The Early Years Coordination Team (EYCT) aims to give children aged 0-5 with complex special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) access to the right services and identify their needs before they start school. 

If a child needs support from 3 or more of these services, EYCT can help to coordinate their care. 

The team is made up of professionals across different support services including: 

  • community paediatrics 
  • Neuro Developmental Clinic 
  • the Early Years Inclusion Service which includes a SEND Early Years Keyworker and Early Years Area Special Educational Needs Coordinators 
  • educational psychologists 
  • music therapy 
  • paediatric occupational therapy 
  • paediatric physiotherapy 
  • speech and language therapy 
  • the Sensory Service Team 
  • the Support Team for Education in Primary and Secondary (STEPS) 
  • the Autism Spectrum Disorder Outreach Team 

Who can refer

Any professional can refer a child to EYCT if they: 

  • are under 5 years old and live in Royal Greenwich 
  • have complex health, developmental or learning difficulties 
  • are known to 2 or more services within the EYCT and requires additional services 
  • need a joint approach to their care 

If you are a health professional, you must send us a Section 23 notification if you think a child is likely to have SEND. 

Find out guidance for health professionals if you think a child may have SEND 

You can only refer a child if you are: 

  • an early years settings, including childminders  
  • a professional working with a child  
  • a voluntary service working with a child

Download the referral form

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A parent or carer must give their signed consent to the referral. The referral must include: 

  • details of all professionals involved 
  • all related reports 
  • a summary of the child’s current needs 
  • background information 
  • the parents’ or carers’ views 
  • relevant appendices 

We cannot accept the referral if you do not include enough relevant evidence. 

It can help to include information about how you’ve tried to support the child including: 

  • evidence of targeted short-term support over and above what is provided as part of universal services and as part of the setting’s general practice 

  • strategies to support the child and the outcome of this support 

  • reviewed and current targets 
  • reviewing reports from the early years setting and any other health services 
  • Early Years Foundation Stage tracking 
  • reviewing risk assessments 

You can post the referral form and any supporting information to the EYCT or email it to oxl-tr.childrenstherapies@nhs.net  

Contact the EYCT

Address: 

Early Years Co-ordination Team (EYCT) 
Single Point of Access Team 
Memorial Hospital Shooter’s Hill 
London SE18 3RG 

Telephone: 020 8294 3118