How to get social care support for your child
We can offer help to 0 to 18 year olds with:
- severe and profound learning disabilities
- physical and sensory disabilities
- a combination of disabilities.
Finding out what care and support you need
A member of our Disabled Children's or Young People's Team will assess your child's and family's needs. This means we will talk to you about your situation and find out what you are worried about or what changes you would like to make in your life.
After the assessment, we'll agree what kind of care and support you need. This could include:
- services that can offer you or your child support
- direct payments
- help at home
- local support groups so you have people to talk to
- short breaks, including specialised social activities, play schemes and overnight residential short breaks.
If we can't offer you any support because your assessment shows you're not eligible for our specialist disability services, we will always tell you about other organisations that could help you.
Find out the other ways we support families with disabled children.
Contact us
- call 03000 41 11 11 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
- call 03000 41 91 91 (outside of office hours - for emergencies only)
- text relay 18001 03000 41 11 11
- email social.services@kent.gov.uk
If you are a professional working with a disabled child or young person, and need to make a new referral, please complete our child referral form.