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We work with children who have £hidden£ cognitive difficulties as a result of their brain injury as well as those with more complex needs such as a disorder of consciousness, severe physical disabilities and those who require artificial ventilation or other specialist nursing support.
Our inter-professional team offers an integrated approach to assessment and clinical intervention not readily available in hospital or community settings. Our team includes consultant paediatricians, nurses, clinical and educational psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech & language therapists, teachers, play specialists, social workers, play and music therapists and a family therapist.
Facilities at the Trust include on-site accommodation for parents, therapy centre, modern hydrotherapy pool, family-friendly grounds, a nature trail and a wheelchair-accessible treehouse.
The Children£s Trust also offers a nationwide therapy-led support service through our Brain Injury Community Team. The team provides specialist multi-disciplinary assessment and can complement local services with advice and consultation for families and schools to understand a child£s brain injury and develop strategies to help them meet their full potential.
Our Customer Relations Department is dedicated to working in partnership with referrers, commissioners and families to find the most appropriate package of care for each child.
The Children£s Trust also runs the Brain Injury Hub (www.braininjuryhub.co.uk), a website and discussion forum offering advice and support to parents and other family members of children with acquired brain injury.
Publicly funded
- individually commissioned
Privately funded (anyone can purchase)
- Children and young people are usually funded by their local health agency (primary care trust / clinical commissioning group) but it is also possible for children to be funded privately or through medico-legal funding.
This Service was mapped by Kent ABI Forum. See HERE for more information
Patient description
Needs in-patient care due to physical dependency, or the need for specialist therapy equipment, a safe environment, supervision, or intensity of therapy, in a unit with the expertise and experience in rehabilitation of a condition (Level 1)which cannot be provided in a local specialist centre or in the community (Level 2) which cannot be provided in the community.
Sites
Level 1: Regional specialized centre Level 2: Local specialist centre, Acute or community hospital
Description of rehabilitation input
Needs inpatient care due to physical dependency, or need for specialist therapy equipment, safe environment, supervision or intensity of therapy which cannot be provided in community
Patient description
Medically stable, but prolonged confusion, amnesia or behavioural difficulties, requiring specialist behavioural management, intensive supervision and secure environment
Sites
Specialist in-patient unit
Description of rehabilitation input
Specialist behavioural management, including high staffing: patient ratio to ensure intensive supervision and secure environment. Access to neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry
Patient description
Medically stable, but low awareness or response persists beyond eg 3 weeks after sedation withdrawn, ICP corrected and medically stable. Able to benefit from medical and physical therapy to prevent complications and support recovery.
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Community hospital or specialist inpatient
Description of rehabilitation input
Assessment/active rehabilitation phase which needs to be distinguished from long term care, although planning care increasingly important aim after some (eg 6) months. Patients may go to active participation unit if they improve sufficiently.
Patient description
Medically stable, able to actively participate with and benefit from therapy. Will include spectrum of initial severity of injury with a small minority derived from Code 05 category
Sites
Domiciliary or day hospital
Description of rehabilitation input
Interdisciplinary co-ordinated management therapy aimed at community re-integration/inclusion by enhancing independence, wellbeing, & assist return to work/education. In collaboration with Social Services, neuropsychiatry, voluntary and statutory services. Includes treatment of patients in their own homes, or with live-in carers.
Patient description
Medically stable, living in community, aiming to enter/return to employment
Sites
Outpatient clinic – acute or community hospital or other community location
Description of rehabilitation input
Multidisciplinary diagnostic and triage clinic, including expert medical input, with specialist brain injury nurse and/or neuropsychological assessment and support and follow-along available. Education, emotional and social support, both for patient and family. Liaison with/advice to GP and employer.
Patient description
Information and guidance over a continuum. Family support and outreach. Advocacy
Sites
All sites
Description of rehabilitation input
Information and guidance over a continuum. Family support and outreach. Advocacy
Patient description
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Sites
All sites
Description of rehabilitation input
Providing practical/ technological solutions to challenges and limitations imposed by cognitive, behavioural and physical disability.
Level 3A (other local specialist services): Treat patients with Category C needs and is led/supported by consultants trained in specialties other than rehabilitation medicine
The Children's Trust, Tadworth
Location and Contact detailsTadworth Court Tadworth Surrey KT20 5RU Telephone: 01737 365000 Email: enquiries@thechildrenstrust.org.uk http://www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk |
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Further Details
The Children£s Trust is a national charity that runs the country£s largest residential rehabilitation centre for children and young people with acquired brain injury. Each year we support a large number of children and young people aged up to 18 from across the UK who have a brain injury sustained either through trauma or an illness such as encephalitis, meningitis, stroke or cancer.We work with children who have £hidden£ cognitive difficulties as a result of their brain injury as well as those with more complex needs such as a disorder of consciousness, severe physical disabilities and those who require artificial ventilation or other specialist nursing support.
