GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for Northern Ireland
Publisher:
Stationery Office
Publication year:
1996
Pagination:
70p.
Place of publication:
Belfast
The Regulations made under the Children Order include permissions and restrictions as to what may or may not be done and also requirements on what must be done. As with the Children Order itself, the Regulations carry the full weight of the law. The guidance issued under the Children Order is not law, but rather what the Department considers to be good practice. This covers: assessment; joint working; parenting; families; social care provision.
The Regulations made under the Children Order include permissions and restrictions as to what may or may not be done and also requirements on what must be done. As with the Children Order itself, the Regulations carry the full weight of the law. The guidance issued under the Children Order is not law, but rather what the Department considers to be good practice. This covers: assessment; joint working; parenting; families; social care provision.
Extended abstract:
Author:NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Title: Children (NI) Order 1995: regulations and guidance: volume 5: children with a disability Publisher: Stationery Office, 1996
Summary
The guidance issued under the Children Order is not law, but rather what the Department considers good practice, and covers assessment; joint working; parenting; families; and social care provision.
Contents
The preface explains the status of regulations and guidance. The Regulations made under the Children Order include permissions and restrictions as to what may or may not be done and also requirements on what must be done. As with the Children Order itself, the Regulations carry the full weight of the law. The general principles of the Children Order are listed. Chapter 1 is an introduction explaining trusts' duty to provide services for children with a disability. Chapter 2 explains the general requirement for trusts to identify the extent to which there are children in need in their area. Chapter 3 requires trusts to develop appropriate links between professional groups and collaborate with agencies. Chapter 4 covers the need for trusts to develop assessment procedures. Chapter 5 takes the assessment and planning process further, requiring trusts to have regard to the Departmental policy paper ‘People first' when assessing need. Trusts' requirement to work in partnership with parents and children is outlined in Chapter 6. Chapter 7 requires trusts to work with the community to facilitate provision by voluntary organisations and others and develop effective co-ordination, communication and mutual respect between and with professionals and services. Chapter 8 covers services to children living with their families. Chapter 9 places on trusts a need to develop communication with education and library boards at senior management level. The contribution of child health staff is covered in Chapter 10. Chapter 11 considers provision of accommodation as a service to children in need and their families. Foster placements is the theme of Chapter 12. The duties and responsibilities of trusts and others in relation to children in residential care are discussed in Chapter 13. Chapter 14 states that trusts, voluntary organisations and privately-run children's homes have a statutory duty to have a system for considering representations and complaints, and Chapter 15 that trusts have a statutory duty to investigate where a child may be in need of protection. Finally Chapter 16 discusses the transition to adulthood and trusts' duty to prepare young people they are looking after for leaving care and provide after care for young people who have been accommodated by trusts or other agencies.
Subject terms:
joint working, parenting, physical disabilities, social care provision, assessment, children, families;
A carers' assessment under the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 is carried out at the request of the carer in order: to determine whether the carer is eligible for support; to determine the support needs of the carer (ie what will help the carer in their caring role; and help them to maintain their own health and well -being). To see if those needs can be met by social or other services Carers have a right to an assessment of their needs even where the person cared for has refused an assessment for, or the provision of community care services, provided the person cared for would be eligible for community care services.
A carers' assessment under the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 is carried out at the request of the carer in order: to determine whether the carer is eligible for support; to determine the support needs of the carer (ie what will help the carer in their caring role; and help them to maintain their own health and well -being). To see if those needs can be met by social or other services Carers have a right to an assessment of their needs even where the person cared for has refused an assessment for, or the provision of community care services, provided the person cared for would be eligible for community care services.
Subject terms:
parents, physical disabilities, regulation, social welfare law, social workers, assessment, carers, children, Department of Health, good practice;
GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Skills, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
Publisher:
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills
Publication year:
2002
Pagination:
41p.
Place of publication:
Nottingham
`Where children have special needs and disabilities, it is important that identification leads directly to effective early intervention and support for families and children. This guidance is designed to improve service provision to very young disabled children and their families. Content include: assessment and early intervention; coordinating service provision, ways of working in partnership; working with children and families; planning a family-centred approach to service delivery.
`Where children have special needs and disabilities, it is important that identification leads directly to effective early intervention and support for families and children. This guidance is designed to improve service provision to very young disabled children and their families. Content include: assessment and early intervention; coordinating service provision, ways of working in partnership; working with children and families; planning a family-centred approach to service delivery.
Subject terms:
intervention, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, social care provision, assessment, babies, child development, children, children in need, Department for Education and Skills, early intervention, education, families, family-centred approach;