1. Children and Families Bill SEND provision - Commissioning How CDC can help
Christine Lenehan
Director
Council for Disabled Children
October 2013

2. CDC working as Strategic Reform Partner to DfE
Expertise
Providing channel to and from government for provision of expert views and advice on key elements of the reform proposals and related issues
Information exchange
Countdown to change programme; tailored development and promotion of resources and messages for a range of audiences.
Support
To VCSE organisations. Run and support an Innovation and Sustainability Programme for local organisations.

3. What Bill? The bigger picture
Children and Families Bill
Care (and Support) Bill
Safeguarding guidance update
School and college funding arrangements
NHS changes from 1st April
Welfare reforms - ongoing
Local authority cuts
Health and Social Care Act 2012 – infrastructure

4. Expertise - priorities
CoP revisions; ongoing issues from sector on Bill content; providing evidence from members and networks
Promoting existing evidence from range of agencies; identifying and sourcing evidence where needed
Building on resources base to support implementation

5. Helpful resources on SEN and disability policy
An overview of the Children and Families Bill
This presentation gives an overview of the main clauses in the Bill, outlines the Government’s amendments at Committee Stage in the House of Commons and highlights the key issues still being debated by Parliament.Please note this presentation dates from June 2013, prior to the House of Lords debates. Download at
disabledchildren.org.uk/sendreformoverview

6. Timeline of SEN and Disability reform process
A number of activities have taken place and will take place in the future as part of the government’s reform to the SEN and disability system. This timetable outlines some of the key developments in this process. Download at

8. Overview of health reforms
The 2012 Health and Social Care Act introduced significant reforms to the health system in England. This briefing, produced by our parent charity NCB, sets out the structure of the NHS, key levers for encouraging good practice and a summary of the agencies involved. Download at

9. Support organisations
A number of organisations that have been funded by government to play a role in reforming and delivering services for disabled children, young people with special education needs and their families. CDC has mapped the work of these organisations so you can find out what support is available to your organisation locally.

10. Using resources to support

11. Ministerial Commitments and commissioning

12. And more ……

13. So for you…… Have you looked at your JSNA?
DO you know how to work with your HWBB
Have you located local Healthwatch
What advice/data /evidence can you offer to local commissioning processes
Make sure everyone you know stays linked to the programme
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