1. SEBD and Pathfinder Programme Lead
SEND Conference 2014
Friday, 7 February, 2014
Eastwood Hall Hotel
Chris Harrison
SEBD and Pathfinder Programme Lead

2. 28/05/2018
Our Mission:
….. to provide a Nottinghamshire local offer of services and an integrated 0 to 25 multi-agency assessment process that leads to an education, health and care plan which is person centred and outcome focused, enabling the joint commissioning and provision of quality services which can be paid for using a personal budget.

3. Before After Done to Co-produced and person centred 3 to19 0 to 25
Education
Timeline 26 weeks
Local Authority resourced
Various sources of information
Separate commissioning arrangements
After
Co-produced and person centred
0 to 25
Education, Health and Care
Timeline 20 weeks
Personal budget
Local offer
Joint commissioning

4. Took the plunge …. September 2013
(exciting, a bit scary, challenging)

5. Number of Pupils with a Statement maintained by Local Authority, and mid-2012 population estimate for 3-19 year olds
Local Authority / Region
Number of Statements maintained by the LA
Percentage of year olds with Statement
ENGLAND
233,430
2.18%
Nottinghamshire
1,495
0.98%
Derbyshire
3,155
2.13%
Leicestershire
2,795
Lincolnshire
3,600
2.69%
Source: SEN2 Survey (2013) & ONS annual mid-year population estimates (2012)

6. Number of Statement or EHC Plan referrals by month from September 2012
2012/13
(Statement)
2013/14
(EHC Plan)
September 46 34
October 31
November 40 33
December 28 15
January 49
Total
191
177
Number of Tribunal Appeals Lodged (Sept – Jan) 9 6

7. New process: Education, Health and Care Plan Pathway7

8. 1 The Local offer SENCO’s will need to:
be familiar with the local offer
be able to sign post parents to helpful sections of the local offer
contribute information about the school as part of the local offer.

9. 2 The Referral SENCO’s will need to:
be aware of thresholds and eligibility criteria for EHC plans
be able to support and manage parents expectations
submit requests for EHC plans on behalf of parents
provide supporting advice and evidence when parents make the request themselves.

10. 3 My Story SENCO’s will need to:
be able to support families in completing the “All About Me”
provide professional advice about needs, educational outcomes and resources when requested by the EHC coordinator
be familiar with the “WIKI” system of sharing information between families and professionals.

11. 4 My Plan SENCO’s will need to:
contribute to Multi Agency meeting to help formulate the plan.

12. 5 My Budget SENCO’s will need to:
provide information about financial contributions from school, families of schools and HLN
provide a copy of provision map.

13. 6 My Life SENCO’s will need to:
ensure that outcomes and actions specified in the EHC plan are carried out
monitor progress
support parents with development of the “WIKI”.

14. 7 My Review SENCO’s will need to:
coordinate a person centred annual review
need to feedback to the EHC coordinators the outcomes of the review meeting
set new targets.

15. Parent Feedback …. liked the multi-agency approach
contained easy to understand language that described their child well
felt fully included in the process
schools have been very supportive
better process that the Statement

16. Things parents said we could improve the process by …..
need to be kept in the loop at all stages
we could to explain personal budgets better
need to know who the key contact is
who is the family supporter and what is their role.

17. Assessment Framework

18. Nottinghamshire has a history of leading the way in SEN:
Inclusive practice
Funding
SEN networks
now Education, Health and Care Plans

19. Useful links: WIKI https://www.klikin.eu/page/view/id/53191
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