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Priority 1 – To ensure that every child and young person with SEND makes excellent progress, through access to high quality provision

Ref. Objective(s) Action Task & Finish Group

Lead Person Start/Rev/End Benchmarking

Success Measure Monitoring Evaluation (Impact)

1.1 To improve outcomes for all children and young people supported through SEN Support and improve parental confidence in mainstream education

Complete and publish a sufficiency review of SEN provision across education providers and report on findings to inform next steps.

Publish SEND sufficiency action plan to access SEND Provision Capital Funding by 17th March 2018.

Review of SEN support arrangements to ensure a consistent, high quality graduated response and understanding of sufficiency requirements and current gaps in provision. This to include:

work alongside special schools to identify opportunities for support to the SEN Support offer across mainstream providers,

work alongside the Teaching School Alliances to identify and provide Specialist Leaders of Education and Leading SENCos to support schools in the self-evaluation process, to moderate their self-assessment and use best practice in other schools to identify next steps for SEND,

work with settings, schools and colleges to improve their

SEN Support/High Need Provision Review Group

Sarah Stoppani Gwyn Botterill

Publication of SEND sufficiency review Feb 2018 SEN Support/High Needs Provision review action plan published March 2018.

9.8% CYP registered as SEN Support compared to 11% national

Link to SEND Dashboard

Local Area SEND Inspection Report

20:20 vision feedback

Published action plan for SEND sufficiency following review with agreed recommendations for implementation and use of capital grant Attainment at the end of each key stage for children and young people identified with SEND will be above national averages for equivalent groups. Progress made between key stages for children and young people identified with SEND will be above national averages for equivalent groups. Outcomes and progress for children and young people identified with SEND will demonstrate that they are closing the gap on their peers. Every school and setting will be graded by Ofsted as ‘Good’ or better. Individual school and setting Ofsted reports will recognise the good level of support for young people with SEND. Provision across the graduated response is mapped, gaps identified and filled with all provision shared through the Local Offer. Parents express an improved level of confidence with provision for SEND in mainstream schools. Reduced, permanent and fixed term exclusions for pupils with SEND.

Quarterly monitoring by DCYPDG Full annual review of school progress data Review of sufficiency implementation Analysis of those turned down for a statutory assessment to understand patterns and trends. Analysis of HNF applications and impact on outcomes.

Completed review of SEN Support across education settings in Northamptonshire leads to effective distribution of capital funding to improve outcomes.

Outcomes for CYP will have significantly improved evidenced by Northamptonshire at or better than national indicators.

Locally agreed definitions of categories of SEN lead to earlier identification and intervention to support CYP and their families.

understanding and capability to identify SEN and provide clear guidance, through the SEN Descriptors, as to what an effective continuum of assessment looks like,

review the SEN Descriptors to provide greater clarity on definitions of need, early assessment and expectations of the graduated response to improve the way in which schools use additional SEND resources available to them; maximising the positive impact on Outcomes.

Consideration of development of a Northampton Inclusion Charter based on the Rotherham Genuine Partnership charter, co-produced with young people and families, to develop a shared understanding of what a positive, inclusive educational provision looks like.

By 2020 provide a mechanism to share outcomes and progress of children and young people with SEND compared to their peers across schools and national datasets as a benchmark of their performance.

To ensure continuous review of SEND sufficiency strategy in order to ensure appropriate provision of a high standard is available.

By Dec 2018 review resources and their delivery for CYP

Fair Access & exclusions group





excluded or disengaged from education to improve outcomes that reflect our principles.

Review Inclusion funding in Early Years. Complete Early Years bid to the Delivery Support Fund.

