Learning Disability Services

The children’s learning disability team is an NHS service that provide specialist mental health support to children and young people with moderate to severe learning disabilities up to the age of 18. We are a multidisciplinary team which means that we have professionals of different backgrounds, working together and this allows us to offer a range of therapeutic interventions. Our service adopts the principles of Positive Behaviour Support to make sure the care we provide is based on inclusion, choice, participation and equal opportunity. We work closely with other local agencies and are able to visit children in their home, school and other local provisions. We receive referrals from a wide variety of sources such as GPs, schools, social workers and families. The team covers Tamworth, Lichfield, Burton, Uttoxetter, Stafford, Stone, Cannock and Rugeley, Codsall, Perton and Wombourne.