TACaccess

About

This is an independent service, which is not run by the NHS or WSCC.

This service is not checked by WSCC and including it on the Local Offer website does not mean that it is a recommended service.

Before using this service, we recommend you make your own checks. Your checks should include being happy that: the service will meet your needs; staff are properly qualified; policies are in place to keep everyone safe and you know how much the service will cost.

Use this guidance for advice about what to ask to help you make sure that children and young people are happy and protected in clubs, groups and activities. Find out more on our terms and disclaimer.

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TAC Access is a free-to-access UK-wide searchable directory specifically for qualified children and young people therapists. We provide a rigorous Safer Recruiting process, ensuring that all professionals are DBS checked. With NO agency fees, our service allows commissioners to budget for more support. We welcome free registrations from parents, carers, education, health, and social care settings.

What we do

• TAC Access was born from the belief that all children and young people have a basic human right to receive the specialist support that they need to succeed in life.
• Our mission is to enable direct links between commissioners and professionals, uniting the Team Around the Client in a timely manner.
• You can commission all of your support through TAC Access or add to your own in-house services to meet the needs of students and staff quickly.
• With no agency fees, your current budget goes further.
• Thorough annual SAFE RECRUITMENT checks completed by TAC Access on every registered Professional including insurance, membership of a professional body, verified qualifications, and enhanced DBS.

Age range

2-25

Wheelchair accessible

Yes

Free to use

Yes

Our users say

TAC Access is an exciting innovation with its beginnings in West Sussex but one which I believe has national significance in how counselling services are engaged and delivered to the education sector. Andrew Griffith - MP