Portage Service, West Sussex

About

We are a West Sussex County Council home-visiting educational service for very young children with significant support needs.

We provide support for families by working alongside parents offering practical help and ideas to encourage a child's emerging skills.

We also run the Early Bird Programme.

Referrals should be made using this referral form (Word, 75KB).

What we do

  • Portage Home Visitors make weekly/fortnightly visits to the child's home. Visits usually last for 1 hour.
  • Portage offers a framework of support, which involves working in partnership with parents and carers. Families can choose whatever is most helpful to them. It aims to be as flexible as each family needs it to be.
  • Visits are made in the family home. Occasional group or social events would be organised in venues suitable for disabled children.
  • Home Visitors come from a variety of backgrounds, and all enjoy working with children and their families. All Home Visitors are fully trained to National Portage Association standards.

Age range

0-3

Wheelchair accessible

Yes

Free to use

Yes

Our users say

When families are thrown in the unknown, Portage helped us overcome our fears and anxieties and helped us through out most vulnerable time.

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