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Short Breaks Provider Forum • Welcome • Please sign in on our register • Help yourself to coffee and tea (outside the hall) • Find a seat anywhere • Talk to other people! Welcome Short Breaks Providers Forum November 2014 • Plan for today & breaks • Learning & development workshops • Short breaks activities public consultation 9.30am - 3.30pm 26 November 2014 The Plaza, Havant 9.30am – 3.30pm 11 February 2015 Alton Maltings Centre • An intro to learning disability • An intro to communication and learning disability • An intro to autism • Conversations with Parents/Carers and general disability awareness • Practical Inclusion • Makaton – 2 hour taster, 1 day, 2 days Short breaks activities public consultation www.hants.gov.uk/disabled-childrenconsultation.htm 01962 846370 [email protected] Short breaks activities public consultation • Open until 12th December • Open to ALL – activity providers, parents/carers, children/young people, public and professionals YOUR VIEWS ARE IMPORTANT Short breaks activities public consultation • Additional work with children & young people with disabilities • Independent advocacy organisations • Spending time with various short breaks activities/groups, pupil forums Planning the consultation • Discussion with Hampshire Parent / Carer Network reps • Your feedback from the June Provider forum • Work with advocacy organisations • Children and Young People Select Committee • The Short Breaks Project team • Information about Gateway card holders and usage • Hampshire are proud of the Short Breaks programme, where we have all worked as partners to improve the opportunities available to disabled children, and the chance for families to take a break • Previous savings programmes have bypassed our programme but we cannot guarantee that this time Short breaks activities – the budget context • Proposed budget reduction is £1.85 million • Total Children with Disabilities budget is £19.7m for this year HCC or an external partner? • The service could continue to run ‘in-house’, or could be managed by someone else, like a voluntary organisation. Decision-making about grants • Involvement of local people in decisions about their services, and using their local knowledge • What is practical/workable/effective when less money is in budget? • How would your area fit into 2,4 or 8 grant panels? Children’s Access to Short breaks • Limit/Cap on the number of hours or sessions – how much & how to manage this? • Increase charges to parents? • Only offer short breaks to children aged between 5 and 18? Children’s Access to Short breaks • Family Self Assessment - a checklist with various factors, updated annually? • Only children eligible for the Disabled Children’s team (specialist social work service) can access breaks? • Money given to families as a direct payment The Community Buddy scheme For 7-19 year-olds to do a leisure activity they choose e.g. cinema, the park. • Should the Buddy scheme continue? • Who should manage it? • How would a limit of 3,6 or 9 hours per month work? • Should the age range change? Support For Individuals Supports inclusion for children 0-19 to join in mainstream activities – pays for disability-specific resources/training, or support person – e.g. dance class, Scouts/Brownies, helper in swimming lesson • Should Support for individuals continue? • Who should manage it? • Should support be time-limited, or have a maximum funding amount? Children and Young People Select Committee • Comprising County Councillors • Task and Finish Group • 9 Recommendations Timescales & future funding Councillor Decision Day – Wednesday 21st January HCC or a partner? • Large grants – shorter application time end of January to mid-February • Smaller grants – March onwards Please check www.hants.gov.uk/shortbreaks & read grant guidance notes, as these will change Thank you for coming Open until 12th December www.hants.gov.uk/disabled-children-consultation.htm