IMPROVING OUTCOMES

QUALITY AND PURPOSE OF CARE
Why is the young person receiving short breaks?
How were they prepared for the service?
How were they involved in the planning of their care?
How can using the short break service improve outcomes for the young person/family?
Note any improved outcomes since using the short break service
CHILDREN’S WISHES AND FEELINGS
How did you gain the views of the young person prior to coming for short breaks
How have you listened and gained the views of the young person throughout their stays.
Is there anything you have changed or offered supported through listening to what the young person has expressed? If so how has this improved outcomes for the young person?
Does the young person know how to make a complaint or the procedures for gaining an independent advocate? If you have supported a young person with either of these services what we're the outcomes that were beneficial for the young person?
Has a key work session or residents meeting specifically improved the outcomes for the young person? If so how?
Note any improved outcomes that have been achieved by listening to the young persons wishes and feelings.
EDUCATION
Is the young person attending education?
Have you visited the school or made contact with the young persons tutor?
Do you support the young person to complete their homework?
Did the education support attend the 3 month review?
How do you prepare the young person to attend education whilst on a short break?
Has there been any Improved outcomes since the young person has been having short breaks?
ENJOYMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT
How do you know what activities the young person enjoys?
What activities has the young person participated in since using the short break service?
Are there any activities that the young person has enjoyed that they had never experienced before? have any activities been supported that have been specifically requested by the young person
Note any improved outcomes that the young person has achieved
HEALTH AND WELL BEING
Have you completed a health care plan
Do you encourage those that self medicate to continue this
Does the young person use the CAMHS service? How do you support this
How do you share health concerns with the parents/carer’s
Are there any significant health concerns you have had to address or work with to improve outcomes for the young person?
Note any positive outcomes for the young person
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS
How have you built up a positive relationship with the young person?
Has the young person made any friends with peers since having short breaks?
How do we encourage and support any positive relationships that have been built within the home?
Have family relationships improved through having short breaks? If so how and what did you do to support this?
Note any improved outcomes
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
Does the young person have a history of going missing/unauthorised absences? Have we improved this if so how?
Have there been any CSE concerns, have we minimised the risk of CSE for the young person?
Have we supported the young person to take positive risks?
Have we supported the young person to develop their awareness of any risks and how to keep themselves safe?
Note any improved outcomes?
LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
How have we involved the young people with improvements of the home
Has the young person be a part of the appraisal process for staff? If so how?
Are the young people consulted with any changes to the home
Is the manager approachable from the young persons perspective are they able to talk to the manager?
Note any improved outcomes for the young people
CARE PLANNING
Was the young person part of the planning meeting
Are the young people part of their review
Does the young person know why they are having short breaks? Do they want to come for short breaks
Has the young person agreed their 24 hour management plan?
If the short breaks service is ending or changing how you have approached this?
Note any improved outcomes for the young person