Information about the Children & Young People Disability Hub and it's services
Please read the following regarding your Short Breaks 4 Me account 2024.
The closing date for all new Short Breaks 4 Me applications will be 28th November 2024. The closing date for special spend requests is 3rd February 2025.
All monies in your Short Breaks 4 Me account must be used by 28th March 2025 as this is the grant closure date. Any unspent money after this date will be taken back.
Wednesday 4 December, 9:30am to 11am
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The Children & Young People Disability Hub also known as (CYPD Hub) is based at Becontree Community Hub, Stevens Road, Dagenham RM8 2QR.
We share the premises with both the community hub staff and the nursery who operate from the same building. The building has been adapted to meet the needs of children with disabilities and their families and is open to the community.
The Children & Young People Disability Hub is fully open and operating daily. The CYPD Hub is wheelchair accessible, with a fully adapted shower/hygiene room, working hoists, sensory room (bookable), play areas and accessible kitchen. Throughout the year there are a range of different programmes to meet the needs of our children/young people with disabilities.
To ensure that you are kept updated please complete our registration form below, so that you can be added to our new mailing list.
Register your child on the additional needs list
We continue to forge effective partnership working with all services who use the building and will support existing children hub services to look at ways their services can be more inclusive to meet the needs of all of our parent carers, children and young people.
We strive to ensure our staff is present in the hub but we cannot always guarantee. Whilst you can pop in for some support, making an appointment would be advisable, so you are not disappointed if a staff member is not available.
Our Targeted Early Help offer continues to be delivered by Early Intervention Workers. We accept referrals via the Early Help Portal (link below), please be aware we do operate a short waiting list for this service.
You can also send any enquiries to email CYPDHub@lbbd.gov.uk
Please see below for an update on our groups,
The Children & Young People Disability Hub provides services for families with children and young people aged 0 to 17 years (up to their 18th birthday) with a disability or additional needs.
We provide information and advice on a wide range of issues affecting families through delivery of both our universal and targeted early help offer. For more information on our early help offer, please refer to the links below.
We also support families to access specialist training aimed at increasing confidence and awareness in caring for a child with an additional need.
We’re based in a children centre building which is currently undergoing some building adaptations to make the centre more inclusive. This will include a wet room and multi-sensory room.
We have access to a secure outside play area with a range of adapted outdoor play facilities including mobility adapted bikes and scooters.
We can signpost and refer you to specialist local organisations including:
Short Breaks 4 Me is aimed at families that are residents of The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, with children aged 1-17 years that have a disability or severe healthcare and cannot access leisure activities in the community without additional help or support. For example, they need constant supervision, 1:1 help or have a difficulty communicating.
This may include some children who are eligible for Portage, Early Help or those with an Education Health and Care (EHC) Plan or a statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN).
For further information and to apply for the Short Breaks 4 me grant please visit their website.
A carers' card is aimed at helping parents/carers get recognition for caring for a child with a disability or additional needs, this is valid until their 25th birthday.
The card is transferable so can be used by any person caring for the child or young person to show that they are the Carer. The card can be used as evidence when accessing some Leisure Activities, many Local and National attractions do offer discounts for a Carer.
To apply, please complete the below application form. The form will need to completed and sent to CYPDHub@lbbd.gov.uk along with a head and shoulder photo of the Child.
Carer's card (DOC, 66KB)
If your child has a diagnosed disability and you would like them to attend a provision to support their development and also need a break from your caring responsibilities, you can apply for a short break assessment, often referred to as respite.
Respite can be considered through a request being made for your child to attend a provision in the local community or a request for a carer to provide care for your child.
If you have an allocated social worker, early intervention worker, family support worker or any other professionals, they can complete the respite assessment. They must ensure that their contact details is clearly stated on the form and their have had contact with the child who being assessed.
If you don’t have an allocated worker please complete the short breaks self-referral form. short breaks self-referral form (PDF, 102KB) Please refer to the guidelines (PDF, 80KB) when completing your self-referral and send to ChildrensRespiteRequests@lbbd.gov.uk. You will be contacted within two weeks of your application being received.