Rachel Sanson

Progress update September 2018

Met with 3 of 4 maintained special school HT to discuss how mainstream schools could be supported with provision for SEN support. Template to be created for special schools/SEN units to complete to indicate current and future provision that they are able to provide for supporting mainstream schools. Template to be sent Sept and returned by end Oct. Inclusion network meetings have planned strategic LA officers (EHCP, EIP, EP, SSS, SE, VS) leading training and offering table top advice across academic year 2018-19. Inclusion news has planned strategic input from LA officers across academic year 2018-19. London Strategy Self-Evaluation identified as a possible resource for building school led system of self-evaluation. SS/GB/CC to present London Strategy to Teaching School Alliance at next meeting and plan a trial in up to 40 schools across the county. This initiative requires involvement of Head Teacher and SENCo/Inclusion lead to complete a self-evaluation and work with 2 other schools to develop an action plan and evaluate impact. Funding for training and teaching school involvement from SEND Reform grant. GB/SS to identify multi-agency members to create a group of colleagues to review SEN descriptors for: SEMH, ASD and MLD. IASS identifying SEN Support information sessions for parents to support successful mainstream inclusive practice and raise confidence in this level of support.

1.2 By Aug 2018 complete a review of all short breaks to ensure allocation of resources reflects key principles and commissioning is effective.

Short Breaks commissioning board with parent representation established. Consult on SB provision with parents, YP and providers. Draw up a specification for future services. Undertake a procurement process.

Rachel Sanson Link to short breaks action plan

All current short break contracts end in 2018 20:20 vision feedback CCG reduced available funding

Full engagement of parents and YP in consultation and service redesign. Services commissioned reflect feedback from consultation process Contracts in place for Aug 18

Monitored through commissioning cycle and short breaks board. Feedback from service users through Local Offer Update to DCYPDG 19th Jan 2018 and 16th July 2018

Commissioned services reflect service user feedback. Regulated provision will be good or outstanding


Action for Children was awarded the contract for non-residential short breaks and delivery started August 2018. Information on the clubs and activities are available on the Local Offer website. SCOPE was awarded the contract for the Sleep Service from 1st August 2018. The SEND support contract was not awarded but we have been working with local providers to continue some of the provision previously available e.g. NAB and Deafconnect. Residential short breaks provision secured for current financial year and continued planning for continuation of service next year. A meeting with parents and staff has been led by NHFT to inform this work. We have established a parent shadow board, a Facebook page run for and by parents where we can engage with as many families as possible in service development.





1.3 By 2018 complete a review of transport for vulnerable groups, including SEND and implement an action plan

Establish Transport Board with wide stakeholder representation. Complete audit of transport provision. Recommendations of report presented to CFE SLT and CMT Action Plan drawn up based on audit recommendations. Pilot of the use of technology to support independence.

Transport Board

Lesley Haggar Anne Wakeling

Link to transport plan Audit report Feedback from 20:20 and Shooting Stars Parental feedback Budget pressure

Launch of new post 16 and transport policy, including SEN. Innovative technology employed to reduce need for traditional support packages. Introduction of personal budgets for transport

Transport Board and SLT and CMT with recommendations for full implementation.

Greater use of alternative transport arrangements.


A review by LGSS internal audit of children’s Home to School transport and Looked After children’s transport was undertaken in the summer of 2017. The audit report produced in Autumn 2017 together with a management action to address the areas of weakness identified. This Action Plan will be monitored by the newly formed board. This board will co-ordinate and implement NCC transport policy in relation to Home to School Transport including SEN transport; post 16 transport policy and Children First Transport policy in relation to Social Care. The aim of the Board is to provide creative and flexible solution to ensure the delivery of cost effective transport services which enable young people to develop their independence skills. The Project Plan to be available by November 2018.

1.4 A review of HNF to ensure that allocation of resources reflect the principles outlined in this strategy

Review of HNF decisions to consider equity & impact. Ensure the funding is used to implement evidenced based interventions to improve outcomes. Introduction of the resource allocation system across all HNF top-ups

SEN Support/High Need Provision Review

Gwyn Botterill Rose Carpenter Rachel Sanson

Data collection Feb 2018. Report to DCYPDG 28/9/18

SEND sufficiency report Allocated HNF can be evidenced to improved outcomes

Schools forum Update to DCYPDG 28th Sept 2018 Finance meetings

Outcomes for CYP will have significantly improved evidenced by Northamptonshire at or better than national indicators.


