Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group

CYPN EVENT22 JANUARY 2015

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITY (SEND)REFORMS

CONTEXT & STRATEGIC OVERVIEW

Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group

CONTEXT

•Green Paper (March 2011) – Support and Aspiration

•Children & Families Act (March 2014)

•SEND Code of Practice (June 2014)

Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group

KEY LEGISLATIVE REFORMS – 1 SEPTEMBER 2014

•New requirement for LAs, health and care services to commission services jointly, to ensure that the needs of children and young people are met.•More streamlined assessment process, co-ordinated across education, health and care, putting children and young people and their families at the centre throughout.•New 0-25 Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), replacing the system of Statements and Learning Difficulty Assessments, which reflects the child or young person’s aspirations for the future, as well as their current needs.•LAs to publish a clear, transparent ‘local offer’ of services, so parents and young people can understand what is available - developed with parents and young people.

Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group

CYP IntegratedCommissioning

Group

Integrated SEND

Commissioning Group

DERBY SEND PROGRAMMEGOVERNANCE

SEND Core Group

SEND Business

Group

Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group

LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION – KEY REFORMS

•Signed up to the Disabled Children Charter

•Developed but still refining a co-ordinated EHC assessment process (EHC Panel in place)

•Developed but still refining a EHCP template

•Developed and still developing the Local Offer

Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group

LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION – MORE

•Independent Advice and Support: SENDIASS, Independent Supporters and Parent Carer Forum

•Dispute Resolution, Mediation Advice and Mediation Service – East Midlands Regional Tender

•Personal Budgets

•Preparing for Adulthood

•Transfers (from Statements/LDAs to EHCPs)

Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group

LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION - IMPROVEMENT

•Culture and practice change - Workforce Development

•Capacity and sustainability

•Personalisation

•Co-production

•Outcomes

•Affordability

•Innovation and creation

Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group

MONITORING PROGRESS

•DfE Readiness Self Assessment Questionnaire

•Audit and Annual Report on the Local Offer

•OfSted and Care Quality Commission Development of an Inspection Framework for SEND