Care for Children with Disabilities

Residential Child Care for Children with Disabilities.

Doncaster offers a range of care for children and young people with disabilities including permanent placement and short stays. They provide specialist care for the children and young people and their placement is dependant on assessment.

Doncaster is able to provide care for varying needs and has specialist equipment to support children who also have a physical disability.

The care provided is tailored to each child's needs, and care plans are in place to meet those needs. Residential staff are trained to support all health issues.

Staff are appropriately trained and updated on childcare issues.

Residential staff work closely with parents and professionals such as teachers, social workers and medical practitioners to provide consistent care for each child or young person.

We aim for the children to make new friends, have fun and enjoy themselves in a warm, caring and safe environment. Each child is valued for their individuality and supported to further develop their personal skills and social opportunities.

How to access support

For more information please contact the Children's Disability Service using the information at the top of this page.

Occupational Therapy

The Occupational Therapist based within the Children’s Disabilities Service can offer advice regarding housing and equipment.

Occupation means any way in which people spend their time from personal care (washing, dressing, toileting) to productivity (paid or unpaid work, housework, education); to leisure (games, sports, hobbies, social activities).

Examples of essential activities may include:

• Managing personal care, e.g. getting to the bathroom and transferring on/off toilet.
• Safe mobility around your home to enable you to prepare meals, get in/out of bed, manage the steps and stairs.
• Enabling an individual to take up or stay in paid or unpaid work.
• Enabling your carer to care for you.        

Occupational Therapists could help, or provide information about:

• Raising the height of the bed/chair so that standing is much easier if a person has stiff, painful hips and knees.
• Making a home safer for getting around by the installation, for instance, of hand rails and ramps.
• Reducing anxiety and helping people raise their confidence about getting around or manage their disability.
• Information on ways of obtaining appropriate support and helping people to connect to other relevant agencies.
• Assisting carers to continue to maintain their caring responsibilities.        

For people able and wanting to fund their own equipment or adaptations, advice and information is available by contacting us using the details above.

Financially assessed grants may be available for major adaptations work.

For more information please contact us using the details above.