Disability Needs Assessment
Parent and Carer Alliance was commissioned by Professor Luke Clements and the School of Law’s Legal Entitlements & Problem-Solving (LEaP) Project at the University of Leeds, to undertake a consultation into Disability Needs Assessments.
The aim was to utilise the experiences and expertise of Parent Carers and their families, and to incorporate their ideas, as to how a needs assessment could be done more effectively and result in better support for families whose children have additional needs. This was sent out for consultation with our community and with that of other parent carer support groups around the country.
We adapted the assessment following this consultation and this version, as well as parent carer recommendations for guidance for social workers, was presented to national statutory sector leaders for their views to be included, and is now being used by PCA.