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Aiming High for Disabled Children

Aiming High for Disabled Children. What is it? Number of Disabled Children Listening to parents What we heard What next? Jeremy Cripps Children’s Services. Aiming high for disabled children. 2009-2010: £317,400 for running costs plus £148,900 for buildings 2010-2011:

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Aiming High for Disabled Children

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  1. Aiming High for Disabled Children • What is it? • Number of Disabled Children • Listening to parents • What we heard • What next? Jeremy Cripps Children’s Services

  2. Aiming high for disabled children 2009-2010: • £317,400 for running costs plus £148,900 for buildings 2010-2011: • £1,023,900 for running costs plus £347,500 for buildings £1,176,460 in 2008-2009

  3. What can it be spent on? • Sitting • ‘Enablers’ to take children out • Training up sports and youth groups, after school and holiday schemes to accept disabled children more easily • More weekend and holiday playschemes especially for disabled children • Recruiting foster carers to look after certain disabled children overnight or for weekends • More residential places like Monksfield and Barndale

  4. How many disabled children? • 820 children on Disabled Children Database • 3% to 5.4% nationally (Government research) • 1970 to 3560 disabled children in Northumberland ?

  5. Talking to parents • 6 meetings during June and July • Network newsletter – letters, emails and phone calls • Views of 30 parents • All ages and disabilities • Meeting 13th October 2008 – 27 parents • Today’s meeting

  6. Priorities (1) • Playschemes during the long summer holiday. • Daytime activities at weekends. • Things for over 14s to do. • 'Family helpers' - someone who knows you and your child well and is prepared to babysit or take your child out or accompany your child to activities.

  7. Priorities (2) • Overnight breaks for children who are dependent upon technology or require night-time supervision, especially in urgent situations such as parent going into hospital. • Monksfield Oak Unit should have the same number of beds as Acorn Unit. • Transport to and from Barndale overnight care as part of the package.

  8. Some issues • At what age is it right for children to be away from home? • Specialist or everyday activities? • Morning and evening activities • Parental choice and need • Feeling 100% confident in the carer • Paying for care

  9. Some more issues . . . • Support for marriages • Do siblings need support? • Training in lifting, challenging behaviour and welfare rights • 3 good ideas

  10. Next steps • Mandate • More detailed data • What is possible? – discussions with existing and potential providers • Procurement • Sign some contracts by 31st March 2009

  11. Keeping you informed • Network newsletter (parents) • Parent Forums • Aiming High for Disabled Children newsletter Jeremy Cripps Phone: 01670 533878 Email: jcripps@northumberland.gov.uk

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