Review of HNF underway using 3 years data to ascertain areas and schools who have accessed the funding, number of children supported, number of continuations of support, any impact measures that can be determined.

RAS Implementation into special schools Sept 19; initial review with 20% of pupils in each school completed, meetings held with all schools and financial modelling underway.

1.5 Ensure there is a robust Quality Assurance process in Northamptonshire to challenge under performance in relation to SEND and support appropriate action plans towards achieving ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’.

CFE to ensure that the quality assurance framework is implemented across all areas. School Effectiveness work with teaching schools to identify schools in need of support and/or challenge and implement improvement plan.

Link to school effectiveness plan.

Chris Connearn National data School effectiveness assessment Monitoring visits

As 1.1 School effectiveness action plan File audits Update to DCYPDG 28th Sept 2018

Outcomes for CYP improve in line with their peers from a similar starting point across the country






Analysis of SEN progress data underway for academic year 2017/18 to report end Sept.

1.6 Ensure Northamptonshire is compliant with Transforming Care Expectations

Develop and monitor a complimentary action plan for children and young people with LD, autism or both who have complex behaviours or mental health needs in line with Transforming Care Guidance

Children and Young People Transforming Care Group

Dawn Crawford/Sue Freeman

Link to Transforming Care Plan Update to DCYPDG 21st May 2018

NHSE Reporting Dec 2017 RED

Local and National data re admissions to hospital Dec 2017 8 in total; 2 LD only + 6 LD+ASD

CETR data

Root cause analysis of CETR

Risk Register

Dynamic Risk register

Reduction in hospital admissions to specialist units for mental health/behaviour

Lessons learnt from CETR reviews influence future practice and commissioning

Bi monthly reports Transformation Operational Delivery Group

Bi Monthly Transforming Care Board

Annual report to DCYPDG

Young people receive early assessment and support to avoid escalation to highly specialised services.


Relaunch of the CETR at action plan to be updated by November 2018. John Rackham undertaken root cause analysis of recent CETR’s at specific work working at system improvements. A review to be undertaken of the dynamics risk register to ensure robust plan in place for all young people. Sian Heale and Sue Freeman to lead on this completion Jan 2019. Additional resource identified via NHS funding to look at appointing a cse manager to work with all young people and professional from the date of admission to ensure robust plan in place for discharge.

Priority 2 – To engage with children, young people and their families to promote early identification and support that meets need

2.1 Continue strategic co-production of SEND policy and action plans with children, young people and families

Support the set-up of work streams with full stakeholder representation using multimedia to improve wide engagement. Maintain and expand links to representative groups e.g. NPFG, Shooting Stars, Time for Support Consider models of engagement e.g. Durham’s Young People’s One Point Promise and the Young Ambassador volunteer role in Kingston to broaden young people’s strategic engagement. Maintain and raise awareness of Local Offer Develop and implement a governance process for the development of all age autism strategy

SEND Participation Board

Nikki Taylor Tracey Davidson Bob Fletcher and Louise Kirby

Update to DCYPDG 26th March 2018

Successful 20:20 vision format and working groups Comprehensive Local Offer Positive engagement of representative groups Increased awareness of LO across communities

Parents and young people voices clearly evident in strategic planning and service delivery.

Reports from work streams ratified by DCYPDG with regular information to HWB Update to DCYPDG 26th March 2018

Wide stakeholder engagement evidenced.


Parental engagement on all work streams not yet in place and will be resolved by December 2018. SEND Participation Board continues to meet regularly. Shadow Board for Residential Short Breaks established. IASS to deliver joint information/training sessions with NPFG on SEND Support and ‘Making Mainstream Work’ CDC audit took to be completed by November meeting. Identifed gaps in service will be fed into SEND delivery plan going forward.

