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Children and family care

These pages contain useful information on help and support available for families. For out-of-hours emergencies use the Council's Emergency telephone number 01422 365101.

Child protection

The Council works with other organisations to protect children from abuse. If you have an enquiry about child protection or a referral contact details for the Initial Response team can be found here.

Childcare Counts

During 2007, the Families' Information Service surveyed over 1,000 parents and the top 100 employers in Calderdale to find out what they thought about childcare in the area. This section details the key findings of that survey as well as the current childcare situation in Calderdale.

Childminding

Childminding can be a rewarding, worthwhile career. This section provides helpful advice and guidance, including details of short and informal information sessions about the best route into childcare.

Children and Young People's Plan

This plan, which has been developed by children and young people, partners and colleagues is a working document that charts our progress over the last year, highlights agreed priorities and details the steps we will take to make further improvements to our integrated services for children and young people in Calderdale.

Children's centres

Children's Centres offer an integrated approach to services for children and families, providing early years education and childcare, health services and family support, all under one roof.

Choosing childcare

The Families' Information Service (FIS) can give you details of where to find childcare providers throughout Calderdale. The FIS also has information on early education providers and how parents can apply for 3 or 4 year old funded places. Includes a link to the Family Services Directory.

Disabled children

These pages contains information on help and support available for parents of disabled children.

Family services directory

This directory provides access to information about a wide range of services for children and young people and their families living in Calderdale.

Fostering and adoption

Are you interested in fostering or adopting? If you are this section contains information and advice about the procedures and processes that need to be followed.

Information sharing and assessment

Information Sharing and Assessment is a multi-agency project to support services to work more closely and identify potential problems, faced by children and young people, more effectively by sharing information appropriately.

Out of hours support

Out-of-hours and emergency contact number for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services.

Sure Start

Sure Start local programmes aim to improve the health and well-being of families and children from before birth to four, so children are ready to flourish when they go to school. Find out more here.

Toy Library

The Toy Library supplies registered childcare providers in Calderdale with access to an ever-changing range of educational and exciting toys, helping to promote education through play for children of all ages.