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Southampton SEND PathfinderGovernance Clinical
Commissioning Group
Southampton City Council
Support from DFE &
delivery partners
Children & Families Bill (SEND)
Implementation Group
Champion role:
shared learning
Workstreams: Joint Commissioning Integrated Assessment Personal Budgets Local Offer Workforce Development
Southampton SEND PathfinderAreas of focus
1. 0-25s Service (CYPDS)
2. Integrated Assessment & EHC Plan
3. Personal Budgets
4. Local Offer
5. Workforce Development
Children & Young People’s Development Service
Social Care
Health
Education • New integrated model of working across specialist education, health and care services in Southampton
• Aims to improve outcomes for children/young people and their families with SEND
Children & Young People’s Development Service
CENTRAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS
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STATUTORY INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT
Children & Young People’s Development Service Professionals involved
Includes professionals from Education, Health and Care services
• Clinical Psychologists• Child and Adolescent Mental
Health Service staff• Community Paediatricians• Community Support Workers• Community Children’s Nurses• Educational Psychologists• Early Years Support Teachers• Learning Disability Nurses• Jigsaw
• Occupational Therapists• Physiotherapists• Portage Home Visitors• SEN Officers• SEN Personal Advisers• SEN Coordinators• Social Workers• Specialist Teacher Advisors• Speech and Language
Therapists
Southampton SEND PathfinderIntegrated Model of Assessment and Planning
Phase 1: Preparation and consideration
Phase 2: Listen and understand
Phase 3: Analyse and Synthesize
Phase 4: Agree and Allocate
Phase 5: Monitor and review
Children, young people and families
are central throughout the
process
Southampton SEND PathfinderKey Working: Assessment Co-ordinator
Writes EHC Plan
Co-ordinates assessment
team
Single point of contact
Assessment Co-ordinator
Southampton SEND PathfinderKey Working: Lead Professional
Convenes reviews
Monitors support
Single point of contact
Lead Professional
Southampton SEND PathfinderEHC Plan
• Outcome focused • Plans for
transitions
• Parent-friendly
• Accessible
Southampton SEND PathfinderPersonal Budgets
Currently, 42 Personal Budgets in place:
• Short breaks
• Personal Travel Budgets
• SEN Direct Payments
• Continuing Health Care
• Continence & Equipment vouchers
• Personalised timetables in schools
Southampton SEND PathfinderLocal Offer
• Single point of information
• Accessible
• Details eligibility for services
• Links to delegated funding
• Commissioning cycle
Southampton SEND PathfinderLocal Offer Education Pilot
Pilot Education Providers
• 5 Special Schools
• 1 Mainstream Primary
• 1 Mainstream Secondary
• 1 College
• 1 Early Years Setting
Southampton SEND PathfinderLocal Offer Education Pilot
AREA WIDE OFFER (DEVELOPED AND PUBLISHED BY LA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
PARENTS, CARERS AND EDUCATION PROVIDERS)
INDIVIDUAL SETTING / SCHOOL / COLLEGE SEN INFORMATION (DEVELOPED AND PUBLISHED BY INDIVIDUAL SETTING)
SERVICES EHCPs TRAVEL SUPPORT&
ADVICE
BORDER ISSUES
MOVING AREA
DISPUTE RESO-
LUTION
MEDIAT-ION &
APPEALS
Southampton SEND PathfinderListening to children and young people
Special Schools commissioned to undertake consultation projects e.g. ‘Big Brother’ style film consultation project focusing on Personal Budgets
Mencap commissioned to consult with young adults/service users
Parents hopes for new process•In partnership with them as the experts in their child and their lives•Child and family centred•Clear and transparent•Informative•Smooth•Succinct•Better communication
• For the process to be less; - Stressful - Exhausting - Emotionally draining - Time consuming- Painful
• Better outcomes for their children/young people and family
What parents feel they need from the process•A single point of contact•Professionals working with them to be;
- Approachable- Empathetic- Friendly- Expert/ Knowledgeable - Proactive
•More people, less paper
“ I feel valued as the expert on my child and my families life.”
“ The people making the decisions never even spoke to me or met my child. The new system puts families at the centre and it must make a huge difference!”
“What fight?”
Southampton SEND PathfinderVisions becoming reality
This is Tom, he is 2 ½ years old
He was born prematurely and he has Chromosome deletion resulting in:
•Hearing difficulties•Vision difficulties•Epilepsy•Unsafe swallow•Profound & multiple needs
After he was born he stayed in hospital for 6 months before he was able to come home.
This is Tom’s FamilyThey were very shocked when Tom was born early.
Their primary concerns are:
•Maintaining his gastrostomy tube feed (safety)•Accessing continence resources•Having ideas for play at home•Respite to gain a good night’s sleep•Time for siblings•Thinking about where Tom might go to pre-school•Conflicting appointments•Having to tell services their story over and over again
Eye Unit Community Childrens
Nurse
Continence Nurse
Epilepsy Nurse
Health VisitorNeurology consultant
Respite services
Ophthalmology consultant
Child Development
Unit
Specialist Teachers – Hearing and
Vision
Portage
Social Care
Specialist Teachers – Hearing and
Vision
Therapy Assessments
Health Surveillance
Checks
New-Born Hearing Check
Short Breaks Assessment
Paediatric Assessments
Initial Assessment
CCN Assessments
Core
Assessment
Continence Assessment
Portage Assessments
Southampton SEND PathfinderTom and his EHCP Application made by Community
Paediatrician for an Integrated Assessment
Single point of contact for Tom’s
family during assessment
Professionals co-ordinating
assessments to gain a
comprehensive understanding of
Tom’s needs
Tell us once approach
“One and Only” owned by Tom and his family
Outcome focused
planning in partnership with
Tom and his family
Clear plan of support for Tom in place PRIOR
to entering education
Lead Professional identified to
support Tom and his family
More choice and control for Tom and his family
about the services and how they are
delivered
Key transition points anticipated and planned
for
Timely reviews ensure the plan
continues to meet Tom’s needs