Short breaks service statement

Purpose of statement:

We are required to publish a short breaks service statement to provide information about what our short breaks programme offers. The statement covers the whole range of short breaks, from daytime activities like playschemes to more targeted support accessed via social work teams, including overnight short breaks. The statement is intended to help parents and carers of children and young people with disabilities and additional needs, to find out what is available to them in Hampshire and how to access services.

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How has this short breaks service statement been prepared?

We have worked very closely with Hampshire parents and carers to produce this short breaks service statement.

A task group was set up to review and rewrite the 2011 short breaks service statement.

The task group was asked to prepare a new statement  2 MB that parents could use to quickly and easily find out about the range of services that are available to meet their child’s individual needs and how to access them. This group consisted of representatives from the County Council as well as parent and carer representatives from Parent Voice and Hampshire Parent/Carer Network.

The existing statement was evaluated and areas for improvement were identified. The task group also reviewed statements from other local authorities to see what parents liked and did not like, so that we could use the best ideas to help develop this statement  2 MB.

The task group worked collaboratively to write the statement  2 MB, with the majority of the text being written by parents and carers to ensure that it was written in a style and tone that other parents and carers could easily understand, and to ensure that it included all of the information that parents and carers would need to know.

Contact us:

To find out more about short breaks service statement or if you would prefer a printed copy of the document, please, email shortbreaks@hants.gov.uk or call 01962 846399.