The Coordinated Assessment Process and Single Education Health and Care Plan

Working together to ensure positive outcomes

Our Pathfinder Approach Based on evidence Being developed by all stakeholders –Children and young people –Parents –Community and voluntary sector –Clusters of Schools and Colleges –Health, Education and Social Care Solution Focussed Evolutionary

The Core Principles Outcomes for Children and Young People Parents/Carers Family and Community Personalised and Empowering Holistic Outcomes focussed Child/YP centred Equality of opportunity Transparent Information and Communication 0 years to 25 years

Cornwall and IOS’s Pathfinder Project Jan 2012 – June 2012 Project 1 – Early support Project 2 – Single Assessment and Plan Project 3 – Transition –Evidence gathering (views from stake holders, scrutiny of current practice, identification of current good practice). –Early Support pilot Jan 2012 – March 2013 Clusters of schools and colleges testing elements of Early Support, Single Assessment and Plan and Transition

July – September 2012 Development of the ‘Journey through a Coordinated Assessment to a Single Plan ’ and associated proformas etc. Autumn 2012 – Spring 2013 Merger of projects Piloting the ‘Journey to a Single Plan through a coordinated assessment’.

The Pilots Several families currently involved in the Early Support pilot Families of preschool children and young people approaching transition to test the single assessment/plan from early October Families piloting the offer of a Personal Budget

Ensuring the best possible outcomes for children and young people with SEN and disabilities

The hopes and aspirations of our young people Friends Socialising Relationships Marriage

Paid employment Good health Having a PA and support that enables independence.

What parents told us about current processes The assessment process is too long and bureaucratic. Not enough information is given to them before process starts. Professionals do not always share information at key transition points. Parents have concerns as to what happens when a young person leaves college.

What parents want in the future ‘Key-working’ support Better coordinated assessments A single child/person centred plan Jargon free advice and guidance Good knowledge of services that are available and all the information found in a directory in one place. When planning, aspirations and outcomes to be put first.

Early Support - Consultation with parents, young people and service providers The common responses were: –Family’s priorities are addressed –Early Support model encourages parental empowerment –TAC meetings are an opportunity for professional networking to share a holistic discussion around the child and family’s needs –Positive initial support from the Early Support Team –Agreed clear actions resulting from the family service plan –Information can be used to inform other organisation’s assessments –Informs other agency’s future provision –The TAC process and meetings work well in co-ordinating services and making decisions / progress when the ‘right’ professionals are involved

Evidence from File Scrutiny + The Early Support model is both comprehensive and robust and regarded a ‘good practice’ from the education files reviewed + Where practitioners work together through the ESM then speed of support/intervention is more likely to build parental confidences + Educational Psychology were shown to provide effective support/guidance to parents in building up respective confidences + the Early Support Plan provides an ongoing case management approach allowing services to move in/out as the child’s/young persons needs lessen/grow – There is a little evidence of a focus on ‘outcomes’ within plans scrutinised thus far – the move to focus on outcomes remains crucial

Working Groups Early Support Co-ordinated Assessment and Single Child-centred Plan Transition Key-working Personal Budgets Local offer Information Sharing

The Local Offer – Published by Family Information Service The ‘Local Offer’ describes what is available in Cornwall for children, young people and their families and signposts what is available outside of the county. It will be published by ‘Family Information Services’. Family Information Services are consulting YP and parents re the best way to present the information.

Putting the jigsaw together Good practice: Early Support Transition supported by person centred planning The ‘Local Offer’ published by Family Information Service Key-working to support families Families at the centre Information sharing Multiagency working – VCS Health and LA