2.2 By 2019 ensure support plans are based on thorough person centred assessments of a child’s holistic needs engaging education, health and care professionals as appropriate. Link to 4.3 and 4.4

Survey issued to all families with new EHC plans to monitor effectiveness.

Develop a co-designed and co-produced set of principles for SEND arrangements to hear the views of young people.

Thematic audit of children with EHC plans across local authority services to review engagement of children, young people and familes. This will feed into the Quality Assurance Framework

Identify areas requiring improvement.

Implement actions to resolve identified areas of need.

EHC Stakeholder group

Gwyn Botterill

Gabby Door

Mike Brooks

Kathy/Nikki

EHC Stakeholder Group set up April 2018.

Action plan to DCYPDG July 2018

Number of complaints & tribunals

SEND Inspection recommendations

Feedback from 20:20

SEN Health meeting output

Well represented work streams in place and delivering against action plan

Parental and CYP feedback demonstrates that they have been provided with accurate and appropriate information in a timely manner. Increased satisfaction in the EHC assessment process is demonstrated by a reduced number of complaints and tribunals. Earlier intervention strategies lead to a reduced number of requests for Education, Health and Social Care Needs Assessments. Increase the capacity and inclusivity of mainstream education and as a consequence reduce demand for special school places.

Update to DCYPDG Jan 2019


Viewpoint questionnaire to be launched Sept 2018 to all young people with EHC Plans to give feedback into the annual review of their Plan. Joint training with health set up for November 2018 to develop links and information that informs EHC assessments and reviews.

2.3 By 2019 review and relaunch use of One Page Profiles across all services to support children and young people in different environments e.g. school, transport and ensure regular review.

Review current use and quality of one page profiles.

Relaunch information, guidance and training to support their use.

Use relationships with parents and carers to complete the one page profiles and develop family conversations as part of the EHC process.

Implementation of transport one page profiles.

EHC Stakeholder Group

Gwyn Botterill

Rachel Akers

Shooting Stars

Mike Brooks



Well represented work stream in place and delivering against action plan

Parents, CYP and all agencies to use one page profiles to ensure that the voice of the CYP is heard and understood and listened to improves outcomes.

Positive response from EHC survey.

Positive feedback from implementation of transport one page profiles.

Annually updated profiles and improved quality evident at reviews.

Update to DCYPDG

30th Nov 2018


No actions recorded.

2.4 By 2019 engage a range of professionals, including Health and Care professionals where appropriate, earlier in the support process to identify and meet the needs of the child.

Review impact of locality based working on improving outcomes for children and young with SEND and their families.

Review and monitor EHA action plans to ensure they are comprehensive and robust with clearly identified outcomes following Signs of Safety implementation

Janet Dowling

Nicola Scott

Gabby Door


Through audit process benchmark the quality of EHAs and identify good practice in multi-agency working

High quality assessments which are evidenced through QAF file audit process.

Report to DCYPDG outlining identified areas for improvement with an action. 16th July 2018

Subsequent reports on action plan to DCYPDG

Improved outcomes for CYP Early identification and support leads to a reduction in unnecessary referrals to tier 4 services and unnecessary admissions to hospital. Reduction in OOC placements for LAC and children with EHCPs


Initial joint meetings with health partners scheduled for November 2018 to discuss improvements in links and information sharing. Locality teams established in Daventry & South Northants, Kettering, Wellingborough & Rushden and Northampton South. Roll out in Northampton North & East, Corby & Oundle next phase. Targeted Early Help Outcome Star implemented, locality connectors recruited and Signs of Safety training underway. Triple P and Incredible Years training underway for all Targeted Early Help staff. Report to DCYPDG outlining early impact of locality working model. Via the audit framework, teams will audit the cases they are not directly involved with to ensure transparency and that the holistic needs of the child are reviewed. Gabby Atkinson and Nicola Scott to bring

report to March 2019 on the quality of audit and identified themes.

