Aiming High for Disabled Children and Families
Aiming High for Disabled Children and their families is a three year national programme launched by the government earlier this year. The programme is designed to transform services for disabled children and their families.
In Staffordshire we want to ensure that we meet the requirements of the Aiming High Programme and continue to improve the services which we provide.
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Family Fun Days!
Staffordshire Aiming High Team and the Parent Partnership Service three different family fun days being held over the next few weeks!
The fun days are for families of disabled children to come along, take part in some activities and have some fun together. The events are also an opportunity to receive some feedback from parents and carers on how they feel the Aiming High programme is progressing in Staffordshire.
Click here for additional details on the events.
Aiming High Flyer (33kb)
Aiming High Flyer (2.35kb)
Please Note:
ALL FAMILY FUN EVENTS ARE NOW FULL
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A multi-agency Staffordshire Aiming High Project Board has been established to take forward work to meet the Full Service Offer and Core Offer (see below) by April 2011. The board includes representatives from Connexions Staffordshire, adult social care and health, children’s social care and education services, a special school headteacher, university hospital of north Staffordshire, early years, the parent commissioner and representation from the voluntary and community sector and both Staffordshire Primary Care Trusts.
The Aiming High Project Board ran four events in January and February 2009 where parents of disabled children came along chatted with each other and us about their current experiences and what they would like to see happen in Staffordshire. The summary of what was said at these events is now available:
Aiming High Consultation Events - Independent Report ( 1.53mb)
Aiming High for Disabled Children requires Primary Care Trusts and Local Authorities with other key partners to work together to deliver:
• A Core Offer to disabled children and families - a series of national expectations have been issued about information, transparency, participation, assessment and feedback. In Staffordshire we are looking at these expectations and standards to ensure if we are meeting them and if not how we can work together to fulfill the requirements.
• Responsive services and timely support - all professionals responsible for planning services for children, both locally and nationally, must focus on the services disabled children and young people need, particularly at key life stages such as the early years and in transition to adulthood.
• Full Service Offer - All Local Authorities must deliver a Full Service Offer for Short Term Breaks by April 2011. Developing the short break programme is aimed at increasing the types and opportunities offered by short breaks and enabling some of the most disabled children to access short break provision. Short term breaks are not limited to residential type provision but cover a range of activities and opportunities in the community, at home, approved carers homes, school and residential settings. A short term break strategy is being developed for April 2009 detailing how we will deliver the Full Service Offer in Staffordshire by April 2011.
In response to the requirements above and what parents, children and young people have told us, the Aiming High Board has produced a strategy and outline action plan for delivering Aiming High over the next two years.
It is intended that regular updates about progress on Aiming High will be issued via this website and the Staffordshire Parent Partnership Newsletter 'Parents in the Know'.
Information on the national programme can be found at www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/AHDC
Useful LinksEarly Support Link
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/healthandwellbeing/ahdc/earlysupport/home/
There will be further opportunities for parents of disabled children to get involved in the development of Aiming High, in the interim if you require further information, want to register an interest in being contacted about Aiming High, or want to make any comments please contact aiminghigh@staffordshire.gov.uk
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29/01/2010 08:36:32
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