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
  • 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


 

Parent Facing Support

  • Sparkles

 

  • Positive parenting

 

  • ASD‑aware practice

 

  • Emotion coaching

 

  • Mindfulness

 

  • Attachment & trauma

 

Workshops

  • 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