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Bromley & Bexley Pathfinder
Whole System Change
‘Bringing It All Together’
15th October 2012
London Regional SEND Conference
Helen Norris, Head of Specialist Support & Disability Service, Lead Bromley Pathfinder
[email protected]
Debi Christie, 16-25 Commissioning Manager (Specialist Provision)
[email protected]
Kay Moore, Parent Participation Officer
[email protected]
Bromley & Bexley National Pathfinder
Have been asked to trial and test:
How we move from
current SEN framework
to new Single Plans
from birth to 25, across
Education, Health and
Care (EHC), with agreed
assessment and
resource systems
Banded
Funding
Support
to
parents,
children
and
young
people
Personal
Budgets
Linking
Early
Support
and key
working/
integrated
working
Transition
(Preparing
for
Adulthood)
Pathfinder focus is on increased Complex Needs across the age range
0 to 25
“Babies, children and young adults from birth to 25 who will require
considerable ongoing specialist support from across Education, Health
(including therapies) and Care, including those who have great difficulty
communicating, sensory or physical difficulties and/or complex health
needs, all of whom will need additional support with many aspects of
daily life”
Overarching Bexley & Bromley
Action Plan
Whole System Change
Transitioning from current SEN system to new statutory
system of Education, Health and Care Plans
Processes to deliver plan:Keyworking/Pen Portraits
Voluntary sector involvement
Parents and professionals workshops to bring the Single Plan together
20 families with children with complex health needs, including medically complex
Processes to deliver plan, including a single referral route and panel processes
Banded Funding and achieving a ‘local offer’
Work with Special Schools
National Policy Working Group on Banded Funding
Considering the ‘local offer’ 0 - 5 years
Transition
Early Support approach, materials and training being developed up through the
age range
New Draft Single Plan Bromley
Section 1:
Personal
profile
section, to be
completed by
the
Keyworker
with parents
prior to first
multi-agency
meeting
Section 2:
‘Needs’
section, to be
completed at
multi-agency
meeting by
either Early
Support
Keyworker
(young
children) or
new EHC
Caseworker
role for
children older
than 3
Section 3:
Resource
section to be
completed after
multi-agency
meeting for
agreement at
Budget holders’
Commissioning
Panel
(Specialist
Support &
Disability Panel)
Parents, Children & Young People
Bromley Services working together with families:
 Parental involvement in all workstreams and
Core Steering Group
 Parent Guide for Parents and Carers Bromley
 Parent Focus Groups:
 Local Offer
 Personal Budgets
 Education, Health and Care
Plans
 Awareness Raising events
 Remuneration & Reward Policy
 Good practice guide
 Parent Journeys (from 17
families)
Early Support & Key Working
Achievement for All:
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Aim of the programme is to increase aspiration, access and achievement to
transform the lives of children and young people with Special Educational
Needs and Disabilities
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Bromley has been asked to pilot research with our special schools around
linking the principles of Early Support and Keyworking with Achievement for
All
Keyworking project:
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Voluntary sector led project
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Research the role of the keyworker and how this can be introduced in
Bromley 0-25yrs
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Test the principles of keyworking with a range of families and young people
Will link in with the Achievement for All research and other key strands of
the transition workstream
Parent Journeys project:
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We are following a number of parent journeys to use parents’ experiences
to inform the planning and delivery of future services at both a national and
local level.
New Initiatives
‘Achievement for
Keyworker support for
families of children and
young people aged 5 –
19 years
All’ research
developed,
keyworker ‘model’
within 3 special
schools and 1 unit
Early Support
model well
established
EHC Plan Lead to
write the Part 2 at a
multi-agency
meeting
Keyworker
support for
children with
severe health
needs, their family
and school
Transition
workstream within
Pathfinder to
develop a model
for ages 19 – 25
years
Named
professional at key
times of transition
Preparation for Adulthood &
Transition to Adult Life
Raising Aspirations & Improving Choice
Project Aim:
To enable a greater number of young people with more complex needs to live,
learn and work within their own community
Outcomes:
Earlier planning, focusing on longer term goals
Improved links between schools, colleges and employment services
Improved facilities and learning programmes at Bromley College
Increased appropriate work opportunities
Improved access to opportunities within the community
Changing culture and improving perception
Delivery stages:
Small cohort of young people with more complex needs (10-15)
Young people, families, education partners and voluntary sector colleagues
working together to raise aspirations and challenge ‘what is possible’
Each young person has a ‘Preparing for Adulthood’ Coordinator & an EHC Plan
Pathways planned – focused on long term goals and employment opportunities
Preparation for Adulthood &
Transition to Adult Life
Raising Aspirations & Improving Choice
Delivery stages (cont):
Flexible (and personalised) packages developed across
education, health and care
Capital build at Bromley College completed Spring 2013
Young people access link programmes to support effective transition during
Summer term
Successful transition into Bromley College with support package
Showcasing success & sharing our learning
Enabling effective delivery:
Involvement (and more importantly Buy-in) from ALL education partners
Integrated department – was Children’s & Adults, now Education & Care
Services
Tapping into additional resources (LSIS Phase 2)
Support from senior leadership in the Local Authority
Voluntary sector fully involved
Parental involvement & support
Focused support from national Preparing for Adulthood team
Impact of Whole System
Change & Pace of Change
 ‘Support & Aspiration’
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Innovation and new opportunities
Parents at the centre
Integrated service commissioning
New ways of working
Focus on complex long-term needs
Difficult financial climate to deliver
new reforms, unless they come with
additional resources