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Form for short break carers to fill in to prove that they meet the training, support and development standards for foster carers.
Apply through your local council for short-term ('respite') care for your sick or disabled child to enable you to have a break from caring
Information for local authorities on how to provide short break care (otherwise known as respite care) to disabled children.
An analysis of children’s homes that provide short breaks, usually for disabled children.
This report was undertaken between 2009 and 2010 to understand more about how the pathfinder sites had commissioned and provided different packages of short breaks.
A report on findings from an independent evaluation of year 1 delivery of the short breaks innovation fund.
Research looking at the effect of short break provision for disabled children and their parents, carers and siblings.
Statutory guidance about providing short breaks for disabled children to improve their welfare and quality of life.
This document reports on a cross-sectional sample of families with a disabled child using short breaks in England.
Families who have children with SEND will soon receive further support with short breaks, supported internship opportunities and recognition of Down syndrome.
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
Find out when bank holidays are in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - including past and future bank holidays
Your rights and the support you can get if you have a disabled child, including childcare, car costs, house adaptations and education
Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers
Career breaks - eligibility and notice periods, contract terms and conditions.
Thousands of families with children with special educational needs supported with short breaks from theatre trips to outdoor activities helping to build vital skills.
Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions
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