type of service
Norwood provides appropriate services primarily to disadvantaged Jewish children and their families, and children and adults with learning disabilities, so that they can achieve their personal goals in life. Wherever possible we include service users from the wider community.
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Address
Alternative Name Norwood Ravenswood
Address Broadway House
  80-82 The Broadway
  Stanmore
  Harrow
  Middx
  HA7 4HB
Phone 020 8954 4555
Email The contact email is info which is at the domain norwood.org.uk
Website www.norwood.org.uk  
main functions
Childrens Services: we run three family centres in Hackney, Barnet, Redbridge which offer a range of services including: toy libraries, mother & toddler groups, therapy rooms and counselling services. Our Social work teams support and provide preventative interventions to families who are experiencing social difficulties or are affected by disability. We offer educational support and professional support to children with learning or behavioural difficulties, their parents and schools. Services available to children include teaching support, educational psychology, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and art therapy. We provide respite care for children with disabilities. We also operate a fostering and adoptions service. Our adult services provide support for adults with learning disabilities in a range of settings including residential homes, supported housing, independent housing and domiciliary care. We also run a residential village (Ravenswood) in Berkshire where we offer residential accommodation to some 150 adults. Our focus throughout our adult services is to maximise opportunities for choice and independence for users to decide the kind of lifestyle they want with an emphasis on employment, improved leisure opportunities and skills development.
other activities
We are currently developing a dementia service for adults with learning disability.
Access
opening times - You can contact Norwood during office hours.
catchment area - Primarily London and the South East, but users come from across England.
age limit - All ages.
accessibility - wheelchair access , disabled toilets

referral - self-referral accepted, gp referral accepted, mental health worker referral accepted
background information on this organisation

With a history stretching back over two hundred years Norwood is the result of a merger of two major Jewish charities.

 

Norwood has cared for children since 1795, when a group of influential members of the Jewish community established the Jews’ Hospital and Asylum in Mile End, East London.

 

Developing from this was one of the largest and most respected childcare institutions in the Jewish community, the Jewish Orphanage at Norwood, South London. It provided residential care for large numbers of children from the 19th century until its closure in the 1960s.

 

During this time many smaller family units with house parents were set up across London. The organisation entered the world of social services and established Norwood Child Care. By 1996 a comprehensive range of services were offered including day care, residential homes, fieldwork and the Norwood Jewish Adoption Society.

 

In 1996 the organisation merged with Ravenswood and a village, accommodating adults with learning disabilities, was added.

 

The modern day Norwood believes that regardless of disadvantage or disability, everyone should receive the support they need to reach their potential and enjoy life to the full.
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