The Children's Services Team provides help and support to
children and young people with disabilities, and their families, up
to the age of 19 years. Our social workers offer advice on
practical help, benefits, day care, respite care, support groups
and referrals on to specialist services.
The Service also maintains a register of children and young
people with disabilities living in the City. The register is used
to plan and improve services for children and young people with
disabilities. Registration is entirely voluntary, for more
information about the Register
contact social services or telephone 020 7332 3621.
Living made easy for children
The Disabled
Living Foundation (DLF) service
'Living made easy for children' consists of
impartial advice and information for a parent/carer of a disabled
child or a healthcare professional. It provides clear, practical
advice on daily living equipment thus empowering individuals to
make an independent choice. The service is funded by the
Department for
Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).
Short Breaks
The City of London has a duty to provide sufficient provision to
meet the needs of all disabled children and young people and their
families, including the provision of short breaks services.
Local authorities are required to provide services designed to
give breaks for carers of disabled children. Regulations relating
to this duty, which came into force on 1 April 2011, require each
Local Authority to produce a Short Breaks Services Statement so
that families know what services are available, how these services
can be accessed, and how the range of services is designed to meet
the needs of families with disabled children in their area.
Short Breaks Statement and Directory of Services
The City of London has recently produced a Short Breaks
Strategy, which has been shaped by children, young people and
families and which sets out how we are going to transform our short
breaks provision.
A Statement and Directory of Services supports
the Short Breaks Strategy and provides a summary of the needs of
children, young people and families, sets out how we plan to
develop our short breaks provision and includes information on the
services currently available and how they can be accessed.
You can view both documents below:
Short Breaks
Strategy (PDF,1.30Mb)
Statement and Directory of Services
(PDF,1.33Mb)
Contact
For further information call 020 7332 3621
or email
social.services@cityoflondon.gov.uk