Priority 3 – To develop smooth progression to adulthood for all young people with SEND

3.1 Co-produce a redesign of the Pathway to Employment document to include cross sector 14-25 curriculum; links to careers advice and work experience opportunities and links to employment.

Actions to reference national guidance including:

Lenehan Review report – ‘These are our Children’, Jan 2017

‘Developing support services for children and young people with learning disability, autism or both’, Aug 2017

Transforming Care Blueprint and additional supporting documents.

Agree universal language for preparation for adulthood activities and documents.

Convene a 14-25 curriculum development group to include representatives from all sectors (mainstream schools, special schools, colleges, training providers) and partners including young people and parents.

Reference SEND sufficiency report recommendations

Review of PA support for YP to enable engagement in preparation for adulthood aspirations.

Establish local supported internship forums, which will create work placements for young people with SEND to provide them with the skills and confidence they need to move into paid work.

14-25 curriculum development group reporting into the PfA Group.

Representation on group from all education sectors, partners, young people and parents.

Linda Bower - EHC

Liz Sagi - Transitions

Clare - Health

Initial group meeting end April

PfA action plan published and report to DCYPDG May 18

Benchmark current pathway against national guidance to identify good practice and gaps.

Link to development of Autism strategy and pathways.

Link to Transforming Care Operational Group.

NEET data, local and national

The number of young people with SEND aged 16-25 engaged in education, employment and training will increase.

All EHCPs for children aged 14 and beyond reflect aspirations for future training or employment.

There is an increase in availability and uptake into appropriate work experience that is linked to the young person’s aspiration identified in their plans

There is an increased uptake of further education courses, supported internships and apprenticeships for children and young people with SEND aged 16-19.

All children and young people with SEND have access to independent advice and guidance and those with the greatest need have access to a personal adviser.

Action plan shared at DCYPDG 21st May 2018

Clear pathway published.

Improved engagement of young people and families in planning preparation for adulthood.

YP lead fulfilled, independent lives based on their aspirations identified through person centred planning


Cross sector curriculum group set up and action plan presented to DCYPDG.

Analysis of curriculum and progression across sectors on-going to be completed by December 2018

Supported Internship plans to utilise grant funding to employ dedicated resource to develop and implement a supported internship programme across the county including work with employers.

3.2 Co-produce and redesign the Pathway to Independent Living working alongside Adult Social Care, local councils and housing providers to ensure a seamless package of support is brokered to prepare for independent living within the community.

Ensure clear processes and pathways are in place for YP who are transitioning.

Review commissioning arrangements that are in place to identify opportunities for more integrated contracts and commissioning.

Look at provisions to support 16-25 year olds for transition into Adult Social Care.

Link to pilot of the use of technology to support independence.

Independent Living delivery Group reporting to PfA Group.

Representation on group to include Children’s Social Care,Transitions, Adult Social Care, Housing, LIVE, young people and parents.

Liz Sagi Initial group meeting end April


Independent Living Group action plan at DCYPDG 28th September 2018.

Benchmark current pathway against national guidance to identify good practice and gaps.

Link to development of Autism strategy and pathways.

Link to Transforming Care Operational Group.

Clear pathway that is known and followed by all professionals and clear for YP and their families to navigate.

Support providers in place with clear contracts and frameworks that work across CYP and ASC.

Commissioned services that are transition specific and support YP to progress into more independent living options

Those children and young people with continuing care needs have future support and transitions to adult care mapped into EHCPs


Initial group held to understand current difficulties and complexities regarding transition from children to adult services.

Broadening of group required to build action plan

Agreement to employ Business Development Manager for 1 year to support this and 3.3 Job description being written and then recruitment will begin.

