Children’s social care eligibility criteria
Dear Dorset County Council,
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I kindly request the following information on eligibility for children’s services (for the purposes of this request, ‘children’s services’ relates to those referenced in Section 17 of the Children’s Act 1989):
1) Does your local authority use eligibility criteria to determine qualification for services for children?
2) If your local authority does use eligibility criteria to determine qualification for services for children:
i. when were they implemented?
ii. were consultations held around introducing them and, if so, what was the consultation period?
iii. please provide details of the eligibility criteria
3) If your local authority does not use eligibility criteria to determine qualification for services for children, by what criteria do you determine a child’s eligibility for such services?
Yours faithfully,
Clare Lucas
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Dear Ms Lucas,
I am writing further to your email below.
1. Does your local authority use eligibility criteria to determine
qualification for services for children?
Yes
2. If your local authority does use eligibility criteria to determine
qualification for services for children:
i) When were they implemented?
Eligibility criteria have been in place since 1992. These were revised in
2000 and 2012.
ii) Were consultations held around introducing them and, if so,
what was the consultation period?
Yes (2012 version). Consultation with stakeholders took place alongside the
development of the Short Breaks Services Statement for a period of six
months.
iii) Please provide details of the eligibility criteria.
Two documents are attached.
1. The Short Breaks Services Statement
2. The Dorset County Council Eligibility Criteria
3. If your local authority does not use eligibility criteria to
determine qualification for services for children, by what criteria
do you determine a child’s eligibility for such services?
N/A
(See attached file: Short Breaks Services Statement.pdf)(See attached file:
Eligibility Criteria.doc)(See attached file: Responding to the needs of
children who are disabled and their families 02~2012.doc.pdf)
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Hall, Colliton Park, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1XJ. Or you can follow the
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Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Team
Dorset County Council
Clare Lucas
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Freedom of Information request -
Children’s social care eligibility
criteria
Dear Dorset County Council,
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I kindly request the
following information on eligibility for children’s services (for
the purposes of this request, ‘children’s services’ relates to
those referenced in Section 17 of the Children’s Act 1989):
1) Does your local authority use eligibility criteria to determine
qualification for services for children?
2) If your local authority does use eligibility criteria to
determine qualification for services for children:
i. when were they implemented?
ii. were consultations held around introducing them and, if so,
what was the consultation period?
iii. please provide details of the eligibility criteria
3) If your local authority does not use eligibility criteria to
determine qualification for services for children, by what criteria
do you determine a child’s eligibility for such services?
Yours faithfully,
Clare Lucas
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