0 to 25 Disability Social Work Team

The 0 to 25 Disability Social Work Team is a social work service.

The service works with children and young people with severe and enduring disabilities from 0-25 years old and their parents/carers. The Social Care Referral Eligibility Criteria set out which children and young people they support.

Services provided include:

• support for children and young people and their families and carers,
• assessments of children and young people's need,
• ensuring the safety of disabled children and young people,
• identification of additional resources required,
• care of looked after children and young people with disabilities, and
• organisation of short breaks
• Personal Budgets and Direct Payments.

The attached leaflet sets out your options to manage your child's Direct Payments. 

You can contact them by calling the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) on 020 8871 6622 (option 1) mash@wandsworth.gov.uk and asking for Duty in the 0 to 25 Disability Social Work Team. 

If you are looking for assessed short breaks ("respite care") please ask MASH for a Children and Family Assessment, with a view to short breaks.

If your child or young person is already known to the 0 to 25 Team, please call 020 8871 7192.