Social Care in Children’s and Adults’ services offer personal budgets in Torbay for a range of short break services, including leisure activities, sitters, personal assistants, domiciliary care, domestic services, overnight stays and equipment.

Please see:

• What are Short Breaks? for more information, including eligibility criteria for Short Breaks funded by Children’s Social Care.
• Or, Personal budgets and direct payments for more information about Adult Health and Social Care

A social care personal budget will look at needs that have been assessed as needing extra support at home or in their community. 

A social care assessment would be carried by a social worker who will assess your child or young person and then decide whether a personal budget is available to meet any or all of the needs identified. If your child is eligible the social care provision will be recorded in in sections H1 &/or H2 of their EHCP and the personal budget will be recorded in section J of the EHCP.