Children's Service ( 8.30. )
LOCAL INFORMATION
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Children's Service
Extent: Jersey
Updated: 15 January 2020
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Words you may need to know
Promote - encourage
Safeguard - look after; keep from harm
Well-being - good health, safety and comfort
Accessing – reaching
Assessment - review or consideration of all the circumstances
Specialist - highly trained or expert in something
Residential – accommodation or live in services
The Children's Service
It is the aim of the Children’s Service to provide services that promote, safeguard and improve the wellbeing of all children and their families in Jersey.
Contact details:
Children's Service, Liberte House, 19-23 La Motte Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4SY
Telephone: 443500
The Children’s Service website
See: www.gov.je/Health/SocialServices/Pages/Children.aspx
It contains information about the Children’s Service including:
- What does the Children’s Service do?
- Accessing the Children’s Service
- Specialist Teams and Services
- assessment and child protection team
- childcare team
- homefinding team (fostering, adoption and residential care)
- residential services
- family centre / family support services
