Sensory Team
Service details
Who we are:
The Sensory Team is based within Hackney’s Adult Social Care Services and is for people who are:
- visually impaired
- deaf or hard of hearing
- both of the above
Children and young people who are visually impaired, deaf or hard of hearing will receive support from the Inclusion and Specialist Support Team at Hackney Learning Trust
What we do:
The service aims to give practical information and advice about the registration process and about help, support or services available locally and nationally.
Hackney Sensory Team holds and maintains the Sensory Impairment Registers of Sight Impaired (Partially Sighted) or Severely Sight Impaired (Blind) people who are living in Hackney..
In order to be registered as sight impaired, children and young people needs to visit a Consultant Ophthalmologist (an eye specialist) who will conduct an eye test and complete a Certificate of Vision Impairment (CVI). Referrals to The Sensory Team can be accepted on the receipt of a CVI.
The Sensory Team provides specialist equipment to aid mobility, communication & daily living in response to assessed needs.
We run a drop-in clinic every Thursday 10am – 12noon. Please ask at reception at the Hackney Service Centre for room G.45
Hackney Sensory Team offer to visually impaired children and young people:
We ensure that children and young people are known to Hackney Learning Trust’s:
- Specialist Teacher for Visual Impairment
- Habilitation and Mobility Specialist - Darren Kail - Darren.Kail@learningtrust.co.uk
We provide general advice on:
- services,
- concessions / entitlement and
- signposting to sight loss organisations
Notes
Organisations and services that children and young people may be signposted to include:
guidedogs.org.uk
- Children’s and young people’s services
- Access technology and grants
- Buddy dogs for children
- Custom Eyes books
- Education support
- Family support
- Guide dogs for children and young people
- Movement matters
- Recreational activities
- Children and young people services and Habilitation Support
Royal Society for Blind Children
- Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) - Employability Programme
- Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) - Youth Choir
- Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) - Hackney Advice Service
- Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) - Family Support Service
VICTA
RNIB
Find out more: Visual Impairment – guide to services
SEND Local Offer
- Local Offer Age Bands
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Early Years and Pregnancy 0-4
Primary 4 -10
Secondary 11-14
Preparing for Adulthood 14-18
Young Adults 18 - 25 - SEN Provision Type
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- Targeted
- Specialist
Who to contact
- Telephone
- 0208 356 6262 - Access and Information Team 0208 356 6262 - Access and Information Team
- sensory.team@hackney.gov.uk
Where to go
- Address
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Hackney Service Centre
1 Hillman Street
Hackney
London
- Postcode
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E8 1DY
View E8 1DY on a map - Venue Notes
Buses: 48, 55, 106, 253, 254, 236, 276, 394
Tube: Bethnal Green
Train: Hackney Central, Hackney Downs
Parking: Pay & Display, disabled parking
Time / Date Details
- Time of day
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- Morning
- Afternoon
- Session Information
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Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm
The Sensory Team holds a drop-in clinic every Thursday 10am – 12noon
Please ask at reception for room G.45
Other details
- Referral required?
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Yes
- Referral Details
Via Hackney Ark Resource Centre for children’s sensory referrals
- What to do if you have a complaint
If you have any feedback about the service you received – something you like or are not happy with; then do talk about it with the worker or manager in the service, so that they can look at how they deliver their service.
If you have a situation that you are still not happy about then you can raise it formally as part of the London Borough of Hackney complaints procedure; click here for more information.
- Can parents & young people buy this service as part of their SEND personal budget?
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Yes
Costs
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- Free
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