Short Breaks in North Tyneside

NTPCF are holding a session for Parent/Carers of CYP who access Short Breaks in North Tyneside to meet Julie & give your feedback:

Your experience of using short breaks services, ifyou purchased it yourself as part of a Direct Payment or Personal Budget?

Has it been commissioned by the Council?

Which service / services have you used, How do you rate them 0-5 ( with 5 being excellent? )

What could they have provided differently?

What did you like or did not like, about the service?

We would also like to explore what you think should be bought for the future (looking at the next 5 years)

• Care in the home
• Care & Support in the community
• After School
• Pre School
• Holiday Provision
• Groups in an evening or weekends
• Services to be accessible to disabled children
• What services would you want to support children and young people with complex health needs?
• Wheelchair accessible
• PA to support at a family engagement
• Overnight care outside of the family home
• Services that offer leisure activities
• Forest School
• Cultural activities
• Help with developing life skills into adulthood
• Anything else?

What would you want included as the essential or desirable criteria?

Would you like to be part of a working group, to develop and evaluate new services?