Parent and Child Panel

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The purpose of the Parent and Carer Panel is to improve the services for children and young people with disabilities.

The main tasks for the Parent and Carer Panel are:

To monitor and influence the services for children and young people with disabilities in Kingston:

• Panel members to gather and share relevant knowledge on:

              a) Education, health, social service and leisure providers;

              b) Relevant voluntary organisations; and

              c) Legal changes and/or other developments outside Kingston;

• Panel to identify and discuss areas where improvements to the provision of services for children and young people with disabilities in Kingston can be made

To ensure Panel views are communicated to relevant service providers:

• Invite individuals involved in the provision of services for children and young people with disabilities to speak at Parents’ Panel meetings
• Agree other action plans to lobby for change/communicate views

To monitor and influence the implementation of the Integrated Services for Children with Disabilities and Complex Health Needs Strategy:

• Manager of the service to provide the Panel with regular progress updates
• Panel to feedback responses, views and suggestions

To ensure parents/carers are represented on relevant groups involved with the Integrated Service.

To ensure there is regular consultation with all parents/carers of children and young people with disabilities in Kingston:

• Propose and assist with formal consultation events
• Communicate with parents/carers regarding the activity of the Parent and Carer Panel.

To agree Parent and Carer Panel goals for improvement of service. Goals to be SMART i.e. specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timely.

To ensure discussions and goals are representative of wider service users and represent views relating to a range of disabilities/ages/ethnic backgrounds.

New parents/carers are very welcome to join at any time and should contact:

Caroline Baxter
Telephone: 020 8547 6201
Email: caroline.baxter@enhanceable.org.

It is important that the Panel is fully representative of parents/carers of children with different disabilities, ages and ethnic backgrounds.

As well as the regular more formal proceedings, the Parent and Carer Panel arranges occasional social meetings so it is a good opportunity for parents/carers to make their views hears and also meet other parents/carers of children and young people with disabilities in Kingston.

The group will meet twice per school term in the evening for about 90 minutes.

At each meeting a volunteer will act as Chair, introducing agenda items and ensuring discussions remain focused i.e. progress to agreeing/updating goals and actions.

Meetings with commence with an update from the  Manager of the Integrated Service for Children with Disabilities and Complex Health Needs.