Social Care

Many of our young people will be eligible for adult social care when they turn 18 - and this is not dependent on whether they received a care package from children's services.  This section has information and resources about the care act, the assessment, the mental capacity act and anything relevant to adult social care

This section has information around the eligibility criteria for support from the disabled children’s team and short breaks funding

Parents need to understand how the mental capacity act might affect their young person and decisions they need to make – or have made for them. This section is about the mental capacity act, best interests decisions and assessments