Information for children and young people

We will:

• help you understand what is going on if you need us to
• make sure that people hear and understand your views
• give you information and options
• attend meetings with you if it's what's needed
• put you in touch with other people who can help
• give you independent and impartial advice

We won't:

• make decisions for you
• tell you what to do
• pass on what you tell us if you don't want us to (if you tell us something which makes us think you are at risk we may need to talk to someone else about that)

We can help you if you're in school, further education or training. We can't help higher eduction students.

You can contact us by email ias.service@derbyshire.gov.uk or tel: 01629 533668

Our advice line is open from 9.30am to 3pm on Monday to Friday. At other times you can email or leave a phone message and we'll get back to you.

Our service is free and confidential.

It's usually best to talk to your parents or carers before you talk to us − but you don't have to.

Other people you can talk to

Derbyshire Children's Rights Service (advocacy service) is an impartial advice and support service for young people, up to the age of 25, including the provision of independent advocates to support young people in having a say in their future.

email: childrens.rights@derbyshire.gov.uk or tel: 01629 532029.

You can also find a list of other organisations who can help with a range of different issues in the other websites section.