{"id":65687,"date":"2025-04-03T16:11:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/educationandfamilies\/child-family-support\/young-people\/health-and-wellbeing-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T12:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T11:02:11","slug":"advice-and-support-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/young-people\/advice-and-support-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Advice and support services"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"page-section clearfix has_background_image text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-685d28af9d750\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-10 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advice and support services<\/h1>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"page-section clearfix text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-685d28af9d7a2\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-12 large-12 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"multi-column-cards clearfix\" id=\"block_acf-block-685d28af9d870\" ><header class=\"content-header\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><h2 class=\"show-for-sr text-center\">Advice and support services<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"content-cards text-dark\"><ul class=\"grid-x small-up-12 medium-up-2 large-up-3 grid-margin-x\"><li class=\"cell content-outer col-1\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/young-people\/child-employment-and-entertainment\/\">Child employment and entertainment<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Advice for parents and employers on what they need to do before and once a child is employed to work.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-2\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/preparing-for-adult-life-ages-14-25-years\/\">Preparing for adulthood (SEND)<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Planning for the future and gaining independence is key for young people with SEND.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-3\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/skills\/post-16-learning-participation\/\">Post-16 Learning Participation Team<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Targeted careers support for young people in education, and young people age 16+ who are not in education, employment or training.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-4\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/young-people\/space\/\">Space<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Find out about the youth centres and services available to young people in Devon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-5\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ymcaexeter.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">YMCA Exeter<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>A wide range of support is available for young people from YMCA Exeter, including wellbeing and housing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-6\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/young-people\/youth-enquiry-service-yes\/\">Youth Enquiry Service (YES)<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Offering young people free and confidential advice and support.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-7\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngdevon.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Young Devon<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Young Devon is a young people\u2019s charity in the South West of England. Each year they work with over 2,000 young people, building quality relationships to help them thrive.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-8\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/young-people\/young-carers\/\">Young carers<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Support is available to people under 18 years old who provide care for another person.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-9\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"http:\/\/sidekick.actionforchildren.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Sidekick<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Sidekick is a confidential helpline for young carers in the UK. If you are looking after someone at home you can text them for support. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-10\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizensadvice.org.uk\/family\/children-and-young-people\/young-people-and-family\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Citizen&#039;s Advice<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Citizen&#8217;s Advice offers support on a huge range of issues. They&#8217;ve also created some information that might be useful for young people.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-11\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/young-people\/youth-justice-service\/\">Youth Justice Service<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Devon\u2019s Youth Justice Service works with young people that get into trouble with the law.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-12\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"http:\/\/y-smart.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Y-SMART<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Drug and alcohol prevention and treatment service for young people in Devon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-13\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/young-people\/advice-and-support-services\/bridges\/\">Bridges<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Bridges is a collaborative service that aims to safely prevent and reduce the number of children and young people entering care in Devon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-14\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/young-people\/links\/\">Links<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>The Links service works to reduce risk and harm to children and young people outside of the home.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"section-bottom-arrow section-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":426,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-landing.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-65687","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-12 20:34:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65687"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69556,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65687\/revisions\/69556"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}