How to access short breaks?

Universal short breaks can be accessed without an assessment. Providers of Targeted and Specialist Services may have their own criteria and/or carry out an assessment through home visit to ensure they are able to offer the best support. More specialist short breaks services generally require an assessment through the Children and Families Disability Team and/or Health's Children and Young People's Continuing Care

For more information about how to access short breaks please contact –

• Family Information Service and the Local Offer, telephone: (01482) 318 318
• Children and Families Disabilities Team, telephone: (01482) 715 155
• Children and Young People's Continuing Care through the Single Point of Access Team (for Community Children's Nursing Service, Continuing Care Team and Community Paediatricians), telephone: (01482) 221 261
• KIDS, telephone: (01482) 467 540