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  • Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans - Transition Guide

    Making the most of an annual review If you have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan, the annual reviews from Year 9 onwards must discuss preparing for adulthood. Preparing for Adulthood includes: getting ready for employment or other meaningful activity finding somewhere to live and getting good support friends, relationships and being part of a community achieving as healthy a life as possible How to prepare for an annual review You may start to think more about what you want to do when you finish your education. Your school or college will talk to you about transition… information about: support with finding a job adult social care services health housing …

  • Paying for adult social care Transition Guide

    Paying for adult social care - Transition Guide Paying for adult social care People over the age of 18 may have to pay towards the cost of any support they get from adult social care. The local authority will do a financial assessment. This is to check how much you can afford to pay towards you care and support. This assessment will only take account of your finances. I doesn't use income for any parent or other person in the household. To find out more click on the logo below. …

  • Personal budgets for social care

    Personal budgets for social care Direct payments for social care needs A direct payment is money that is given to you and your family by a public body (like the local authority) as an alternative to a service. You can then use this money to buy support for your child – for example, by employing a personal assistant. This can give you and your family more choice, flexibility and control over your support. Direct payments are not means-tested, and they do not affect your benefits. This page is about direct payments to support children’s social care needs . Eligibility Direct payments… payment.) To be eligible for direct payments, the child or young person must be eligible for support from children’s social care. If the local authority agrees that your child is eligible for support, you and your family have the right to receive some or all of this support through a direct payment…

  • Foster Care Short Break

    A short break with a foster carer offers disabled children and young people an overnight short break in a family home, some foster carers also provide some daytime care. Who can receive a foster carer short break? As the provision of Foster Care short breaks is highly regulated there is a strict… break? A qualified social worker must complete an assessment of need and create a plan prior to placement. The process for entry to a Foster Care short break is as follows: Contact your social worker if you have one. If you do not have a social worker then contact Children’s Disabilities Team… services become involved. How much service will I receive? One weekend a month for one or two nights is usually offered. Sometimes extra care in the holidays can be provided and a night in the week as well as a weekend.…

  • What are Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans?

    EHCPlan Links and documents An Education, Heath and Care (EHC) plan is a legal document. It describes a child or young person’s educational, health and social care needs. It sets out the specialist provision needed. This is to meet the child or young person's needs and achieve agreed long-term outcomes. The local authority issues them after an EHC needs assessment. Most children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) do not need an EHC plan. They can be supported through SEN Support . EHC plans are for a small minority of children and young people who need more support for their SEND. This is more than a mainstream school can normally provide through existing resources. This section tells you how to request an EHC needs assessment. It will tell you what happens at each stage. Watch the below video for more information. See our flowchart…

  • Getting a carer’s assessment for your parent/carer Transition Guide

    Getting a carer’s assessment for your parent/carer - Transition Guide If your parent/carer provides care or support to you and you are 18 or over, they can have a carer’s assessment. Sheffield Carer’s Centre do this. It gives them an opportunity to discuss the support your parent/carer might need to help care for you. The assessment looks at how caring affects your parent/carers life. They look at the physical, emotional and practical impacts. They see whether your parent/carers are able or willing to continue caring for you. A carer’s assessment is not about assessing how well they are caring for you. It is about supporting them as a carer and the impact their caring role has on them. It does not include direct support for a young person for things like a short break, respite or daytime activities. These can only be accessed through a Care and Support (Care Act) assessment…

  • Equipment, adaptations and Technology Enabled Care

    equipment, adaptation, TEC, telecare Downloads There are lots of different options when considering equipment and adaptations support. Equipment – small items from a simple grab stick to help you pick up things, to voice controlled devices to help prepare meals or get around. Adaptations – simple changes to your home like a rail to help support you in the shower, or a ramp to enter your home in a wheelchair, to bigger changes like installing a new downstairs bathroom. Technology Enabled Care – from an app on your phone that can remind you to take tablets, to monitoring systems… home so you can continue to live there. I want urgent help to continue to live independently . I want advice on equipment for my home . I want advice on equipment that can help me with a specific condition . I want advice on smart technology and gadgets (Technology Enabled Care) . I want…

  • Palliative and end of life care

    end-of-life, palliative-care, palliative Palliative care is help to support you if you have an illness or condition that cannot be cured and threatens your life. This is also known as a terminal illness or diagnosis. At the later stages the palliative care is also called end of life care, and often this includes support from a hospice. This care can help you to live as comfortably as possible by managing your pain and other distressing symptoms. It can include psychological, emotional and practical support for you and your family or carers. Support can also help you to deal…, friends and loved ones cope during this time and with bereavement. This page includes more information on: Help from the NHS . St Luke's - Sheffield's Hospice . Advanced care planning . Help with your finances . End of life care . Help with a specific illness or condition . Support…

  • Children's Continuing Care

    What is continuing care? Some children and young people (up to age 18), may have very complex health needs. These may be the result of: congenital conditions. These are conditions a person has from birth. long-term or life-limiting conditions disability after effects of serious illness or injury Children with such complex needs may need extra health support. This is extra to what is available from: GP practices hospitals the community This extra package of care is called Continuing Care. The South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) assesses children/young people. This is to see if they need a package of continuing care. The South Yorkshire ICB are responsible for arranging health services in South Yorkshire. Who is it for? Any child/young person up to their 18th birthday who has a complex health need may qualify. When a young person reaches 18…

  • 1018 - Light Peer Support and Steel City Dads Perinatal Peer Support awareness

    Light Peer Support and Steel City Dads Perinatal Peer Support awareness Session Aims: Raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of perinatal mental health illnesses. Referral pathways to Light Peer Support and Steel City Dads. Delivered jointly by Light and Steel City dads. Early Help Partnership Training Online …