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Aiming High Short Breaks Parents Event Becky Powell Aiming High Project Manager 11 th June 2009

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Aiming High Short Breaks Parents Event Becky Powell Aiming High Project Manager 11 th June 2009. Aiming High for Disabled Children. The Aiming High for Disabled Children (AHDC) programme was launched in May 2007, and aims to improve the lives of disabled children and their families. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Aiming High Short Breaks  Parents Event Becky Powell  Aiming High Project Manager

Aiming High Short Breaks

Parents Event

Becky Powell

Aiming High Project Manager

11th June 2009

Page 2: Aiming High Short Breaks  Parents Event Becky Powell  Aiming High Project Manager

Aiming High for Disabled Children

The Aiming High for Disabled Children (AHDC) programme was launched in May 2007, and aims to improve the lives of disabled children and their families.

The primary focus is on SHORT BREAKS

Although there are other work streams:

Childcare (10 pilot sites)

Transition support

Palliative care

Page 3: Aiming High Short Breaks  Parents Event Becky Powell  Aiming High Project Manager

What is a short break?

Short breaks are activities that the child or young person …

has fun doing, that helps them develop friendships that allows them to try new things

Short breaks also benefit parents and carers by…

giving them a break from caring giving them time to spend with other children and family

Page 4: Aiming High Short Breaks  Parents Event Becky Powell  Aiming High Project Manager

So what options are there currently and what do families want?

Family LinkYouth clubsBefrienders

After school clubsCrofters

White Lodge/ TreetopsContinuing care teamBarnardo’s Spectrum

Direct paymentsCrossroads

Tadworth CourtWarren Park

Range holiday schemesChild minding

Overnights at schoolPlus more

All the existing and more…

Specialist ASD serviceMore school holiday scheme placesJoint activities with siblingsDisability information serviceFlexible support in the homeFun group overnight breaksRange of Individual breaksAccessible mainstream activitiesSupported family holidays

Page 5: Aiming High Short Breaks  Parents Event Becky Powell  Aiming High Project Manager

Aiming High Short Breaks Funding

In the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

Funding from Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) for Short Breaks in 2008-11.

Revenue funding is £782,600 (£40,000, £175,700, £566,900)

Capital funding is £294,700. (£0, £88,400, £206,300)

The PCT allocation

Revenue funding £40,000, year 1, Years 2 & 3 are to be agreed

Page 6: Aiming High Short Breaks  Parents Event Becky Powell  Aiming High Project Manager

Scope of Aiming High short breaks development?

Appropriate and timely information

Appropriate and proportional assessment

Fair and clear allocation of the

funding and resources

Specific focus on some groups

Parent and carer participation

Work force development

Increased quality, choice and capacity

Transparent and equitable eligibility

and funding decisionsMonitoring

And feedback

Page 7: Aiming High Short Breaks  Parents Event Becky Powell  Aiming High Project Manager

These are the services we are planning to develop

The commissioning of a specialist ASD service to include group sessions and individual support in the home.

Additional places for disabled children in school holiday schemes to give families confidence that they will be supported during this time.

A specific disability information service.

Additional funding for Crofters to extend their activities to more children and further support existing children.

A ‘core offer’ for all children on the disability register which is likely to be support to access the equivilent of an afterschool club a month.

Page 8: Aiming High Short Breaks  Parents Event Becky Powell  Aiming High Project Manager

These are the services we are planning to develop

An individual outreach service into the home for parents and children to be better supported to work towards accessing opportunities in the community.

Additional overnight provision especially for young people on the Autistic Spectrum and young people in transition.

The increase of availability of specialist health training through the recruitment of a nurse trainer

Creation of a user led short break panel to discuss applications for funds for small groups and individuals. (up to £500)

Page 9: Aiming High Short Breaks  Parents Event Becky Powell  Aiming High Project Manager

What do we want to achieve through this programme?

We want short breaks to…

be available and easy to access

improve the quality of life for families

not only be offered to families in crisis or experiencing difficulties

be as much a break for the child as the parent

be a mix of specialist and mainstream options

Be appropriate to each family

Page 10: Aiming High Short Breaks  Parents Event Becky Powell  Aiming High Project Manager

Disabled information Services offering advice, information, signposting and direct booking of services. Support for families to apply to be on the Disability Register.

