Child and Family Centres provide group care and pre-school education for children up to five years old as well as support to families with children up to eight years old. This is provided through group care, individual 1:1 work and outreach services.
- They provide a healthy stimulating environment where children are encouraged to achieve their full potential.
- They work in partnership with parents/carers to provide their children with the best start in life.
- They enable families to recognise their strengths and develop methods for coping with difficulties.
- They offer equal opportunities to everyone while respecting and valuing differences.
- They respond to the needs of the local community in relation to supporting families to access community groups and other work with health and voluntary sector.
Eligibility criteria
Criteria and circumstances – child
- Child’s name on Child Protection Register
- Child protection concerns
- Child on supervision (looked after)
- Additional support needs
- Developmental delay
- Challenging behaviour
- Communication and language difficulties
- Homelessness
- Attachment/separation/loss
- Accommodated child
- Other
Criteria and circumstances – parent/carer
- Physical health
- Physical disability
- Learning difficulties
- Mental health issues
- Emotional stress
- Bonding difficulties
- Social isolation
- Parenting skills
- Post-natal stress
- Substance misuse
- Alcohol abuse
- Relationship difficulties
- Housing difficulties/homelessness
- Financial stress
- Lone parent
- Other
Priority ratings for admissions
- Family situation indicates child protection intervention is required to safeguard child and possibly prevent the child being accommodated
- Family requires support to meet their child’s emotional needs and/or physical care
- Child requires specialist services to promote their development
- Child and family require a period of respite from stress
Contact
Initial enquiries should be made through Social Care Direct on 0131 200 2327 (from 31st March) or by contacting the Child and Family Centres directly:
Craigmillar Child and Family Centre
6 Craigmillar Castle Gardens, Edinburgh, EH16 4BR
Tel: 0131 661 3126, Fax: 0131 652 0723
Neighbourhood: East
Gilmerton Child and Family Centre
66 Gilmerton Dykes Street, EH17 8PL
Tel: 0131 664 1202, Fax: 0131 672 3152
Neighbourhood: South
Granton Child and Family Centre
10 Wardieburn Road, Edinburgh, EH5 1LY
Tel: 0131 552 4808, Fax: 0131 552 8615
Neighbourhood: North
Greendykes Child and Family Centre
205 Craigmillar Castle Avenue, Edinburgh, EH16 4DZ
Tel: 0131 661 3109, Fax: 0131 652 0730
Neighbourhood: East
Hailesland Child and Family Centre
23 Hailesland Place, Edinburgh, EH14 2SL
Tel: 0131 442 2163, Fax: 0131 453 2576
Neighbourhood: South West
Pilrig Child and Family Centre
102 Pilrig Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5AY
Tel: 0131 554 3040, Fax: 0131 553 3559
Neighbourhood: North
Queensferry Early Years Centre
c/o Queensferry Primary School, Burgess Road, South Queensferry, EH30 9NX
Tel: 0131 331 3594, Fax: 0131 331 4106
Sighthill Child and Family Centre
12 Calder Gardens, Edinburgh, EH11 4JD
Tel: 0131 442 2018, Fax: 0131 442 3404
Neighbourhood: South West
Stenhouse Child and Family Centre
43 Fords Road, Edinburgh, EH11 3HS
Tel: 0131 443 1207, Fax: 0131 443 9730
Neighbourhood: West
Victoria Park Child and Family Centre
159 Newhaven Road, Edinburgh, EH6 4QA
Tel: 0131 554 4077, Fax: 0131 555 3630
Neighbourhood: North
Viewforth Child and Family Centre
18 Viewforth Terrace, EH10 4AD
Tel: 0131 229 6667, Fax: 0131 229 1434
Neighbourhood: South
West Pilton Child and Family Centre
33 Ferry Road Drive, Edinburgh, EH4 4DB
Tel: 0131 332 3855
Neighbourhood: North
