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IDEA CONFERENCE

IDEA CONFERENCE. SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH AIMING HIGH FOR DISABLED CHILDREN Steve Fletcher Strategic Manager, Disabled Children Sunderland City Council 12 th March 2010. A TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME. Transforming services for disabled children and their families

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  1. IDEA CONFERENCE SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH AIMING HIGH FOR DISABLED CHILDREN Steve Fletcher Strategic Manager, Disabled Children Sunderland City Council 12th March 2010

  2. A TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME • Transforming services for disabled children and their families • Increasing provision of, and choice in short break services • Information and transparency for families • Integrated assessments • Involvement of disabled children and young people and their parents and carers in decision making

  3. INCREASING SHORT BREAKS • Day, evening, overnight and weekend leisure activities that give disabled children the opportunity to enjoy their free time, build self-esteem and develop personally and at the same time give parents/carers a break from caring • Short breaks can take place in the child’s own home, the home of an approved carer, or in a residential or community setting • Short breaks can be organised for groups of children or on an individual basis

  4. PRIORITY GROUPS 1. Children and young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (who have severe learning disabilities or have behaviour which is challenging) and/or those with challenging behaviour as a result of their disability 2. Children and young people with complex health needs including life limiting conditions and/or those who require palliative care, and/or those with a physical disability who have moving and assisting needs or require specialist adaptations or equipment

  5. SUNDERLAND PATHFINDER BID • Sunderland City Council successfully bid to be a pathfinder authority within the programme • This will run from 1 April 2008 until 31 March 2011 • £2.2 million revenue funding and £491,000 capital funding The revenue funding is : • 2008-09- £292,900 • 2009-10- £944,700 • 2010-11- £944,700

  6. NEEDS ANALYSIS • Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People (2005) suggests 7% of all children in the UK are disabled • There are 68,300 children aged 0-18 in Sunderland, of whom approximately 4781 will be disabled • 1% of all children are likely to be severely disabled • This amounts to approximately 683 children in Sunderland. In March 2008 about 300 known and receiving services. In March 2010, 606 known of whom over 400 receiving services

  7. SUNDERLAND PRIORITY OUTCOMES • Disabled children and young people are safeguarded • Disabled children and young people are developing their interests, skills and friendships, becoming more confident, with raised expectations and self esteem • Families living under less stress able to include their disabled child more fully and having the opportunity to have breaks from caring • Reduced risk of family breakdown

  8. HOW WE DELIVER • Participation by children, young people and their parents • Joint Board within Children’s Trust involving key partners • Designated service for disabled children including all safeguarding roles

  9. WHAT WE ARE DOING – core offer • Expanding group based activities through youth clubs and newly commissioned services Up from 64 children accessing 6,225 hours in 2007/8 to 263 children accessing 16,753 hours in 2009/10 • Expanding individual support to access leisure opportunities • Making play facilities fully inclusive through play pathfinder • Improved information to families and professionals • Outreach work to help families access activities. 70 children accessing 369 hours in 2009/10 • Workforce development

  10. WHAT WE ARE DOING – specialist services • Specialist social work team • Overnight short breaks through foster care workers and more foster carers • Extension to residential short break unit • Direct payments • Quest

  11. Family based overnight • Recruited an additional short break foster care worker • Provided each foster care worker with a car • Adapting property of one foster care worker • Recruiting additional foster carers - currently 16 • Starting to provide additional day care

  12. Residential overnight Sea View Road extension to provide day care and improve overnights • Currently 63 children accessing 1434 nights per year Other overnights youth provision etc • Currently 58 children accessing 313 nights a year

  13. Direct payments

  14. Quest • For children with severe learning disabilities who present a severe challenge to services • Joint between NTW NHS Trust and Children’s services • Comprising psychologist, psychological therapist and social care staff • 6 week community assessment and network meeting • Long term interventions

  15. Quest

  16. THE OUTCOMES • In 2000 we had 5 children’s homes for 14 children and 3 in external placements • In 2010 we have a total of 5 in residential placements - 2 jointly funded with health • In 2010 we have 12 in foster care - most with high level care needs • All children are placed in the North East • Surveys of users indicate high levels of satisfaction

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