If the support option identified requires individual funding compete CAF and forward to lead professional as agreed by parent

Data manager engage with family to gather information

to establish registerability

Data manager return register information to

DCT panel 2 for decision

DCT complete IA or CoreLead professional recommends core offer to panel 1 chaired by Aiming High Project Manager

Agree options (subject to registration),

and review process

Recommendation for registration and for services presented to

Panel 2 chaired by DCT manager

Agree options, identify core offer and review process

Recommendations presented to joint funding panel chaired by PCT children commissioner

Agree options, identify core offer and review process

Draft Aiming High referrals flow for identifying eligibility and core offer

Lead professionals include SENCOs, specialist health visitor, early years team, portage, Youth service, voluntary organisation

Page 11: Aiming High Short Breaks  Parents Event Becky Powell  Aiming High Project Manager

   

Approximate Budget

Name Description Target group Yr 2 Yr 3

Project Manager Staff employed to oversee the project (Budget includes ½ PCT funding)

  55,000 58,000

Disability information service

Specific information service for disabled children and their families. Helping families get all their entitlements, register for disability register and information and support to access services including short break services.

All families of disabled children and disabled young people themselves

25,000 60,000

Core offer Development of clear information. Clear searchable web-based information available to all families including children with disabilities. All families with children eligible to be on the disability register will be supported to find and access an afterschool or weekend activity once a month.

All eligible to be on the disability register

8,000 60,000

DCT reorganisation Costs of additional staffing and support across the team to deliver AH targets

Children eligible for DCT 26,600 28,100

Support to mainstream organisations

Advice information and first hand support to learn how best to support disabled children accessing and wanting to access their services

All disabled children 4,000 28,800

ASD befriending service

Specialist service affiliated to NAS recruiting volunteer befrienders to link with ASD children across the spectrum.

All ASD children but focus on higher functioning children

5,000 10,000

ASD Individual/ Outreach service (from the home)

Support to families through contact in the home building up relationships and progressing to support to access activities and the community

ASD children in groups 2 and 3

9,000 40,000

Individual/ outreach service (from the home)

Support to families through contact in the home building up relationships and progressing to support to access activities and the community

Groups 2 and 3 children 10,000 60,000

Page 12: Aiming High Short Breaks  Parents Event Becky Powell  Aiming High Project Manager

Additional overnight options

Working with local providers to identify and purchase additional placements overnight for children and families who would benefit but may not have had the opportunity to access overnight support before.

Group 2 and 3 children 10,000 20,000

Nurse trainer Subject to PCT funding this post will help train staff and parents in medical interventions that allow children with more complex needs to be involved in the activities other children take for granted.

All staff 0 45,000

Additional holiday provision

Range of additional holiday provision for disabled children All eligible to be on the disability register

5,000 50,000

YP led Small grants panel

Using youth service model have a small grants panel for children and young people and small voluntary organisations to apply to. The panel will be made up of young people who are support by a voluntary organisation in their panel role.

All eligible to be on the disability register

5,000 10,000

Family breaks (subsidised)

Group family holidays facilitated through AH funding to help support the young people and their family opportunity to spend quality time together.

Children eligible for disability register and lead professionals recommend would benefit

0 18,000

Crofters activities Development of additional activities for children that excite them, challenge them allow them to make friends and their parents have a break. Some of their activities to include overnights, support for specific groups and activities with siblings.

Children eligible for DCT (under review)

35,000 65,000

Early years activities and childminding project (pre 5)

Creation of additional activities and supports for families in children’s centres and other settings.

All disabled children 0 25,000

Play specialist support

Play specialist support and training to existing services to improve quality of support

All disabled children 0 8,000

Recruitment and training

Robust recruitment strategy and training programme for additional sessional workers, befrienders and family link. Training for existing staff and organisations.

  5,600 10,000

    Total 203,200 595,900

Page 13: Aiming High Short Breaks  Parents Event Becky Powell  Aiming High Project Manager

Next steps for the programme

Agreed workforce development plan

Finalisation of Aiming High delivery plan (agreement of cabinet)

Create and promote calendar of parent, carers, children and young people’s events

Commissioning services

Monitoring and measuring outcomes

Page 14: Aiming High Short Breaks  Parents Event Becky Powell  Aiming High Project Manager

Thank you

Any further questions?

Becky PowellAiming High Project Manager

 Children's Services & Culture

London Borough of Richmond upon ThamesCroft Centre, 16 Windham Rd, Kew, TW9 2HP

Tel: 020 8487 5363 Mobile: 07947 547296 Fax: 020 8744 1167