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SEND Reforms Overview. 28/04/2014. A New Way of Working. Family Centred 0-25 Education Health Social Care. Legislation. March 14 Children & Families Bill Royal assent April 14 Final Draft COP June 14 (?) Final approval COP Sept 14 Children & Families Act into force. Where are we?.
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SEND Reforms Overview 28/04/2014
A New Way of Working • Family Centred • 0-25 • Education • Health • Social Care
Legislation • March 14 Children & Families Bill Royal assent • April 14 Final Draft COP • June 14 (?) Final approval COP • Sept 14 Children & Families Act into force
0-25 SEN and Disabled Childrens Board Personal Budgets Local Offer Multi –Agency Assessment Pathway (EHCP) Implementation Specialist Provision Mapping Working Group Post 16 Working Group Threshold Criteria/ Guidance Working Group Early Years Working Group
We have a draft pathway • 20 weeks • The process starts before week 1 • One page profile accompanies request
Working with Children and families Families at the centre Lamb Inquiry (2009) Highlighted the need for greater parental involvement to improve outcomes for children and YP with SEN
Pupil Profile • Together we have created a range of Pupil profiles to chose from • Families can devise their own • These will accompany the request for assessment
Criteria for assessment • Education • Health • Social Care • Requests for assessment
We are working on • Criteria for assessment • Digital communications • Requests for assessment • Provisions mapping • Conversion timetable • Dispute resolution • Annual reviews
Training and development • Pathfinder support • Personalised Budgets, Key Worker training, co-production, Tribunals, Personalisation • SENCo training • Head teacher briefings in place for spring term • Strategic board workshop re Health & Social Care thresholds
And more………………..,… • In service SEN training • Clinical Commissioner briefing health colleagues • PACC/PPS/ SEN team information for schools events Summer term • Members event May 14 • Andrè Imich July 14
PPT/Parent/Carer links • Membership of strategic board and subgroups • Joint training events • Support in developing LA communications • Contribution to request of assessment criteria • Development of EHCPs/Pupil Profiles • Development of panels
Communication • SENCo , Head Teacher and Governors briefings Spring /Summer14. • Development of Shropshire.gov.uk and Learning Gateway sites. • SEND reforms newsletters • Individual agency briefings. • Childrens Trust Conference • Health communication briefings • PACC and Parent Partnership conferences and workshops May 14 • School workshops across the county Summer term 14 • Further development of communication strategy. • Information packs for all statemented pupils • André Imich event- 2nd July.
Sept 14 • Statements cease • EHCPs commence • Conversions • The real learning begins!
View and comment • Shropshire.gov.uk • Senteam@shropshire.gov.uk • Tel: 01743254395