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Children and Families Billwhere are we now?
Julie Jennings
Manager, Children, Young People and Families Team
RNIB
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Definitions and scope
We welcomed
• the extension of LA responsibilities to a wider group of CYP with SEND
• application of the new legal framework directly to academies and free schools
• closely involving CYP and parent carers in decisions that affect them
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Definitions and scope
but…..
• the Bill should explicitly include disabled CYP including those with long term health conditions who may have health and social care needs but not SEN
• early years provision should cover the PVI sector and home-based support
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So what now
• The government, following lobbying by SEC and EDCM laid down an amendment to include disabled CYP without SEN
• Home based support gets a stronger reference in COP, especially SI, but still concerns about the PVI sector and naming them in a plan
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Local integration and information
We welcomed
• the emphasis on joint working and co-operation across services
• stronger duties on health, social care and education to review and commission services jointly
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Local integration and information
but……
• there need to be clear links between children's trust arrangements and Health and Wellbeing Board duties
• accountability needs to be clear - not left to parents
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So what now
• Joint planning and commissioning has been strengthened with a joint ministerial letter (DfE/DH) and COP recommendation on regional planning especially for low incidence groups
• Accountability is still an issue for parents and YP - Government announced 2 year funding for Independent Supporters to support CYPF during implementation
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Local offer
We welcomed
• the principle of a local offer• the local offer includes a wider range of services
such as employment
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Local offer
but….
• there needs to be an underpinning duty to provide what is set out in the offer
• some form of national framework should inform the development of each local offer
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So what now
• The Government agreed to a change that strengthens the requirement to publish actions on parents' comments on what is set out in the local offer
• There is a national framework for what a local offer should contain, but not the format
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EHC assessment and plan
We welcomed
• the concept of a single assessment process and multiagency plan from birth to 25 years
• extension of statutory entitlements into FE, including training, apprenticeships and, in certain circumstances, YP who are NEET
• recent statement on new health duties
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EHC assessment and plan
but…..
• CYP with health and care needs should be able to access an assessment and plan, where necessary
• extension of statutory entitlements to include HE• there should be duties on social care services to
deliver what is set out in EHC plans with a single point of appeal for parents and young people
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So what now
• CYP with long term conditions and no SEN are unlikely to get an EHC plan - their requirements will be set out in a care plan
• There are stronger statements about HE in COP • The duty on health to deliver what is in the plan is
good, and there is a stronger duty on social care through the CSDP Act
• There will be a pilot to test a single point of complaints and appeals processes
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Outstanding issues
• General principle of presumption for inclusion not just rights of individual child
• Special academies to admit children without EHC Plans
• VI Registers• Mandatory qualification
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Mandatory qualification
• 2009 letter on MQ now included in a note in the COP
• Other statements strengthen access to specialist support, including QTVI
• Review of MQ by DfE, NCTL and NatSIP
- Phase 1 updating spec for existing providers, including reviewing the outcomes
- Phase 2 other providers
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Context of the reforms
• Capacity of LAs to deliver with deepening cuts to frontline services
• Funding changes from 1 April 2013 in early years, schools and FE
• NC review and its assessment and changes to primary and secondary accountability
• Ofsted consultation on inspection of specialist services
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Ofsted self evaluation
It is likely to include
• Joint commissioning• Local offer• Social care needs• Personal budgets• Transition to EHC plans • The area’s focus on early intervention
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Ofsted self evaluation
Timetable
End of January• Finalize SET and contact local areas and
providers to be involved
February/March• Request to local areas to complete SET• Visits to colleges and schools
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Ofsted self evaluation
Timetable
April• Initial analysis, including identification of areas for
good practice visits
May• Good practice visits to LAs
July• Good practice dissemination event for LAs
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What could it mean for VI services?
• Using a single assessment framework and education, health and care plan
• Involvement in personal budgets and direct payments
• Framing a local offer for VI support• Understanding funding models• Different relationship for LAs• More open market for specialist advice• Focus on outcomes
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And what's next?
• Royal Assent by 21 March• Consideration of secondary legislation
(regulations) and SEND COP• Phased implementation?
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Early years
Preparing for adulthood
• High aspirations need to be set at an early age…even when a child is very young…families need to know that they can go on to find work, live independently, with whatever support they need, and participate in their community.
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From September 2014……
' the biggest reforms for 30 years' for CYP with SEND
www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/sendreforminfosheet
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