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SEND REFORMS BITESIZE SESSION

• Part 3 of Children and Families Act 2014 and Code of

Practice (statutory guidance)

• Applies to children with special educational needs and

those with a disability with link to Equality Act 2010

• S

EN S upport replaces school action/ action plus and early years action/ action plus

• Broad areas of S

EN amended; behaviour, emotional and social difficulties out and social, emotional and mental health difficulties in (focus on underlying causes of behaviour that may be challenging)

• Graduated approach in education settings remains:

assess, plan, do, review cycle

KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF LEGISLATION

KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF LEGISLATION

• Increased age range to 0 to 25 years
• Reduced timescale for statutory assessment to 20 weeks
• Focus on preparation for adulthood with links to Care Act

2014 and amendment to S ection 17 of Children Act 1989

• New j oint commissioning duty on CCG and LA
• Academies, Free S

chools, FE colleges have same S EN duties as schools and assumption in favour of mainstream education

• Rights of appeal extended to age 25 including FE colleges

and young people have rights of their own

LOCAL OFFER

• Must set out in one place information about provision

LA expects to be available across education, health and social care for CYP with S END

• Two key purposes:
• To provide clear, comprehensive and accessible

information about the available provision and how to access it, and

• To make provision more responsive to local needs

and aspirational by directly involving disabled children and young people and those with S EN and their parents, and service providers in its development and review

LOCAL OFFER

• Core offer being drafted and information required

about settings and services agreed

• S

pecification drawn up and design work underway

• Platform to be agreed to link with wider council

local offer

• Web based tool designed to collect information
• Consultation - extensive

EDUCATION, HEALTH & CARE ASSESSMENTS AND PLANS

• Joint assessments; outcome focussed; based on person

centred principles, ‘ key worker’ to support parents through process

• Draft EHC Plan template approved
• 20 week assessment process and conversion process

approved

• Phased implementation to commence (trial)
• Professionals involved will be notified and provided

with training

• Must convert statements and LDAs to EHC plans within

3.5 and 2 years respectively

EDUCATION, HEALTH & CARE ASSESSMENTS AND PLANS

• Guidance crit eria and process for making a request being

developed linked t o early help and evidence of use of schools £6k

• Annual review process being developed; will include social

care where provision is made

• Review in year 9 will focus on preparat ion for adult hood

including housing, employment , leisure

• Transit ion prot ocols being drawn up; t ransit ion forum set up;

t ransit ion dat abase t o support commissioning

• No more request s under current legislat ion from 1 S

ept ember

• Considering t he provision of support and IAG for families

(dut y)

• Draft specificat ion for mediat ion service (dut y)

PERSONAL BUDGETS

• Duty to offer with EHC plan
• Indicative personal budget –

direct payments

• Resource allocation process agreed with FACE (as AS

C)

• Direct payments will be offered for care/ respite,

home to school transport and continuing health care subj ect to individual assessment and eligibility

• Direct payments will be seamless with adult social

care with use of pre-paid cards

• Will consider extension to direct payments in future

JOINT COMMISSIONING

• Duty for CCG and LA
• Partnerships across education, health and

care, children, young people and families

• Joint understanding e.g. JSNA
• Joint Planning
• Joint Delivery
• Joint review to improve the service offer

CHILDREN WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS

• New statutory duties on schools
• S

tatutory guidance April 2014

• Policy, named person and procedures
• Individual healthcare plans
• S

taff training

• Inclusion in school trips, sporting activities;

similarity to Equality Act 2010 duty

Further Information

• Please contact

Satwinder Saraon Email: ssaraon@ hillingdon.gov.uk Telephone: 01895 277539 or Ext 7539