3.3 Co-produce and redesign the Pathways to Community & Relationship and Pathway to Health

Ensure clear processes and pathways are in place for YP moving into adulthood.

Actions to reference national guidance including:

Lenehan Review report – ‘These are our Children’, Jan 2017

‘Developing support services for children and young people with learning disability, autism or both’, Aug 2017

Transforming Care Blueprint and additional supporting documents.

Agree universal language for preparation for adulthood activities and documents.

PfA Delivery Group

Link to SEN Health Group

Liz Sagi

Clare- Health


As 3.2

3.4 By 2018 ensure that children with SEND have access to appropriate independent advice both pre and post 16 so that future aspirations, needs and circumstances are reflected in plans.

Review support, information, advice and advocacy services available to CYP with SEND

Identify gaps in provision

Recommission services where appropriate

SEND Participation Group reporting to PfA Group

Nikki Taylor

Kathy Forsdyke

Bob Fletcher


Participation Group action plan to DCYPDG 16th July 2018

Review of current service offers

Benchmark against national good practice (see priority 2)

Identify financial envelope

Area SEND Inspection

Comprehensive range of service available to CYP which receive positive feedback

Outcomes of young people’s input feeds in to service offers through the pathways.

Improved confidence of young people to raise aspiration and make decision around their future.

Update to DCYPDG Jan 2019

Feedback from young people and families.


No noted actions

Priority 4 – To improve the quality and timeliness of multi-agency EHC assessments and quality of plans for those who require specialist levels of support

4.1 To redesign the EHC Service to ensure compliance with the 2014 Children & Families Act and the principles of person centred planning.

Staff engagement meetings

Options paper to SLT

Consultation process including liaison with unions

Final structure sign off

Implementation

Gwyn Botterill S: July 17

R Jan 18

E March 18

Service currently supported through grant funding to ensure transition of statements to plans within statutory timeframe.

Grant ends 31st March 2018 and service therefore requires redesign to reflect BAU within the new framework.

Growth in requests for assessment by 80% over the 3 years.

Successful implementation of new structure for 1st April 2018 which meets statutory requirements and within agreed financial envelope.

Review of processes for BAU with improved satisfaction from parents, CYP and partners.

Annual review process complete in statutory timeline

Rates of Tribunals to be at or below national mean.

Update to DCYPDG 19th Jan 2018

Tribunal pilot update March 2018

New service design enables effective delivery of statutory requirements to children, young people, families and professionals involved.


Implementation of new structure reviewed August 2018. Imbalance of workload addressed and area responsibilities slightly to give a more equitable distribution of workload.

Vacant officer posts (2) recruited to start September 2018. Long induction time but should hopefully soon have an impact on workloads.

Rates of appeal in Northamptonshire were 1.9% compared to a national mean of 1.8%

4.2 By 2019 ensure all criteria and thresholds for statutory assessment are clearly defined and available to all partners.

Link to 1.1 review of SEN and Descriptors document.

Review of the SEN descriptors and knowledge/understanding by whole school staff of these to improve accountability

SEN Support/High Need Provision Review Group

Sarah Stoppani Gwyn Botterill

Update to DCYPDG

30th Nov 2018

Progress report September 2018

GB/SS to identify multi-agency members to create a group of colleagues to review SEN descriptors for: SEMH, ASD and MLD. SEMH group to link with work being undertaken regarding reducing exclusions.

4.3 By 2018 develop a Quality Assurance process for Education, Health and Care Plans and requests for assessment, providing feedback to all parties involved to help improve the quality of plans and the advice which informs them.

Review current position.

Moderate against other authorities.

Provide clear guidance to support those who input into assessment and EHC Plans. Link to 4.4.

Monitor and review impact of changes.


Gwyn Botterill Gabby Door Eileen Lane


Action plan June 2018

Audit plans to establish current quality

Feedback from Inspection

Findings of Tribunals, Mediations and complaints.

