a crisis. In this section of the website we aim to provide information on the main problems affecting children, young people and their families and how support and advice can be provided. These pages offer information and advice about care and health services, providing contact details and links to local services.

Safeguarding and social care is where you can find information about adult safeguarding and social care, children safeguarding and social care, fostering and adoption. If you would like information on housing related support (formerly known as supporting people), then visit our Housing related support page.

Portsmouth City Council is committed to helping city families. Follow the links below to see how we support parents and children. Professionals working in children and family care will also find useful information. In a perfect world, we would be able to give everyone everything they need. In reality we have to decide who needs help most urgently. We have rules for deciding who receives services from us. These are called eigibility criteria. Phone us if you would like a copy. For more information, phone 023 9283 9111.

Social Care and Health

Health and Social Care

ENABLE Scotland is a dynamic charity run by its members. We campaign for a better life for children and adults with learning disabilities. We support people who have learning disabilities and their families to live, work and take part in their communities.

The Refugee Children's Consortium (RCC) is a group of NGOs working collaboratively to ensure that the rights and needs of refugee children are promoted, respected and met in accordance with the relevant domestic, regional and international standards.

Action for Prisoners' Families (APF) works for the benefit of prisoners' and offenders' families by representing the views of families and those who work with them and by promoting effective work with families.

The National FGM Centre is a partnership between Barnardo's and the Local Government Association (LGA) to achieve a systems change in the provision of services for girls and women affected by female genital mutilation (FGM). Funded initially by the Department of Education as part of its Children's Social Care Innovation Programme, the Centre works closely with key partners from Local Authorities, Health, Education, Police, and the voluntary sector to achieve its vision and aims.

There's a person attached to every body, respect both. Healthy relationships are all about respecting each other. You should feel loved, safe and free to be yourself. Relationships can be confusing and it can be difficult to understand what is and isn't normal behaviour. But disrespectful and unacceptable behaviour can come in many forms. It isn't limited to just physical behaviour; it can also go way beyond that. For example, it's not OK for someone to try and pressure you into sending a nude pic, or to expect the same things to happen that they've seen in a porn film.

UNICEF works in the UK to champion children's rights, win support and raise money for our work with children everywhere. For over 60 years UNICEF has been the world's leading organisation for children, working to help them survive and thrive from early childhood through adolescence.