Transcript The Local Offer

Association Sutton Governors
May 2014
Rosemary Brennan
Local Offer Project Officer
[email protected]
Background
•Brian Lamb Inquiry
•Responds to concerns from parents and others that they find
it hard to access information about what support is available
•Green Paper – Support and Aspiration: A New Approach to
SEN and Disability
•Children and Families Bill 2014
Children & Families Act 2014 Highlights
2. All duties apply to all
schools, inc. Academies
1. Involvement of children,
young people and parents
3. Coordinated
assessment; 0-25
Education, Health and
Care Plan (EHC plan)
7. Offer of a personal budget;
more choice and control
6. Statutory protections
for 16-25s; focus on
preparing for adulthood
5. A clear, transparent local
offer of services for all CYP
with SEND
4. LA, health and care
services to
commission services
jointly
What is the local offer?
 As outlined in the draft CoP section 4.1
‘The Local Offer’
‘Local Authorities must publish a local offer, setting out
in one place information about provision they expect to be
available for children and young people in their area who
have SEN, including those who do not have EHC plans.’
 Following amendments, this now includes
children and YP with disabilities from 0 - 25
The Local Offer must also include provision outside the
local area that the LA expects is likely to be used by
disabled children and YP and those with SEN for whom
they are responsible, e.g. FE college in a neighbouring area.
The offer will include provision from birth to 25, across
education, health and social care and should be
developed in conjunction with children and young people,
parents and carers, and local services, including schools,
colleges, health and social care agencies.
It will include universal, targeted and specialist services.
Sets out what families can expect from local services and
eligibility criteria and/or thresholds for accessing services
What services are available to support those without
Education, Health and Care Plans, including what children,
young people and parents can expect schools and colleges
to provide from their delegated funds
What specialist support is available and how to access it
and to give details of where parents and young people can
go for information, advice and support.
Purpose
The Local Offer has two key purposes:
 To provide clear, comprehensive and accessible information
about the available provision and how to access it
 To make provision more responsive to local needs and
aspirations by directly involving children and young people
with SEN, parents and carers, and service providers in its
development and review
The Local Offer should not simply be a directory of existing
services.
Principles
Accessible
What is
widely
available sustainable
Co- produced
by parents,
YP and
professionals
Factual and
transparent
Empowering
for parents,
YP and
professionals
Feedback from parents so far
 Up to date phone numbers, contact details and names of
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people who are contactable: who, what, where, when?
Who is accountable and who provides what?
Clear contact for complaints and information
Easy to navigate
Visual symbols / BSL video’s
Accessible
Glossary of terms and common jargon buster
Senco’s are key – point of reference/ contact for
information
Feedback from young people so far
Schools/colleges:
 What school /college will do to help achieve good grades /
get a job?
 After school activities / help with travel training,
independent living?
 What facilities are there? Will I get a TA? Will my learning
be personalised?
Social activities:
 Taster sessions should be available
 Leaflets in post directly to YP
 Information should be clearer and more accessible
Education
 Mainstream schools and colleges, including academies,
must use their best endeavours to secure the SEN
provision called for by a child’s or YP’s needs
 They should make sure funding is allocated to provide high
quality provision for those with SEN
 They have a duty to identify, assess and make special
educational provision for all children and young people
with SEN.
Local Offer - Schools
 The LA must set out a description of the educational
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provision that is expected to be provided from schools own
budgets to support children and YP with SEN or
disabilities, including information about the arrangements
in place for:
Identifying the particular SEN of children and YP
Adaptation to curriculum, teaching and environment:
access to aids and technology
Assessing and reviewing progress towards outcomes
Assessing and evaluating effectiveness of provision
Support in moving between phases of education
•Securing expertise among teachers to support SEN- including
expertise at three levels : awareness, enhanced and specialist
•Enabling access to facilities and extra curricular activities
•Supporting emotional and social development – this should
include extra pastoral support arrangements for listening to
the Views of pupils with SEN and measures to prevent
bullying.
4.34 Schools have additional duties under the Special
Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014. Schools
must publish more detailed information about their
arrangements for identifying, assessing and making
provision for pupils with SEN.
4.35 The information must also include information about
the arrangements for the admission of disabled pupils, steps
taken to prevent them being treated less favourably and
facilities provided to assist access. School specific
information should relate to the school’s arrangements for
providing a graduated response to children’s SEN.
Schools have to provide parents with information on;
•How the school identifies, assesses and provides for pupils with SENDincluding how the school evaluates the effectiveness of its provision for
such pupils.
•How the School assesses the progress of pupils with special educational
needs
•The name and contact details of the SEN co-ordinator
•The expertise and training of staff
•Equipment and facilities to support children and young people
•The role played by the parents of pupils with special educational needs
•How to make complaints
School Local Offer example
Information and Guidance/Points of Contact
 Who should I contact to discuss the concerns or needs of my child?
Review/Partnerships for Progress
 How does the school know how well my child is doing?
 How will I be kept informed about how well my child is doing?
Curriculum and Teaching Methods
 How will the curriculum be adapted to meet the needs of my child?
 Is there any additional support available to help my child reach his /
her expected outcomes?
Social and Emotional Support
•How does the school help my child to feel comfortable and safe and
manage social situations?
•How does the school help develop my child’s social and emotional skills?
•What is the school’s policy on bullying?
Tests and Examinations : Access Arrangements
•What arrangements are available for pupils to access tests and
examinations?
•How will I know if my child qualifies for Access Arrangements?
Social Care
What is available in the local area without the need for a specialist assessment?
 information from the Short Breaks statement including how to access short
breaks
 local sports groups which are accessible by children and young people with
SEND
 child care
 youth groups
 other opportunities
What is available with a specialist assessment?
 how to ask for a specialist assessment
 Personal budgets
 any specialist child care
 other targeted and specialist opportunities
Health
 What is available in the local area without the need for a specialist assessment?
 Universal services including diagnosis and how to access
 Physical impairments; Sensory impairments
 Complex health needs
 Palliative care needs
 Long term conditions including epilepsy, asthma and diabetes
 Mental health
 Challenging behaviour
Towards Independence
 Training
 Apprenticeships
 Internships
 Employment
 Housing
 Benefit advice
 Access to work
 Job Centre Plus
 Leisure services
Pathfinders
 http://trafford.childrensservicedirectory.org.uk/kb5/tr
afford/fsd/home.page
 http://darlington.fsd.org.uk/kb5/darlington/fsd/disabi
lities.page?disabilitieschannel=0
 http://bromley.mylifeportal.co.uk/lbb-local-offer.aspx