Overview
The Whole Life Disability Teams provide specialist social care services for disabled children which include:
Sign posting, advice, information and assessment of Disabled Children who have a Permanent and Substantial Disability (Children's Act 1989);
Parent Carers assessments of parents whose children are likely to need specialist services;
Specialist Occupational Therapy assessments of children in need of aids and adaptations;
Arranging statutory Short breaks provision;
Arranging other services outlined in the chronically sick and disabled Persons Act;
Undertaking Child protection enquiries in relation to children who have severe and complex disabilities; (see paragraph 4);
Meeting statutory requirements in relation to severely Disabled Children Looked After including those for whom adoption is required.
The criteria are that the child must:
Be aged 0 - 18 (19 if still attending special school);
Have a permanent and substantial disability (diagnosed/identified by a doctor or consultant) and;
Whose needs cannot be met through universal or targeted services as evidenced in the CAF/EHC/TAC/Early Help Assessment/Priority Family Assessment.