SEND – What is happening in Hertfordshire? Development of DSPL

1. SEND – What is happening in Hertfordshire? • Development of DSPL • Pathfinder – preparation for SEND reforms (Children and Families bill)

2. A strategy that provides transparency, influence and accountability for settings, schools and their communities at a local level. The aim is to establish a sustainable way of working to ensure best use of resources in a climate where LAs are shrinking and the need to commission in partnership with local communities grows. DSPL – Developing Special Provision Locally

4. Pathfinder Key areas for schools and settings: • Education, Health and Care Plans • Local offer • Personal budgets

5. Education, Health and Care Planskey issues for settings: • A new person centred way of working…… ‘At a glance’ • Focus on outcomes……. ‘ EHCP training plan’ • 0-25 with a focus on preparing for adulthood from year 9……. ‘schools/settings need to ensure best practice approaches to help young people prepare for the transition to adulthood and ensure that this is reflected in overarching EHC plans’

6. An ‘at-a-glance’ guide to the Education, Health and Care Plan As the process evolves over the coming months this guide will be refreshed and updated. Please check www.hertsdirect.org/send for the latest update and additional information. The process outlined below assumes that at any stage before September 2014, families may request that an EHC plan is converted to a Statement/Note in Lieu.

8. Education, Health and Care Planskey issues for settings: • A new person centred way of working…… ‘At a glance’ • Focus on outcomes……. ‘ EHCP training plan’ • 0-25 with a focus on preparing for adulthood from year 9……. ‘schools/settings need to ensure best practice approaches to help young people prepare for the transition to adulthood and ensure that this is reflected in overarching plans’

12. Education, Health and Care Planskey issues for settings: • A new person centred way of working…… ‘At a glance’ • Focus on outcomes……. ‘ EHCP training plan’ • 0-25 with a focus on preparing for adulthood from year 9……. ‘schools/settings need to ensure best practice approaches to help young people prepare for the transition to adulthood and ensure that this is reflected in overarching EHC plans’

13. Planning for adulthood – best practice

14. EHCPs • Crucial Points – • As far as we know no more statements will be issued after 31st August 2014 • We will issue a conversion programme in the summer term relating to statements and LDAs • Staff from the current SEN Service and Connexions Service will act as EHC plan co-ordinators • Government have released 30 million to support voluntary and community groups to provide independent advice and guidance • The Local Authority ‘owns’ the plan but families are in charge (parent/child/family portals)

15. The Local Offer Our co-produced offer will include: • Information about universal services and support available in the community • Information about specialist education, health, care and support services • Information about schools and settings There is a legal requirement to set out what the LA expects schools and settings to provide from their delegated SEN budget (the first £6,000) and to show how additional funding is accessed (ENF).

16. Personal budgets • Personal budgets can be requested when a draft plan is issued • There has been a relatively small uptake in personal budgets but they have proved very effective in supporting preparation for adulthood • School place and additional resource costs (ENF) will be shown as part of personal budgets but will not be offered as direct payments in Herts. However, parents must have a say in how the totality of resources available (health, care and education) should be used to support their child - including what needs to happen in school

17. Available Support • www.hertsdirect.org/send • Email – SENDPathfinder@hertfordshire.gov.uk • Workforce development programme • Newsletter • Facilitator pack • Twitter #SENDreforms

18. Thank you www.hertsdirect.org