Oldham Short Breaks and Direct Payment Personal Budgets |
Introduction
Oldham Council are seeking the views of children and young people and parents and carers of children and young people with additional needs and disabilities about the local short breaks offer in Oldham. Sometimes families who have disabled children and/or health conditions benefit from a break from their caring responsibilities. Local authorities have duties to provide short break services and make clear how families can access these.
Taking a break from caring for your child is not an admission of failure or a way of saying you don't care. A break is an opportunity to recharge batteries, spend time with others or pursue a particular interest. Short breaks may also allow your child to have a change of scene, try different experiences, have fun and make friends. For more information about short breaks click here.
Taking a break from caring for your child is not an admission of failure or a way of saying you don't care. A break is an opportunity to recharge batteries, spend time with others or pursue a particular interest. Short breaks may also allow your child to have a change of scene, try different experiences, have fun and make friends. For more information about short breaks click here.
Oldham Council want to make sure that the provision they fund meets the needs of children and young people and families. The Council also want to hear your views on the direct payment part of personal budgets, your experiences of having one and using one. You can find more information about direct payments and personal budgets here. Information from this consultation, together with information about what children and young people already access, will inform what short breaks activities and provision Oldham Council fund in the future. Whilst services will remain the same in the main for the next 6 months, it is essential that you have an opportunity to have your say now in order to inform Oldham Council about your experiences and what you would expect to see in the newly commissioned short breaks offer from September 2017 onwards.
Action Together are undertaking this consultation on behalf of the Council, and are asking you to take this opportunity to share your views and opinions in a few simple questions so that your feedback can be used to inform Oldham Council about the types of services you think should be included in the Oldham short breaks offer. In turn this will help to shape Oldham Council’s process of funding short break provision and ensure it reflects what you think the needs of you and your family are.
All responses will be collated and presented to Oldham Council in a report in early May 2017, at which time the report will also be made available to parents, carers, children and young people via the Local Offer Website. We need to ensure that we have a good number of responses if the views, wishes and feelings of families are to be represented and considered in this process.
This is your opportunity to have your voice heard on short breaks and direct payment personal budgets, thanks for sharing your views with us. Please note that this survey closes at 5pm on Friday 21st April 2017.
Action Together are undertaking this consultation on behalf of the Council, and are asking you to take this opportunity to share your views and opinions in a few simple questions so that your feedback can be used to inform Oldham Council about the types of services you think should be included in the Oldham short breaks offer. In turn this will help to shape Oldham Council’s process of funding short break provision and ensure it reflects what you think the needs of you and your family are.
All responses will be collated and presented to Oldham Council in a report in early May 2017, at which time the report will also be made available to parents, carers, children and young people via the Local Offer Website. We need to ensure that we have a good number of responses if the views, wishes and feelings of families are to be represented and considered in this process.
This is your opportunity to have your voice heard on short breaks and direct payment personal budgets, thanks for sharing your views with us. Please note that this survey closes at 5pm on Friday 21st April 2017.