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Parent Carer Recommendations

Meeting: 14/05/2020 - Cabinet (Item 5)

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Warwickshire County Council has a statutory obligation to undertake and provide an ‘assessment’ of a Parent Carer who has a child aged 0-18 with a disability. The mechanism of how an assessment is undertaken and the outcomes it achieves has been reviewed.

 

Portfolio Holder: Councillor Jeff Morgan

Additional documents:

Decision:

That Cabinet authorises the Strategic Director for People to implement the new Parent & Carer Assessment Pathway as set out in paragraph 2.3 of the report.

Minutes:

Councillor Jeff Morgan introduced the report explaining that the process set out covers the way in which parents and carers of children with disabilities obtain support. He emphasised that in future any assessment would review quality of and the needs of the individual rather than being a ”tick box exercise”.

 

That no services are to be taken away was emphasised.

 

Councillor Jerry Roodhouse (Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group) expressed concern over the digital divide and some people’s inability to access services. He suggested that any web pages should be designed in consultation with the people who will use them. In addition, if possible, there should be a dialogue with people who have had a negative experience with the service.

 

Resolved:

 

That Cabinet authorises the Strategic Director for People to implement the new Parent & Carer Assessment Pathway as set out in paragraph 2.3 of the report.