Thursday March7 2013

SEN developments

Jess Haslam

Context- all change

Families Practitioners

Managers

Schools:Greater independence

Achievement for All

SEND Pathfinders and Delivery Partners

SEND Green Paper Next StepsSelect Committee pre-legislative scrutiny

Children and Young

People’s Health

Outcomes

Two year checkHealth Visitors

SEND

Early Support Preparation for AdulthoodImpact (Short Breaks)Parent ParticipationEarly Language Development

2012

Established good practice: local and

national

Revised EYFSFoundation Years 0-5

SchoolsSchool funding

SEND Green Paper and Next Steps: Services working together for families

Reform of the National

Health Service (NHS)

Education

Social care

Health

The world of schools and colleges

Expectations of participation

Cutbacks!

Key elements

SEND Green Paper and legislation: vision

• Early assessment of SEN

• Skilled staff

• Giving parents control

• Services working together

• Local Offer

• Post 16 with 139 A – EHC Plan

Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes Forum: July 2012

‘The Forum recommends that a composite indicator be developed

CYP with long term condition, disability or special educational needs, has a

• coordinated package of care, • quality assessment• access to key working• appropriate equipment;

Quality of experience should be measured.

Latest developments

Services working together for families:Joint commissioning arrangements

New legal duty on Clinical Commissioning Groups

to secure the health services that are specified in Education, Health and Care Plans.

6.3.13

Consultation re personal health budgets

http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2013/03/direct-payments-consultation/

March 13

Report on pathfinder developments

Joint report on progress in pathfinder programme

survey of 65 families with education health and care plans

http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/send/b0075291/green-paper/pathfinders

DoH DfE

5 March 2013

House of Commons Select Committee

‘they should create a presumption that a key worker/lead professional will be appointed unless there are good reasons not to do so.’

December 2012

House of Commons Select Committee

The importance of the Local Offer

We also recommend the establishment of a national framework Aim to ensure consistency, and accountability

December 2012

Early Support – a delivery mechanism for positive change

Early Support

Early Support is a way of working that:

• enables coordination of activity • provides families with a single point of

contact and continuity through key working

• promotes partnership working and better engagement with families.

Early Support approach

Shared information

Integrated services

co-ordination and

key working

Planning and decision making

in partnership with families

Single plan

Education, health and care plans

• York model based on Early support and Preparing for adulthood

• Aim to provide a more person centred approach with the co-production of plans, not about substituting one set of paperwork for another

Legal processFebruary 5th – First reading of Children and Families Bill in ParliamtFebruary 25th – Second reading of Bill Draft SEN Code of Practice follows Bill September 2014 - Implementation

Duke of Edinburgh Promotion

Information Evening for inclusive DoE

Tuesday 12th March

6.30-8.oopm

29 Castlegate

Parents/carers and young people welcome