What support is available?
Rotherham Council’s Post Special Guardianship Order (SGO) Service provides support, advice and assistance for children and families who need help with matters around Special Guardianship Orders.
Special Guardians and their families are entitled to an assessment of need and may be able to access a range of support services including:
- The support of a qualified and experienced social worker
- Advice and support in addressing problems at school
- Support with contact issues: managing, maintaining, and reviewing contact
- Strategies for dealing with challenging behaviour
- Advice on sharing your child’s life history
- Referrals to other agencies
- Access to relevant training programmes
- Help to access therapeutic services if appropriate
- Access to our monthly support groups and coffee mornings
- Access to our online Facebook SGO community