DCYPS - eligibility criteria in more detail

The impact of the child’s disability or additional needs is such that:

1. They won’t achieve outcomes in line with their potential without total or very substantial support from a person or people outside their family network.
2. They require specialist mobility equipment or support, for example a wheelchair or a blue badge. This may include conditions with intermittent additional mobility needs or support requirements.
3. There is a need for help to manage basic self-care functions beyond the age at which children could be expected to manage them independently. This includes eating, drinking, managing continence, personal hygiene, dressing and personal safety.
4. They need constant supervision throughout the day, or for prolonged periods at night, or both, at an age when most children need less oversight.
5. They have behaviour arising from their disability that poses serious risks to themselves or others. This may include those children assessed as having a profound and multiple learning disability (PMLD), severe learning disability (SLD), global developmental delay or severe or profound physical disability.
6. They have communication or sensory needs which, without support, severely affect personal safety, which is to say, they are deaf, blind or without speech.

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