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Canon's House
Canons House is an eight bed residential short-break service.
Canon’s House provides short-term residential breaks for young people (Age 12 - 18th birthday) with a severe learning disability who are assessed by Wiltshire County Council’s Children’s Disability Teams as being in Need of that service.
Primarily Canons House meets the needs of severely learning-disabled children who have such specialist needs that all other sources of short breaks are not enough and who meet one or more of the following criteria:
- Children whose physical disabilities and size necessitate extensive use of equipment.
- Children whose personal care requires at least two people.
- Children who have extensive medical needs e.g. tube feeding, complex medication, severe epilepsy.
- Children who need significant attention at night time
- Children whose needs require a high level of intensive attention
- Children who are active but not safe on their own.
- Children whose behaviours people generally find difficult to tolerate.
To request an assessment of need contact your area Children with Disabilities Team
North & Kennet Children with Disability Team
Children's Resource Centre
357 Hungerdown Lane
Chippenham
SN14 0UY
Tel: 01249 444321
The Cedars
Browfort,
Bath Road
Devizes
SN10 2 AP
Tel: 01380 730055
West Wilts Children with Disability Team
Lowbourne House
Lowbourne
Melksham
SN12 7DX
Tel: 01225 709777
Salisbury Children with Disability Team
Salt Lane
Salisbury
SP1 1DU
Tel: 01722 327551
