Implementing the SEN(D) parts of the Children and Families Bill

Children and young people’s involvement- Improvement Plan in response to issues raised in the film made by Young People supported by Headliners


CHYP Improvement Plan

Issue / Action agreed / Lead / Time scale
1 / Tolerance, knowledge, understanding, support
Improve the way staff work with and respond to children and young people with SEND and their families / Staff development and training is commissioned and delivered / Medium/long term
2 / Tolerance, knowledge, understanding, support
Positive profile of SEND young people is raised / Work with Children with disabilities social care team to establish engagement work with SEND young people. As part of the project work the groups would create a DVD to promote positive images and be used in training with staff / local offer etc. / Short/medium term
3 / Feeling listened to
Culture change around how we support young people to be heard and inclusive practice developed. / Deliver training and awareness- raising to children, young people, parent/carers and staff (link to 2) / Short/medium term
4 / Use the Local Offer to promote young people’s rights and be clear on what support is available. / Short/medium term
5 / Mainstream v special schools
Consider whole school approaches in all education settings. / Staff development and training is commissioned and delivered. / Medium to long term
6 / Mainstream v special schools
Buddying systems and peer led approaches of support. / Use existing good practice examples to promote and support a wider roll out across more schools / Medium to long term
7 / Mainstream v special schools
Localised SEND delivery / Establish more localised delivery centres / Medium to long term
8 / Future work prospects
Preparing for Adulthood/ local offer work streams to develop best ways of promoting the post 16 offer / Work with SEND young people to support the design of this promotion / Medium term
9 / Future work prospects
EHC process to support early conversations and identify support needed / Ensure EHC documentation is used to enable and support conversations about future work prospects / Started as from September 2014, ongoing
10 / Complicated information
Local Offer workstream to work with parent/carers, children and young people to ensure information is accessible / Newcastle University to work with us to develop an inclusive Local Offer that is meaningful for families.
This will form part of the Myplace digital civics programme funded through the University over 10 years. / Starting October 2014 and will be sustained long term.

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