Clear, concise plans where the voice of the child can be heard & identified, outcomes are clear, definition of need and provision across relevant agencies support improved outcomes

Update to DCYPDG

28th Sept 2018

Improved outcomes

Reduced tribunals

Reduced complaints

Satisfaction survey 80% good or better

Progress report September 2018

Action date not met. Group to be established by end October 2018

4.4 By 2018 ensure that local authority assessment processes and services are user friendly, information easily accessible, well communicated and that they meet statutory requirements.

Review to ensure assessments are completed to a high standard within statutory timeframe for CYP with SEND and involve all relevant agencies.

Review of Annual Reviews to identify where an EHCP may no longer be required and support to schools, parents and CYP to consider what SEN Support offer is now appropriate.

Identify process for the identification and action of an exit plan from special to mainstream provision identifying support requirements to ensure successful outcome.

Review of refusal to assess applications to identify trends/patterns in gaps of understanding and develop training/guidance to support providers.

Review statutory advices received to ensure they are comprehensive and robust which clearly identify needs, impact, provision and outcomes.

Publish clear advice and guidance on assessment processes to include:

on-line forms to request assessments,

on-line annual reviews;

clear expectations on content of statutory advices

Review current special provision sufficiency through the SEND sufficiency review and specialist place review.


Gwyn Botterill

Eileen Lane

Jo Bradley

Liz Sagi

Mike Brooks

Rachel Akers



No. of Mediations and Tribunals linked to plan contents.

A Monitoring Board is in place which meets regularly and demonstrates challenge to the delivery of the SEND processes.

Data reports are available monthly and demonstrate progress against key success measures.

Surveys demonstrate an increased level of satisfaction with the SEND processes.

There is demonstrable progress in the quality of EHC plans and social care single assessment.

There is a reduction in children out of school or waiting for special school placements.

All young people in need of tripartite funding identified with evidence of timely interventions including placements where needed.

Data reviewed termly by monitoring group.

Update to DCYPDG 16th July 2018

Reduction in Mediations and Tribunals linked to plan content.

Review and improve decision making panel for highly complex, tri-partite funded placements to ensure timely intervention and appropriate provisions identified.


On-line RSA form open to schools September 2018.

Meetings in November with health to discuss links, sharing and process

SEN sufficiency strategy to be published by end December 2018.

Monitoring group to be set up by end October.

4.5 By 2019 review the SEN moderation panel to support the local authority with its decision making responsibilities around the Education, Health and Care Plan processes.

Review current panel to ensure effective multi-agency representation and consistency of decision making.

Make recommendations on improvements including areas the panel should discuss.

Publish decision making process to provide openness and clarity.


Eileen Lane EHC Stakeholder Group set up April 2018.


Report to DCYPDG July 2018


Senior officer attends panel to review process. Change to pre-panel discussions with case workers and officers being trialled.

Review of SEN Descriptors will include inclusion of clear decision making process.

4.6 By 2019 processes for the joint commissioning of provision are clear and facilitate timely decisions where jointly commissioned provision is needed.

Market Position statements for Autism and Learning disability are developed and made available

Learning disability Commissioning Strategy developed

Commissioning group – multi agency

Deborah Mahon

NASS commissioners Bob Fletcher and Angela Overall

Sue Freeman

Link to joint commissioning action plan

Link to ’Good intentions, Good Enough?’ document published Nov17 to add the visiting requirements for residential schools

Link to Children & Young Peoples STP Board and recommissioned Mental Health Group.



Draft ASD strategy out for consultation – closes on the 7th October 2018. Final paper to be presented to November cabinet.

4.7 Following completion of an assessment process implement feedback on the process.

Link to 4.3

Create short, accessible survey to be available online. Co-produce with young people and families.

Create and implement the feedback process.

Create reporting process to enable results to be published and inform practice.


Kathy Forsdyke EHC Stakeholder Group set up April 2018.


