Care and Support – Children and Younger People
Who do we help and how?
Care and Support – Children and Younger People assists children and adults with additional needs and has its office based in Buxton.
We use fully trained support workers to help deliver a range of different support services across the High Peak, North Derbyshire Dales and Chesterfield.
Care and Support – Children and Younger People offers a range of services:
Specialist sitting service
Specialist sitting service covers individual support in the home and in the community, and offers personal care to children or adults, delivered by our caring and professional team of support workers.
Group Activities
Group Activities provides our same high level of care whilst attending trips out to places like museums or theme parks. We also run activities such as arts and crafts, and baking. Please ask for our free Activity booklet, detailing what activities we can offer.
Positive structured activities
Positive structured activities to support volunteering opportunities or structured activities such as horticulture, maintenance and general gardening with a view for service users to upskill, gain life skills and hopefully to gain employment.
Home Care
Home Care – to provide in house support such as assisting with meal preparation, personal care, medication and shopping.
Supported Living
We also offer Supported Living. We can provide support workers assisting service users 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to live independently in the community.
Youth Club
Sibling Support Group
Please note: Our 1 to 1 Support, Group Support and Supported Living can currently be accessed for those living in Chesterfield, the High Peak and the North Derbyshire Dales
For more details on any of the above services, please contact:
Kate Shenton or Jill Schofield
Joint Heads of Care and Support – Children and Younger People
careandsupportcyp@connex.org.uk
Will it cost me anything?
Some of the services we provide do have a cost to access them. Our 1 to 1 Support, Group Support and Supported Living services are chargeable services. It is advisable to contact Care and Support – Children and Younger People to find out what funding is available.
Our Sibling Support Group is funded by Children in Need and is free to access.
The Youth Club costs £4 per session. Before the first visit please contact us using the information below.
How do I get referred to Care and Support – Children and Younger People?
There are two ways you can be referred to us. You can self-refer or you can be referred by a professional for example a social worker, teacher or GP.
Care and Support is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). In our latest inspection we were rated as GOOD in all five areas inspected. Click here to read our report.
Thank you to everyone at Care and Support for all the fun our daughter has enjoyed over the years. It has been a life line for all the family and long may it continue to help other families.
Contact Information
Buxton Office: (01298) 23970
Kate Shenton
Joint Head of Care and Support – Children and Younger People
Jill Schofield
Joint Head of Care and Support – Children and Younger People
Jacqui Brooks
Coordinator, Care and Support – Children and Younger People
Email: jacqui@connex.org.uk
Julie McDonald
Office Team Leader & Sibling Support Coordinator, Care and Support – Children and Younger People
Mobile: 07572 901279
Email: julie@connex.org.uk
