Shape how children with SEND are supported
The county council and Staffordshire’s Clinical Commissioning Groups are working with others to improve the way children with special education needs and disabilities (SEND) are supported.
An important part of this is agreeing a set of principles that will guide the way professionals across education, health and social care will support children and young people, as well as setting out the commitments made by our communities and families.
These principles will form Staffordshire’s SEND Strategy.
People may have different views around what the strategy should include, so we want to hear from as many people as possible before we work with a small group of professionals, parents and young people to set out a draft, formally consult on it and then agree it.
The outline timeline for this is below.
Outline timeline
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Activity
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Date
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Engage
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Hear from professionals, parents, children and young people and other members of the community on what currently works well, what could be improved and their ideas for what could be done differently.
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22 June – 17 July 2020
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Analyse
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Take what we have heard and look for the themes.
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20 July – 27 July 2020
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Co-produce and draft
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Work with a small group of professionals, parents, children and young people to take the themes and agree an outline strategy.
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27 July – 1 September 2020
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Consult
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Formally consult on the draft strategy with members of the public.
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7 September – 25 October 2020
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Final amends
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Make any final amends following consultation.
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26 – 31 October 2020
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Approve
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Formally agree the strategy at key boards/meetings including the Quality Committee and at a meeting of Staffordshire County Council’s Cabinet.
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By 13 November 2020
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Launch
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Share the final strategy to ensure it is used and understood.
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From 16 November 2020 (subject to approval)
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There are lots of opportunities for you to get involved, either as part of the early engagement sessions, as a member of the co-production team or by contributing your views to the public consultation.
Sign up to stay up to date with the latest.
Our online feedback form is open until midnight on 12 July 2020.
If you would like us to keep you up to date with progress by email, please sign up here.
If you need to get in touch with us, please email us at sendtransformation@staffordshire.gov.uk
If you want to find local information about Special Educational Needs in Staffordshire you can visit the SEND Local Offer. It is the single place for all information that helps children, young people and their parents to understand what services and support they can expect from a range of local agencies - including their statutory entitlements.