Our inter-professional team offers an integrated approach to assessment and clinical intervention not readily available in hospital or community settings. Our team includes consultant paediatricians, nurses, clinical and educational psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech & language therapists, teachers, play specialists, social workers, play and music therapists and a family therapist.
Facilities at the Trust include on-site accommodation for parents, therapy centre, modern hydrotherapy pool, family-friendly grounds, a nature trail and a wheelchair-accessible treehouse.
The Children£s Trust also offers a nationwide therapy-led support service through our Brain Injury Community Team. The team provides specialist multi-disciplinary assessment and can complement local services with advice and consultation for families and schools to understand a child£s brain injury and develop strategies to help them meet their full potential.
Our Customer Relations Department is dedicated to working in partnership with referrers, commissioners and families to find the most appropriate package of care for each child.
The Children£s Trust also runs the Brain Injury Hub (www.braininjuryhub.co.uk), a website and discussion forum offering advice and support to parents and other family members of children with acquired brain injury.
Services available
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National = country wide, Regional = offering a
service within 150 miles, Local = offering a service within 50
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This service adheres to the following Regulatory Frameworks / is affiliated to the following bodies:
CQC RegisteredReferrals can be made by
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How are services paid for?
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Privately funded (anyone can purchase)
- Children and young people are usually funded by their local health agency (primary care trust / clinical commissioning group) but it is also possible for children to be funded privately or through medico-legal funding.
Typical duration that a service is offered
Residential rehabilitation is tailored to each child's individual needs, so while children typically stay for between three and six months, placements may be shorter or longer. In all cases, planning for a child's transition home begins before a child arrives at the Trust. The aim is to work together with parent-carers and local agencies towards the child's return home or to an alternative placement as quickly as possible.This Service was mapped by Kent ABI Forum. See HERE for more information
Services available are defined by the following EHIG Rehabilitation Codes
For an explanation of the codings please click hereREHAB IN HOSPITAL
[Code 40]Patient description
Needs in-patient care due to physical dependency, or the need for specialist therapy equipment, a safe environment, supervision, or intensity of therapy, in a unit with the expertise and experience in rehabilitation of a condition (Level 1)which cannot be provided in a local specialist centre or in the community (Level 2) which cannot be provided in the community.
Sites
Level 1: Regional specialized centre Level 2: Local specialist centre, Acute or community hospital
Description of rehabilitation input
Needs inpatient care due to physical dependency, or need for specialist therapy equipment, safe environment, supervision or intensity of therapy which cannot be provided in community
BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT UNIT
[Code 50]Patient description
Medically stable, but prolonged confusion, amnesia or behavioural difficulties, requiring specialist behavioural management, intensive supervision and secure environment
Sites
Specialist in-patient unit
Description of rehabilitation input
Specialist behavioural management, including high staffing: patient ratio to ensure intensive supervision and secure environment. Access to neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry
A BRAIN INJURY REHAB UNIT
[Code 60]Patient description
Medically stable, but low awareness or response persists beyond eg 3 weeks after sedation withdrawn, ICP corrected and medically stable. Able to benefit from medical and physical therapy to prevent complications and support recovery.
Sites
Community hospital or specialist inpatient
Description of rehabilitation input
Assessment/active rehabilitation phase which needs to be distinguished from long term care, although planning care increasingly important aim after some (eg 6) months. Patients may go to active participation unit if they improve sufficiently.
REHAB AT HOME
[Code 70]Patient description
Medically stable, able to actively participate with and benefit from therapy. Will include spectrum of initial severity of injury with a small minority derived from Code 05 category
Sites
Domiciliary or day hospital
Description of rehabilitation input
Interdisciplinary co-ordinated management therapy aimed at community re-integration/inclusion by enhancing independence, wellbeing, & assist return to work/education. In collaboration with Social Services, neuropsychiatry, voluntary and statutory services. Includes treatment of patients in their own homes, or with live-in carers.
BRAIN INJURY CLINIC
[Code 85]Patient description
Medically stable, living in community, aiming to enter/return to employment
Sites
Outpatient clinic – acute or community hospital or other community location
Description of rehabilitation input
Multidisciplinary diagnostic and triage clinic, including expert medical input, with specialist brain injury nurse and/or neuropsychological assessment and support and follow-along available. Education, emotional and social support, both for patient and family. Liaison with/advice to GP and employer.
SOMEONE TO TALK TO
[Code 110]Patient description
Information and guidance over a continuum. Family support and outreach. Advocacy
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All sites
Description of rehabilitation input
Information and guidance over a continuum. Family support and outreach. Advocacy
EQUIPMENT
[Code 135]Patient description
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All sites
Description of rehabilitation input
Providing practical/ technological solutions to challenges and limitations imposed by cognitive, behavioural and physical disability.
This service is defined by the NMDS (National Minimum Data Set) codes as:
For an explanation of the NMDS, please click hereLevel 3A (other local specialist services): Treat patients with Category C needs and is led/supported by consultants trained in specialties other than rehabilitation medicine
