Child care service for a child with a serious or profound disability

Find the provider of child care service for children with severe and profound disability and agree on the terms of providing the service. To find a provider of child care service you may use the register of economic activities; if needed, you may also consult the social worker for the city district’s social welfare department, who coordinates the child care service for children with severe and profound disability, to find the suitable service provider.

Submit the application to the social welfare department of your child’s local city district (in 2017, the previously established old application forms are used). For children with a severe and profound disability, a social worker from the local city district responsible for the service assesses the need for child care service on an individual basis for each child. Be prepared for the social worker to ask for additional documents or other necessary information about concerning the child, to make the decision.

Have an identity document and the child's rehabilitation plan with you.

• Submit the application to the social worker of the social welfare department of the local city district responsible for the service.

Be prepared to present to the social worker the following additional documents on your child:

1. copy of the decision of the Estonian National Social Insurance Board on establishing the degree of disability and additional costs;
2. copy of the rehabilitation plan for the child (if available);
3. Copy of the decision made by the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund on the assessment of work ability for children aged over 16;
4. Copy of the recommendation of the county or national counselling committee of SA Innove Rajaleidja;
5. copy of the contract stipulated in subsection 130 (3) of the Social Welfare Act, if the application is presented by the caregiver specified in subsection 129 (1) of the Social Welfare Act.

The decision on the provision of the service is made within ten (10) working days as of presenting the application and the requested documents. In case of a positive decision, a contract under public law between the service provider, applicant and city district is concluded.

• The social welfare department of the local city district of the child with a severe or profound disability shall sign a contract under public law with the person entitled to child care service and the service provider chosen by the person entitled to child care service for providing the child care service, provided that:

1. the local city district of the child with severe or profound disability has received all the additional documents requested by the social worker for making the decision;
2. the child with severe or profound disability has not received the child care service in the same year within the maximum cost (EUR 402);
3. the child with a severe or profound disability is not simultaneously being provided with other social services ensuring care (such as a foster home service or support person service for a child with a severe and profound disability).

Based on the invoices delivered in accordance with the contract, the city district shall pay the service provider the amount agreed upon in the contract (in 2017, up to EUR 402 per calendar year).

If you are unsatisfied with the child-minder service, submit your complaints to the provider of the child-minder service. If you don’t reach an agreement you can contact the Harju County Governor with a supervision application.