VALUABLE service for families with disabled children has been thrown a lifeline thanks to a government grant.
Parents of disabled are thrown a lifeline
Calderdale parents and carers council gets cash.
Published on Sun Mar 06 12:00:26 GMT 2011
A VALUABLE service for families with disabled children has been thrown a lifeline thanks to a government grant.
Calderdale Parents’ and Carers’ Council, based at Hanson Lane Enterprise Centre, Halifax, has been awarded £21,640 from the Department of Health’s Financial Assistance Fund, which supports charities who would not otherwise have survived to the end of the financial year.
Third of carers ‘don’t want to wake up’
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Job Description -REQUIRED: MOTHER – FOR DISABLED CHILD
Job Description -REQUIRED: MOTHER – FOR DISABLED CHILD
This is a permanent post – HOURS: 168 Hours a week, 52 weeks per year. Time off: by negotiation with Statutory/Voluntary or Private agencies (NOT GUARANTEED) – No Experience necessary – No training will be provided – SALARY= £0 – Although Carers Allowance is available = £53.90 per week (subject to filling in long and complicated forms) JOB PURPOSE: To provide a full parenting service to a disabled child or children. This includes promoting their human rights, ensuring that all of their needs are fully met and that they take an active part in family life and the wider community |