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The term 'Preparing for Adulthood' (PfA) describes the pathways in preparing young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and other additional support needs for adulthood. It enables them to gain the necessary independence skills to do so.
Preparing for adulthood means preparing for:
- further/higher education and/or employment – including options for supported internships, apprenticeships, self-employment, volunteering, day activities, college and university
- skills for independence – this means young people having choice, control and freedom over their lives and the support they have including their accommodation and living arrangements,
- participating in society, including having friends and supportive relationships, and participating in, and contributing to, the local community
- being as healthy as possible in adult life with a focus of wellbeing throughout
Below you will find some local links to support you in seeking key information in relation to Preparation for adulthood. We simply share the links in this space for user ease.
If you feel we are missing useful links please let us know using the feedback page.
Special Secondary Settings
Colleges
- Capel Manor College: www.uxbridgecollege.ac.uk
- Choices College: www.hee.nhs.uk - Work experience, Supported Internships, Apprenticeships and Employment
- First Rung: www.firstrung.org.uk - Apprenticeships and FE
- Green Corridor: www.greencorridor.org.uk - Green Corridor Main Road Nurseries, Stanwell Moor Road, Hillingdon, TW19 6BS
- Harrow College: www.hruc.ac.uk - A merger between Uxbridge College and Harrow College
- North Hertfordshire College: www.nhc.ac.uk - Discover Springboard (SEND) courses - North Hertfordshire College
- Oaklands College: www.oaklands.ac.uk - Learning for Independence & Future Employment (SEND) in Hertfordshire
- Rise College: www.risecollege.co.uk - Post 16 SEND Provision
- Uxbridge College: stanmore.ac.uk
Neighbourhood Resource Centres
- Kenmore Neighbourhood Resource Centre - Kenmore Road, Harrow, HA3 9EU
- Milmans Day Centre - Pinner, HA5 5PF, Tel: 0208 736 6400
- New Bentley Day Care - Christchurch Avenue, Wealdstone, HA3 5BD
- Vaughan Neighbourhood Resource Centre - Wilson Gardens, Harrow, HA1 4EG
Health
- AbilityNet: factsheet: Tel: 0800 048 7642 / 01926 464 095, email: dsa@abilitynet.org.uk
- AJM Healthcare (Wheelchairs) Tel: 08081642040
- Compass Elevation - Harrow Drug & Alcohol Service
- Harrow Association for the blind: Supporting people with sight loss since 1922
- Harrow CAMHS: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Harrow Children’s Community Paediatricians: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Harrow Community Learning Disability Team CNWL NHS: Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2XY, 020 8901 2680
- Harrow Horizons: Anna Freud, Early intervention and prevention service
- Hub of Hope: Mental Health Support Network provided by Chasing the Stigma
- Mind in Harrow Directory: Mental Health Information Directory
- Public Toilet Finder: www.toiletmap.org.uk
- Social Care Occupational Therapy Service: Information on adult social care, referral can be made by parents/child, email: AHAdults@harrow.gov.uk tel: OT DUTY on 020 8901 2680
- The Joy app
Mental health
Suicide, bereavement support
- uksobs.com: how can we help?
- www.papyrus-uk.org: suicide bereavement support
Friendships, relationships and community
- Changes Nightclub: 38-40 High Street, Harrow, HA3 7AF
- Festival Spirit: turning dreams into reality
- Together ConneX: a range of support and activities for young people, 3 Jardine House, Harrow, HA1 3EX
- Travelling Abroad with a disability: Accessible Accommodation Bargains UK & Abroad / QEF Tryb4uFly - supporting disabled people to travel by air - QEF
- Wheelpower: Inclusive Sporting
- Young Harrow Foundation Directory of Events and Activities: SEND/Neurodiverse support / Projects for young people 12-25 yrs, 27 High Street, Harrow on the Hill, HA1 3HT
- electricumbrella.org.uk
- include.org - The Include Choir
- www.saracenssportfoundation.org - our programmes for disability
- www.mamayouth.org.uk
Independence
- Community ConneX: support, care, learning disabilities, autism, advocacy
- Harrow Carers
Transport
- The AA: Disabled Driving Lessons
- The Autism Society: tips for travel
- Gov.uk A-Z list: Health Conditions and Driving
- Transport for London: tfl.gov.uk, 11-15 Zip Oyster photocards / National Railcard discounts
Managing money
- Barclays Bank: Accessibility and disability
- Citizens advice: Disability rights UK
- Citizens Advice: Managing affairs for someone else - Citizens Advice
- Family Funds: helping disabled children
- Gov.uk: Disability living allowance / Disabled student allowance / Direct payments
- Lloyds Bank: Accessibility and disability - Help and Support
- Making decisions on behalf of someone: deputyship, appointeeship and last power of attorney
- Scope: Managing money for someone else - Disability charity Scope UK
- Working Families: workingfamilies.org.uk, Email: advice@workingfamilies.org.uk
- Universal Credit: Citizen's Advice
- Universal Credit: Gov.UK
- Universal Credit: www.turn2us.org.uk, switching from other benefits to Universal Credit
Support services
- About Young Harrow Foundation
- Centre for ADHD and Autism support
- Citizens Advice: Free, confidential, impartial advice
- Conversation Café
- Harrow Carers
- Harrow Parent Carer Forum: 376-378 Pinner Road, HA2 6DZ
- Harrow Youth Stop: The Twenty One Building, 21 Pinner Rd, HA1 4ES, 020 8427 8617
- Kids Can achieve: Find Support & Activities
- SENDIAS: Information Advice and Support Service (Harrow SENDIAS), Cedars Hall, Harrow, HA3 6QT
- Special Needs Community: for disabled people, 38-40 High Street, Harrow, HA3 7AE, 020 8861 9920
- The Inclusion Project
Youth offenders support and guidance
Supported Internships and Employability
- DFN Project Search
- Shaw Trust: Shaw trust also known as Prospects - see their brochure
- West London Alliance
- West London Green Skills Hub: social care and Further Education pathways powered by WLA
- West London Works
- Café on the Common - www.missionemployable.co.uk
- Mencap Training Academy
Job boards and useful links to find jobs
Disability confident employers can be found here:
- Careers advice - job profiles, information and resources | National Careers Service
- Careers with Disabilities
- Disability Confident scheme
- Disability-friendly employers
- Disability Jobsite
- Evenbreak Job board for disabled people
- Finding work that suits your life and condition (Disability charity Scope UK)
- www.gatsby.org.uk - good career guidance
- Harrow CAMHS - Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- www.hestia.org - Harrow Cove
- Members Business Disability Forum
- National Careers Service
- West London Alliance - Improving outcomes for over 20 years
- Youth Futures Foundation - Our Tools
LGBTQ
Guidance documents
- Careers guidance and access for education and training providers
- Young people in low level vocational education: characteristics, trajectories and labour market outcomes
- Preparing for Adulthood: All Tools & Resources - NDTi
- Preparing For Adulthood
- Mental Capacity Act - Social care and support guide - NHS
- Recommendations | Transition from children’s to adults’ services for young people using health or social care services | Guidance | NICE
- Good Career Guidance | Education | Gatsby
Further education
Further education
- GOV.UK - Help if you're a student with a learning difficulty, health problem or disability: Disabled Students' Allowance
- Disability And Neurodiversity Support | Middlesex University