Transcript LDD & SEND Green Paper Update Yvonne Emissah & Tracy Noble Services for Young People Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities Team www.hertsdirect.org.

LDD & SEND Green Paper Update
Yvonne Emissah & Tracy Noble
Services for Young People
Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities Team
www.hertsdirect.org
Workshop Agenda
• Ice-breaker
• SEND Green Paper Update
• SEND Pathfinder
• Update on LDD Work within Services for Young People
– the LLDD Placement Budget and Panel Process
– Context
– Eligibility for Placement Budget funding
– Local & ISP Specialist Providers
– Funding Decisions
– LDD panel Workshop
www.hertsdirect.org
Ice-Breaker
• Who are we and why are we here?
www.hertsdirect.org
SEND Green Paper Update
• Green Paper came out earlier this year
• Proposes a radically different system that:
– Supports better life outcomes for young
people with SEND/LDD
– Gives parents more confidence by giving
them control
– Transfers power to front-line professionals
and to local communities
www.hertsdirect.org
SEND Green Paper Update - 2
•
The Green paper proposes:
– A new approach to identifying SEN
– A single assessment process ‘Education, Health and
Care Plan’
– A local offer of all services available
– Parents to have the option of a Personal Budget by
2014
– Giving parents a real choice of school
– Greater independence to the assessment of
children’s needs
www.hertsdirect.org
SEND Pathfinder
• Invitation issued to Local Authorities to become a Pathfinder
• Activities that all Pathfinders need to test, including:
– Voluntary sector engagement
– Assessment and planning that involves the views of parents,
children & young people
– A single plan from birth to 25, focusing on outcomes
– A multi-agency approach
– Links between support planning and strategic commissioning
– Pooled & aligned budgets
– Transferability of support across area boundaries
– Value For Money and cost
– Mediation for parents
www.hertsdirect.org
SEND Pathfinder - 2
• Activities that Pathfinders can choose to test:
– Personal Budgets
– Age Range
– Support to Parents
– Support to vulnerable children
– Banded funding
www.hertsdirect.org
SEND Pathfinder - 3
•
•
•
•
•
Hertfordshire put in a bid to become a Pathfinder
Hertfordshire has been chosen as one of the 20 Pathfinder areas
Pathfinder will run from now until March 2013
We will be testing the following:
– Single assessment & plan
– Personal Budgets
– Transition to adulthood & employment
– Engagement of parents & voluntary/community sector
Setting up project groups now
www.hertsdirect.org
Update on LDD Work
within Services for Young
People – the LDD
Placement Budget &
Panel Process
www.hertsdirect.org
Context
• Part of LA and YPLA legal duties under ASCL Act
• Duties relate to securing education and training
•
•
provision for learners with LDD
Supported by 2 main YPLA publications:
– LDD Placement Technical Guidance for
Independent Specialist Providers 2011/12
– Placement Information for Independent Specialist
Providers 2011/12
YPLA allocate indicative budget on an annual basis for
LA to commission specialist provision for LDD Learners
on an individual basis
www.hertsdirect.org
Who is Eligible for LDD Placement Budget
Funding?
•
•
•
•
Hertfordshire residents aged 16-25 with Learning
Difficulties and/or Disabilities
Severe/complex needs
Young person requires the following:
– A bespoke package
– Intensive, trained, skilled assistant to enable access
to the curriculum
– Multi-agency input
Course should be full-time (15 hours per week
minimum)
www.hertsdirect.org
Current Local Specialist Providers
• Hertford Regional College
• North Hertfordshire College
• Oaklands College
• West Herts College
• YMCA
www.hertsdirect.org
ISPs that Hertfordshire Learners are
attending currently
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
David Lewis College
Dorton College
Educational Services for People with Autism (ESPA)
Farleigh FE College
The Glasshouse (Ruskin Mill Educational Trust)
Hinwick Hall College
Langdon College
National Star Centre
St Elizabeth’s College
St John’s College
Treloar College
www.hertsdirect.org
Why Out County Placements?
• Can only be used when educational needs
cannot be met locally, usually for the following
reasons:
– Complex physical and/or medical needs
– Complex and multiple disabilities
– Challenging behaviours
– Sensory impairments where local providers
cannot provide appropriate support
www.hertsdirect.org
Numbers of YP Hertfordshire LA Have
Supported Through the Placement Budget
Year
Local
Specialist
Provision
16-18
Local
Specialist
Provision
19-25
ISPs
16-18
ISPs
19-25
Total
2009-10
41
78
13
22
154
2010-11
84
61
15
22
182
2011-12
75
58
16
21
170
www.hertsdirect.org
How Does the Local Authority Make
Funding Decisions?
•
Youth Connexions Personal Adviser collates information
to support the case
•
Case considered at Pre-panel Meeting to ensure all
relevant information available
Case presented to LLDD Placement Panel
•
• Panel make decision based on evidence/ask for further
•
information as necessary
Panel request funding from other agencies where
appropriate
www.hertsdirect.org
LLDD Placement Panel
• Meets monthly between November and March
• Hears/considers local specialist provision & ISP
•
requests for funding
Consists of the following:
– Placement and Commissioning Officer (Chair)
– LDD Services Manager, Youth Connexions
– Representatives from other agencies e.g. HCS; LA
etc.
www.hertsdirect.org
Information Required by LLDD Placement
Panel
• LFLW Framework
• S139A/LD Assessment
• Up-to-date reports, including (as appropriate):
•
– School annual review reports
– Medical reports
– Therapy reports e.g. physiotherapy, SaLT etc.
– Educational Psychologists reports
– Care Plan
– Pathway Plan
YPLA Guidance
www.hertsdirect.org
LDD Panel Workshop - 1
• We have provided you with paperwork for 7 learners (anonymous of
course!)
– Case 1 – local verses ISP offer
– Case 2 – ISP with exceptional funding
– Case 3 – learner with ASD and related issues
– Case 4 – learner with complex medical and support needs
(local offer)
– Case 5 – learner with BESD
– Case 6 – learner with sensory needs
– Case 7 – learner who has engaged in college courses before
www.hertsdirect.org
LDD Panel Workshop - 2
• Please review cases as instructed by Workshop Leaders
• Please assume that you are the LDD Panel and discuss as follows:
– Do you think that the course meets educational and support
needs?
– Do you think that the course meets Young Person’s
aspirations?
– Do you think that this would use funds appropriately and be
value for money?
– Would you fund the placement?
– Why?
www.hertsdirect.org
LDD Panel Workshop - 3
• Feedback
www.hertsdirect.org
Any Questions?
www.hertsdirect.org