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Aiming High for Disabled Children (AHDC)

Transforming Services for Disabled Children

and their Families

LIVERPOOL

Senior Responsible Officer: Colette O’Brien

Programme Manager: Anne-Marie Carney

National Perspective

Vision

For families with disabled children to have the support they need to live ordinary family lives as a matter of course.

Short Breaks Vision

To improve outcomes for disabled children and their families through the transformation of short breaks services – in terms of quality, quantity and range of provision.

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How?

Investment of £770 million to transform short breaks services:

• £340 million to Local Authorities

• £340 million to PCT baselines

• £90 million capital investment

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Why?

• The evidence for short breaks is clear.

• Children and young people with the greatest need seem unable to access services.

• Investment creates a platform for step change in capacity, range and quality of short break services.

• Short break services will be set on statutory footing with Children and Young Person’s Bill 2011.

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What is a short break?

• Can last from an hour to a few days or longer – needs led.

• Includes day, evening, overnight and weekend activities in the child or young person’s home, the home of an approved carer, a residential or community setting.

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Listening to Children, Young People and Parents/Carers

• Children and young people tell us they want to be included in fun activities, in child/young person friendly environments where they are respected and listened to.

• Parents/Carers tell us they want breaks from caring where they feel that their child is able to enjoy and is safe.

• Families tell us they want to access short breaks together as a whole family sometimes.

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Selection of comments from children who attended AHDC Family day

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The story so far…in Liverpool

• Consultation process with disabled children/young people and parents/carers

• Creative bidding process

• Sitting service development

• Support for children with more complex needs

• Partner families

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What are the top 5 favourite activities that you like to do outside the house?

Shopping6%

Sports35%Days Out

11% Food & Drink5%

Groups2%

Holidays5%

Misc7%

Misc General Gamesboard etc

2%

Being withFriends/family

6%

Game Consolse'sDVD

4%

Culture/ConcertsThertre/

3%

Cinema6%

& Music /Drama/artscrafts

8%

Is there anything you like doing that you would like to do more of?

Groups6%

Misc General Gamesboard etc

0%

Shopping6%

& Music /Drama/artscrafts12%

Days Out6%

Culture/ConcertsThertre/

0%

Being w ithFriends/family

0%

Game ConsolseDVD 0%

Misc12%

Holidays0%

Food & Drink0%

Sports56%

Cinema2%

What do you think about the activities and clubs you go to now?

Top Activities / Clubs 1 – 5Top Activities / Clubs 1 – 5

1st. Holidays 37% (say they like this best)

2nd. Overnight Staysor Residential 28%

3rd. PM After school 23% (e.g. extended school clubs)

4th. What else? 8%(e.g Friendship groups, Fusion, School Trips, Toy Library & Gym)

5th. AM Before school 4%(e.g. breakfast club)

What activities have you never done that you would like to try?

• Boxing

• Bungee Jumping

• Darts

• DJ-ing

• Music or Dance classes

• Fishing

• Go to Graceland

• Going Bowling

• Horse Riding

• Ice Skating

• Jumping out of a helicopter on a skateboard

• Jumping out of an aeroplane

• Learn to ride a 2 wheel bike

• Paint Balling

• Parachuting

• Perform on stage

• Roller Stake

• Shooting Target Gallery

• Ski-ing

• Sky Diving

• Swimming

• Theatre/Musicals

• Trampoline

• Walking

• Water Ski-ing

• Water Sports

Have you ever been on a residential or slept away from home?

Who was it with?• School / Fusion / Kids Connect / Prescot Drive / Calder

Kids / Family & Friends

Where did you go?• Colomendy / Barnstonedale / Centre Parks / Barton

Towers / Other

How long was it for?• Average = 2 Nights / Weekends / 5 Nights. Other =

Various

Who would you like to do activities with?

Friends 23%

Friends from school 21%

Family 18%

Support worker 11%

New people 13%

New friends 14%

Childcare

• Existing quality provision available – potential to increase demand

• Cost implications – charges not eligible for Childcare Tax Credits

• Training implications – inclusive practices need to be reviewed – not Equal Opportunities Training – outcomes not outputs

• Childcare support does not mean 1:1 !!

Childcare Cont.• Voluntary Register – supporting older children,

expansion of Fusion• Shadowing/mentoring scheme being

developed• Simplifying funding arrangements for childcare

costs (for non working parents)• Develop Inclusive Quality Assurance Standard• Fits within Childcare Sufficiency Assessment

Workforce Development

EffectiveEngagement

with Young People

Participationand

Person CentredThinking

EffectiveEngagementwith Parents

and Carers

Disability Equality

and Young People

Positive Inclusion

Workforce Development

• The Team Around the Child (TAC) College is a cross-agency initiative bringing together young people, parents, carers, disabled adults and service providers in a programme of shared learning.

• TAC College has developed over the past 3 years in the context of Liverpool Children’s and Young Persons Integrated Workforce Strategy and with reference to the Common Core Standards for the Children’s Workforce.

• Portfolio – Core Learning Offer

Contacts

AHDC Programme Liverpool

Programme Administrator

maria.ledson@liverpoolpct.nhs.uk

Programme Manager

anne-marie.carney@liverpoolpct.nhs.uk

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Any Questions?

• Challenges?

• Opportunities?

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