No structured process to collect views currently exists.

Feedback from parents/young people directly feed into EHC Stakeholder group to inform development of practice.

Y1: 25% completion of survey with majority satisfied rating and some good..

Y2: 50% completion of survey with no unsatisfied rating and majority good.

Y3: 75% completion of survey with 80% good.


Group to be established by end October 2018.

First survey form completed and sent January 2019.

4.8 Continue to engage young people and parent groups and other partners in regular consultation and use feedback to help shape services.

Link to 2.1

Set up delivery groups with full stakeholder representation using multimedia to improve wide engagement.

Maintain and expand links to representative groups e.g. NPFG, Shooting Stars

Maintain and raise awareness of Local Offer

SEND Participation Group

Gwyn Botterill Kathy Forsdyke Nikki Taylor Tracey Davidson


Successful 20:20 vision format and working groups

Comprehensive Local Offer

Positive engagement of representative groups

Increased awareness of LO across communities

Well represented delivery groups in place and delivering against action plans.

Parental feedback demonstrates that they have been provided with accurate and appropriate information in a timely manner. Increased parental satisfaction in the assessment process is demonstrated by a reduced number of complaints and tribunals. Earlier intervention strategies lead to a reduced number of requests for Education, Health and Social Care Needs Assessments.

Reports from work streams ratified by DCYPDG with regular information to HWB

Wide stakeholder engagement evidenced.


SEND Participation group meets regularly.

Not all workstreams have parent and young people involvement and this to be planned for completion by end December 2018.

Cycle of monitoring & Evaluation

When No. What Who How Report Format Report Audience Done

Quarterly starting 26th March 2018

All actions Update on progress against all actions in plan.

Gwyn Botterill Quarterly report and risk register to DCYPDG DCYPDG

19th Jan 2018

1.2 Update on short breaks review and recommissioning.

Rachel Sanson Report to DCYPDG

DCYPDG

26th March 2018

1.3 2.1 4.1 4.6

Feedback from technology pilot Strategic co-production EHC Service Restructure and tribunal pilot Joint Commissioning

Anne Wakeling

Nikki Taylor/Kathy Forsdyke

Gwyn Botterill

Deborah Mahon

Verbal update

Report from Participation Group

Verbal update

Verbal update

DCYPDG/Participation Group

21st May 2018

1.6

Priority 3

Transforming Care progress

Preparation for Adulthood action plan

Sue Freeman Linda Bower

Feedback and minutes from Transforming Care Board

Action Plan

DCYPDG

PfA Delivery Group

Transforming Care Board

16th July 2018

1.2

2.4

4.4 & 4.5

Update on short breaks review and recommissioning.

Review locality based working and EHA

Review of EHC processes and moderation panel

Rachel Sanson

Nicola Scott/Janet Dowling

Eileen Lane

Report

Verbal update

Report

DCYPDG

Cabinet

28th Sept 2018

1.4 & 1.5

3.3

4.3

Review of high needs funding and work with teaching schools

Independent Living

Moderation of EHC Plans

Rose Carpenter/Chris Connearn

Amy Brock/Liz Sagi

Gwyn Botterill/Gabby Door

Report

Action plan

Action plan/report

DCYPDG

Schools Forum

30th Nov 2018

2.3

4.2

One Page Profiles

SEN Descriptor review

Sarah Stoppani

Report

Action plan

DCYPDG

Jan 2019 2.2

3.2

2.4

Multi agency holistic assessments

Independent advice

Review locality based working and TEH

Gwyn Botterill

Nikki Taylor

Janet Dowling/Nicola Scott

Report

Report

Report

DCYPDG

SEN Health Group

All actions Annual report to HWB and Children and Young Peoples STP Board.

Alison Shipley Report

Version History Date Summary of changes

0.1 04/01/18 Final draft

1.0 13/02/18 Published version

2.0 09/18 Update presented to DCYPDG and revised plan published

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