Respite care is a way of giving parents and carers a break from caring and allows time for themselves or with other children in the family. Your child in turn will benefits from experiencing new social and learning activities and making new friends. Breaks vary from a couple of hours, overnight, weekend, occasional longer stays or holiday breaks and are arranged through your child’s health and social care assessment.
To find out more about using the following services and getting a referral, you should have a conversation with your key or social worker.
Family Placement offer a number of respite services for children with physical disability, severe learning disability or sensory impairment where they stay in a carer’s home. To find out more visit the Family Placement page, tel 0113 247 8655
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Children’s Sitting Service and the Children’s Home Based Scheme arrange for sitters to look after children at home or accompany the family on outings (to provide extra help and support), or provide overnight care, tel 0113 247 8589
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The Children’s Home Based Scheme offer longer periods of sitting and is accessible
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Day Care for young children with disabilities for parents of disabled babies that require a lot of extra care from a specially trained carer.
Wilf Ward Family Trust offer support workers that help disabled children to access community activities after school, at the weekends or in the holidays, which can take the form of a sitting service. tel 01751 474740, Westgate House, 5 Westgate, Pickering, YO18 8BA
Leeds Weekend Care Association provide a number of short breaks schemes. Tel 0113 2165133, office base is Suite 4, Gledhow Mount Mansion, 32, Roxholme Grove, Leeds LS7 4JJ,
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Weekenders Club is a play club for children with moderate of severe learning or physical disabilities or ill-health on Saturdays and Sundays at two locations in Leeds. Children attend for one day every four weeks
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Homebased short breaks in South Leeds area, where a care workers provides usually one break per week for parents of children with moderate to severe learning or physical disabilities or ill-health
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Half term play schemes
Rainbow Project, Leeds Jewish Welfare Board offer respite care to Jewish children and their families (Home Based/Community Based Care) tel 0113 268 4211, 311 Stonegate Road, Moortown, LS17 6AZ
Broom Court offer short-term care to children with moderate or severe learning and/or physical disabilities on a planned basis. Placements are arranged through the family social worker.
Leeds Children’s Continuing Care Team (LCCCT) provide nursing respite to children with complex health needs and their families in the home environment, access is through a health assessment, tel 0113 2772 811
Hannah House provides planned or emergency short-break care for children with complex health needs in a home from home environment by a team of trained professionals. Access is arranged through a health assessment, tel 0113 282 9173, Coppice Head, Rothwell, LS26 0DX
Martin House Children Hospice care for children with progressive life limiting illnesses and support to parents, tel 01937 845045, Grove Road, Clifford, Wetherby LS23 6TX
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