Improving Services for Disabled Children & Young People in Wiltshire

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WHAT ARE SHORT BREAKS?
 
Short breaks provide opportunities for children and young people with disabilities to spend time away from their primary carers.
 
This can include day, evening, overnight, weekend or holiday activities that take place in the child or young person's home, the home of an approved carer or a residential or community setting (Saturday club, for example).
 
Short breaks range from supporting children and young people with disabilities to access universal services (for example at leisures centres) through to providing specialist services at a local and regional level.
 
Provision of short breaks should be based on an assessment of the whole family addressing both their personal and social needs.  

 

Click here to find out about different types of short breaks available in Wiltshire

What is Wiltshire Council to improve Short Break Services?

 

Wiltshire Council is committed to working with parents, carers, children and young people to improve short breaks, or leisure opportunities in Wiltshire for children and young people aged 0-18yrs.

  

Since November 2008 parents and carers have been working with professionals from the local authority and other agencies to design better short breaks and to increase the range of short breaks available; this is called 'participation'.   

 

A range of consultation sessions, focusing on short breaks have been conducted over the years, including online surveys, giving parents and carers an opportunity to share their views and opinions. 

 

In the first instance, parent carer feedback was fundamental in ensuring short breaks were transformed to better meet the needs of their children and families.  Since the transformation and the introduction of the Wiltshire Short Breaks Local Offer, we regularly consult with parents and carers to make sure short breaks available, continue to meet their needs.

 

 

May and June 2011 : Consultation re Short Breaks Statement