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Funding Guidelines/Placements

Full-time Residential Placements

The QEF Neuro-rehabilitation Services are open for 48 weeks a year; closing for the Easter week, Late Spring Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday week and between Christmas and New Year.

Funding for a placement at the Neuro-rehabilitation Services is primarily provided by the Primary Care Trusts, Social Services Departments, Learning & Skills Council, or a combination of these depending on individual need.

The Learning & Skills Council will consider an application from a client’s Career Advisor, where the client is aged between 16 and 25, taking into account the age at which they were affected by their disability and the amount of previous relevant further education they have received. The Learning & Skills Council will not fund the preliminary two-day assessment.

Primary Care Trusts and Social Services Departments will normally undertake an assessment of need prior to agreeing to fund the placement. The Learning & Skills Council will need to be satisfied that the educational facilities available in the client’s local area are not adequate to meet the client’s needs.

Some clients’ funding is made available from interim payments or settlements of compensation claims following an accident; funding may also be made available from the Criminal Injuries Authority or other private sources, if appropriate.