Common use of Short Breaks Clause in Contracts

Short Breaks. Short break outcomes include • Ensure services are targeted at those who most need them, including those with complex health needs • Provide more choice and control, using personal budgets where appropriate • Reduce reliance on high cost residential provision • Improve outcomes and customer satisfaction by facilitating a break for parent/carers and a positive experience for the service user. Community care and palliative care provide packages of family support and some short breaks for defined periods of time, often whilst establishing other longer term short break support such as direct payments. The service will manage personal budgets for 0-25, including direct payments in a cost effective way. The service will endeavour to develop the Personal Assistant market so that there are sufficient high quality personal assistants available in the city. The service will support access to short breaks through bridging workers/ inclusive play and through co-ordination of the short break health support service (see separate short breaks health support service SLA). The service will ensure individual packages commissioned comply with procurement regulations with support from commissioning and procurement. The service will implement a way of monitoring and recording children waiting for residential or complex short breaks and feed this information back to commissioners.

Short Breaks. Short break outcomes include •  Ensure services are targeted at those who most need them, including those with complex health needs •  Provide more choice and control, using personal budgets where appropriate •  Reduce reliance on high cost residential provision •  Improve outcomes and customer satisfaction by facilitating a break for parent/carers and a positive experience for the service user. Community care and palliative care provide packages of family support and some short breaks for defined periods of time, often whilst establishing other longer term short break support such as direct payments. The service will manage personal budgets for 0-25, including direct payments in a cost effective way. The service will endeavour to develop the Personal Assistant market so that there are sufficient high quality personal assistants available in the city. The service will support access to short breaks through bridging workers/ inclusive play and through co-ordination of the short break health support service (see separate short breaks health support service SLA). The service will ensure individual packages commissioned comply with procurement regulations with support from commissioning and procurement. The service will implement a way of monitoring and recording children waiting for residential or complex short breaks and feed this information back to commissioners.