Local authorities are required to offer short breaks for families of disabled children.
The breaks have two aims: to enable the child to participate in safe and fun activities, and provide a break in caring for parents. This requires bespoke planning because of the range of needs and outcomes for each child and their family.
A key duty for councils is to provide families with a short breaks services statement, which outlines the range of daytime and overnight care, and leisure activities available to family carers of disabled children.
However, recent research by Cardiff Law School on short-break statements provided on English local authority websites found that locating the statement was time-consuming and confusing in half of cases, while statements could not be found in six per cent of cases.
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