Short Breaks

Sometimes families who have children or young people with disabilities/or health conditions benefit from a break from their caring responsibilities. Short Breaks give children and young people who have a disability the opportunity to join in with an enjoyable activity away from their parents/carers.  Short Breaks allow children and young people to take part in activities, make friends, develop independence and have fun. Short Breaks also provide parents/carers a break from caring responsibilities.

See our Short Breaks Service Statement for full details about what Short Breaks Coventry City Council offers and any eligibility criteria attached. The same information has been used to create this website. 

Who can access Short Breaks?

All children and young people who have a disability and live in Coventry are entitled to receive a Short Break.

Children and young people can access short breaks if they:

• Live in Coventry
• Have a diagnosed disability as defined by section 17 (11) of the Children Act 1989. 

There are different types of Short Breaks available in Coventry. Eligibility criteria is applied to determine the type of service that children and young people are able to access based on their individual needs and circumstances.

Considerations

When accessing a short break provision, you need to evidence if the young person can access HAF, community short breaks or community activities like scouts or football. 

If the young person can attend these provisions, they do not meet the threshold for targeted short breaks. 

If the young person has not attended these provisions, have they been explored? an explanation of why the young person cannot attend these activities needs to be evidenced. 

Exceptions would be if a young person is supported 1:1 or 2:1 at all times while in all settings and evidence of this will need to be provided.