We help Councils step up to address children's social care

The Government announces a £555m fund putting families first and providing early help. We're stepping up to help Councils deliver children's social care reform.

Our offer centres around disabled children, supporting them and their families to remain safe in their existing home.

We can improve outcomes for the children and their families, and reduce spending- even as the child grows into adulthood.

For carers of a child with mobility issues, the usual scenario is that they carry them up and down stairs. As their child grows, or their condition(s) worsen, that scenario puts the child and their carers at risk, of falling down the stairs, and injury to one or all involved.

For children's social care teams, managing that risk usually involves a significant home adaptation, funded via the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG).

That takes time- assuming a suitable adaptation can be implemented.

Provision of our S-Max mobility stairclimbing wheelchair is a “quick fix”.

Most local authorities already have the Class 1 Medical Device so children's social care teams can prescribe quickly via our pioneering re-issue programme. There is no capital funding required.

Sella makes stairway navigation safe for child and carer(s).

The child can move around their home securely and comfortably.

Their carer operates and has complete control of the transfer process, making stair navigation safer for them too. 

Being a portable unit, Sella carries the child from the stairway on to destination.

The child is protected from the risk of a transfer at the top of the stairs, as would be inherent with a more expensive installed stairlift.

From infancy to adulthood

The stairclimber evolves with the child over time when paired with our unique Universal Seat System.

The seat system incorporates adjustable lateral, hip and head supports.

“Providing a stairclimber where appropriate identifies the risk earlier and prevents a problem from needlessly escalating- key elements of the Independent Review of Childrens Social Care,” says Peter Wingrave, AAT Director. 

“Such investment in family help also improves the child’s outcome and can reduce spending later on.

"we have numerous instances where our Sella has been provided as the short-term solution to manage risk, but the family has insisted on keeping it, even when a more long-term (and often more expensive) option is available!”

Detail of how the Sella stairclimbing wheelchair works, and AAT’s re-issue package, can be found at

www.aatgb.com/s-max-sella/ and at http://www.aatgb.com/ots/.