June 2011 - East Riding of Yorkshire Primary Care Trust

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PPS - THE GREEN PAPER SEN Green Paper: ‘Support and aspiration: A new approach to special educational needs and disability’ By Amanda Ward Parent Partnership co-ordinator. The SEN Green Paper, published March 2011, sets out the Government’s ambitious proposed radical reforms to the identification, assessment and provision of services for children and young people with special educational needs or who are disabled: ‘We want to give children the best chance to succeed by spotting any problems early, extending early education and childcare, and bringing together the services they need into a single assessment and a single plan covering education, health and care.’ Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education, Sarah Teather, Minister of State for children and Families. Key proposals and aims: • Education, Health and Care Plan • Birth to 25 • To replace statements of SEN • Single assessment • Statutory protection • Education, health and social care responsibilities in one plan. Aim: For services to work together to agree a plan which has high expectations of positive outcomes for the child, is reviewed regularly to reflect changing needs and is clear about who is responsible for provision. • Early identification and support • Recruitment of 4200 additional health visitors by 2015 • Accessible high quality early years provision • Single school based category of SEN to replace School Action/Action Plus • Information and support for parents. Aim: For high quality early identification and intervention for all children when they need it. • Giving parents control • A choice of school - mainstream, special, academies and free schools • Mediation to resolve disagreements before SEN Tribunal • Optional personal budget for families to include funding for education, health support and social care, including short breaks • Key workers to be trained to support parents to work with services and manage their personal budget • Funding for parent forums in local areas East Riding Voices in Partnership (ERVIP) are the leading consultative group in the East Riding and in receipt of government parent forum funding. See overleaf for more information. Aim: To extend parents’ influence, build their confidence in the processes to determine support for their child and give them more control over support for their child and family. 12 www.fish.eastriding.gov.uk (01482) 396469
• A local offer • Local authorities will be required to publish a ‘local offer’ detailing the support available for children with SEN or who are disabled and their families • The ‘local offer’ will also describe what additional or different provision schools make for children with SEN. Aim: To introduce more transparency in the provision of services for children with SEN or who are disabled. • Transition • Access to better quality vocational and work-related earning options post 16 • Well co-ordinated transition including streamlining funding arrangements at transition. Aim: To provide disabled young people and young people with SEN opportunities and support to make a successful transition to adult life. Next Steps SEN Green Paper Consultation ends 30 June 2011 Responses can be given to any of the 59 consultation questions online at: www.education.gov.uk/consultations ERVIP are co-ordinating a response following consultation with their members. If you would like to include your views please contact ERVIP by telephone: 07813 676941 or email: sjwervip@hotmail.co.uk PPS - THE GREEN PAPER • September 2011: • Groups of local authorities to begin piloting the proposed single assessment process and ‘Education, Health and Care Plan’ for children and young people and their families. The assessment and plan pathfinders will test the key changes the government want to see, including how the voluntary and community sector can support the process and bring greater independence to assessment. • Local authorities to join the existing Individual Budget Pilots to test how the scope of personal budgets might be increased to reflect the wide range of support in an ‘Education, Health and Care Plan’. In particular, to identify the costs of providing funding in this way, the cost of provision, and the cost of supporting parent carers properly and appropriately. • During 2012: •The Government will look to take forward any legislative changes to secure the delivery of the ‘Education, Health and Care Plan’ and the offer of a personal budget, and any other necessary improvements to the system identified by pilots. For more information about the Green Paper and what it means to your family, please contact Amanda Ward, Parent partnership co-ordinator Tel: (01482) 392108 Email parent.partnership@ eastriding.gov.uk www.fish.eastriding. gov.uk/parent-partnership-service. 13
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