Will need a lot of support moving to adulthood Must have specialist equipment Disabled children and young people within this category of need are likely to have an allocated social worker appointed to work with them. Areas of Need Critical Example Substantial Example Targeted/ Example Universal/ Moderate Low Chronic or life Child has complex The impairment, Child likely/could be Less severe impact of Child wishes to attend peer Child whose Child or Young Person’s limiting condition physical needs and is chronic health and life requiring continuous impairment upon child group social event but needs independent living Development likely/could be limiting condition have physical care and parent/carer adult assistance to access it skills are slightly Needs requiring continuous a substantial impact on impaired by a Child has a physical or medical the quality of the level of disability but substantial and Assistance required to Child could be independent care child/young person and their needs can be met permanent disability, enable child to access in self care if adaptations Provision of services their family’s life by advice and support requiring 24hr a day leisure/community available. the same as critical but to access universal assistance to meet activities necessary for not an immediate services their need Danger of moving their continued At risk of significant intervention required Examples of targeted into critical domain development without harm support include parental support Child cannot be Occupational Therapy, discharged home Child needs an Child and Adolescent Example signposting to from hospital without occupational therapy Child requires Mental Health Service, mainstream provision Persistent / extreme occupational therapy assessment to prevent aids or Newham Educational such as leisure challenging behaviour assessment and delayed or impaired adaptations to enable Psychology Service, activities possibly provision of development independent living Newham Behaviour or independent aids which can be provided Support Service, Speech organisations by targeted services and language therapy, such as Occupational Community and Examples of Therapy, Speech and Voluntary Sector other support Language, CAMHS, Groups, include Health Early Help parenting Early Help Services Visiting support, Parents including Foundations Services, Advisory Groups, Child for Learning and Children’s Development Centre, Families First, Family Centres and Educational Nurse Partnership, Early Years, Psychologists Schools, Integrated Youth Services,
Will need a lot of support moving to adulthood Must have specialist equipment Disabled children and young people within this category of need are likely to have an allocated social worker appointed to work with them. Areas of Need Critical Example Substantial Example Targeted/ Moderate Example Universal/ Low Child or Young Person’s Development Needs Chronic or life limiting condition Child has a substantial and permanent disability, requiring 24hr a day assistance to meet their need Child cannot be discharged home from hospital without occupational therapy assessment and possibly provision of aids Child has complex physical needs and is likely/could be requiring continuous physical or medical care At risk of significant harm Persistent / extreme challenging behaviour The impairment, chronic health and life limiting condition have a substantial impact on the quality of the child/young person and their family’s life Danger of moving into critical domain Child needs an occupational therapy assessment to prevent delayed or impaired development Child likely/could be requiring continuous physical care Provision of services the same as critical but not an immediate intervention required Less severe impact of impairment upon child and parent/carer Assistance required to enable child to access leisure/community activities necessary for their continued development without parental support Child requires aids or adaptations to enable independent living which can be provided by targeted services such as Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language, CAMHS, Early Help parenting support, Parents Advisory Groups, Child Development Centre, Educational Psychologists Child wishes to attend peer group social event but needs adult assistance to access it Child could be independent in self care if adaptations available. Examples of targeted support include Occupational Therapy, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Newham Educational Psychology Service, Newham Behaviour Support Service, Speech and language therapy, Community and Voluntary Sector Groups, Early Help Services including Foundations for Learning and Families First, Family Nurse Partnership, Child whose independent living skills are slightly impaired by a level of disability but their needs can be met by advice and support to access universal services Example signposting to mainstream provision such as leisure activities or independent organisations Examples of other support include Health Visiting Services, Children’s Centres and Early Years, Schools, Integrated Youth Services,
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