Useful Web Sites

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• The Children's Society Black Country Advocacy Service
  
  Freephone: 0800 652 3839
  Tel: 01902 877563 
  
  The Children's Society 
  Black Country Advocacy Service, The Workspace, All Saints Road, Wolverhampton, WV2 1EL

• Kooth.com 
  A free anonymous confidential website where young people aged 11-25 can go for help. 
  Includes:

  • Online Counselling from specially trained therapists and advice workers

  • Advice and guidance

  • Information about what's going on in the local area

  • The facility for young people to write blogs or magazine articles

• Hope Again
  Hope Again is is a website developed by Cruse Bereavement Care's Youth Involvement Project which aims to support young people, after the death of someone close to them.

• Skill for Disabled Students
  Skill Help line has a new home with the Disability Alliance. It provides support and information for disabled students. It can offer on line information to for disabled students, families and carers and professionals, factsheets and a helpline/email advice service. It also offers help on education, training and employment. 
  
  The help line is open Tuesdays 11:30 -1:30 and Thursdays 1:30 - 3:30; tel: 0800 328 5050 or email skill4disabled students@disabilityalliance.org.

• Dudley Performing Arts 
  The Dudley Performing Arts Home Page with information about Music Tuition

• Schools Information
  Contact information for Dudley Nursery, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools and the Short Stay School Service.

• School Term Dates

• The Local Offer and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) 
  Information about how children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities are supported in Dudley.

• Dudley SENDIASS (Formerly the Dudley Parent Partnership) 
  Support and advice for parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs.

• Dudley Counselling Service 
  A counselling service dedicated to the needs of children and young people in Dudley.

• Dudley Libraries Parents and Carers' Pages

  These pages offer some useful information of what services Dudley Libraries has to offer you, and the children you care for.

• Department for Education Website 
  Government policies and initiatives in education.

• DfE Information about Children in Care 
  Information about the Government's strategy for protecting and providing for children in care.

• Promoting the education of looked after children and previously looked after children, February 2018
  Statutory guidance for local authorities
  
  
• Designated teacher for looked-after and previously looked-after children, February 2018
  Statutory guidance for local-authority-maintained schools carrying out duties for looked-after and previously looked-after children.

• The National Curriculum 
  Full details of the National Curriculum taught in State Schools

• Directgov Education and Learning
  Advice for parents and carers to help support children and young people's education and learning.

• BBC Learn and Revise
  BBC guide for parents and carers to help support children's education and learning.

• BBC CBeebies for Parents 
  Advice on how to make the best use of the BBC online resources and ideas for supporting the learning of young children.

• iChild 
  Hundreds of free, printable, fun activities and worksheets that cover child development and education from birth to 11 years. Covers subjects from the National Curriculum but also provides additional materials to help support children at home including rewards charts and children's savings advice. It also incorporates links to discounted children's activities, attractions and competitions.

• Scope 
  Scope provides comprehensive advice and support for families with children who have learning difficulties or disabilities.

• The School Run
  Advice and links to free web sites and resources to help parents and carers support children aged 3 to 14 with their education, health and general well-being. Includes support materials for SATS and advice and articles on children's behaviour, dyslexia and autism.

• Wordpool 
  Useful guidance for parents, carers and teachers in choosing appropriate books for children and ideas on how to support children with their reading. It includes sections on supporting reluctant readers and suggestions for books which can be used to support children who are dealing with specific issues such as self-esteem, adoption, death etc

• Reading Matters 
  This is a straightforward site with descriptions of a large number of children’s books grouped by author and Title. It also includes reviews sent in by children and a useful “Book Chooser” if you are struggling to find the right book for your children to read.

• Big Ambition 
  A technology careers website for 14-19 year olds created by e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for Business and Information Technology. Big Ambition provides an insider view of technology careers and education opportunities.

• Careersoft 
  Careers info for young people (select 'Careers Gateway' for careers information)

• Cascaid 
  Careers information (select 'Career Bytes' for careers information)

• Fast Tomato 
  Interactive online help with decisions on careers in education

• Learndirect 
  For information on hundreds of online courses to help you improve your IT skills, office skills, maths, English and many more. Tel: 0800 100 900

• UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) 
  Advice, application information and help with course searches. Tel: 01242 222444 Minicom: 01242 544942

• Apprenticeships 
  Information on Apprenticeships and national vacancies online

• Jobseekers Direct 
  Information on training, education and job opportunities

• The National Careers Service 
  The National Careers Service provides information, advice and guidance to help make decisions on learning, training and work opportunities.