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- Efficient, high quality services provided in an equitable way.
- Dynamic and flexible services able to meet changing needs
- Multi-agency, transparent and structured pathway to improve and simplify access to services
- Equal opportunity for access to universal services and facilities Wider continuum of short breaks services
“If you want to know how well a pair of shoes fit you ask the person wearing them not the person who made them” (Anon)
Torbay are committed to ensuring that children and young people with disabilities, their families and/or carers are central to planning and shaping services in Torbay.
Torbay have commissioned an external provider to host and facilitate the Parent Participation Forum.
If you wish to be part of this exciting forum and ensure you are at the heart of the participation process, please contact the Children's Disability Team and your details will be forwarded to the organiser.
Short Breaks are:
- One or more sessions of care or support that enables disabled or vulnerable children to spend time away from the person(s) who provide them with regular and substantial care, which is beneficial for the child and carers.
- This includes provision of short provision of short periods of day, evening and weekend activities as well as overnight stays
- Such breaks can be provided in the child’s home or another setting
- No break should exceed one month of continuous care
Torbay is looking at how to transform short breaks for disabled children and young people over the next 3 years.
Short Breaks Services Statement
The Short Breaks Services Statement (see Related Documents) is for families living in Torbay who have a disabled child aged 0 to 18 years. The statement has been published so that children and young people together with their parents/carers and families can find out what short breaks are available in Torbay and how they can access them, as well as how to find out other useful information.
Newsletters
Regular newsletters are available (see Related Documents). Please contact the Children's Disability Team for further information or updates.
This is a national set of expectations around information, transparency, participation, assessment and feedback – these will help shape local services. See external links for further information.
Related Documents
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Short Breaks Services Statement
Information about what short breaks are available in Torbay and how they can access them, as well as how to find out other useful information.
Last updated: 05/10/2011, 9:38am (633 KB) -
Aiming High: Issue 5
Spring 2011 short breaks and parent participation newsletter for the Aiming High for disabled children programme in Torbay.
Last updated: 27/06/2011, 2:21pm (542 KB) -
Aiming High: Issue 4
Winter 2010 short breaks and parent participation newsletter for the Aiming High for disabled children programme in Torbay.
Last updated: 25/01/2011, 8:51am (295 KB) -
Aiming High: Issue 3
Summer 2010 short breaks and parent participation newsletter for the Aiming High for disabled children programme in Torbay.
Last updated: 17/08/2010, 11:21am (231 KB) -
Aiming High: Issue 2
March 2010 short breaks and parent participation newsletter for the Aiming High for disabled children programme in Torbay.
Last updated: 05/05/2010, 9:45am (236 KB) -
Aiming High: Issue 1
July 2009 short breaks and parent participation newsletter for the Aiming High for disabled children programme in Torbay.
Last updated: 05/05/2010, 9:43am (234 KB) -
Short Breaks Review
A review of the children’s short breaks services as part of torbay’s strategy for children with learning difficulties and disabilities.
Last updated: 23/10/2008, 12:52pm (244 KB) -
Children's Disability Strategy
This strategy sets out the vision for services for children with learning difficulties and disabilities: it outlines the national context and local picture. It identifies the values and principles that underpin the strategy, the outcomes it strives to achieve and the measures that will demonstrate success.
Last updated: 06/01/2009, 10:15am (389 KB) -
Short Breaks Equipment
Library Catalogue of Short Breaks Equipment available for hire
Last updated: 09/06/2011, 8:42am (548 KB)
Related Websites
- Amaze Brighton: Useful Factsheets
- Careers South West
- Every Child Matters: Aiming High for Disabled Children
- Every Child Matters: Short Breaks Guidance
- Every Disabled Child Matters
Contact Children's Integrated Services
- Tel: 01803 206280
- Email: infoahdc@torbay.gov.uk
- Fax: 01803 206274
Related Pages
- Information & Resource Directory
- Torbay Children's Disability Service
- Family Information Service
