Allied Health Professions and Education : Partnership Working Project Nicola Robinson (AHP) Donald Ewing (Educ.) Development Officers - Schools/Health Directorates

Aims of the project are… improve experiences and outcomes for children, young people and their families support Sc. Gov. Purpose and National Outcomes of the National Performance Framework support recommendations from current children’s policy agenda for joint working – ASL Act, GIRFEC, CFE, Health Promotion, Early Years Framework, BHBC, Equally Well promote and support partnership working between education services and AHPs – SLT, PT and OT

We will achieve this by… 1.Engagement with key agencies and stakeholders (3 phases) 2. Developing National Guidelines 3. Including supporting CPD materials

Key agencies and stakeholders Meetings: LAs and NHS/AHPs mainstream/special schools including grant-aided special schools Linking with related Health and Education work streams e.g GIRFEC, CFE, ASL, Health & Wellbeing in Schools Project, Early Years Strategy, Health Promotion in Schools, Positive Behaviour Team, Children in Scotland

Key agencies and stakeholders Parents Children and Young People AHP Children’s Services Action Group Partnership Working Steering Group I CAN, AFASIC, NDCS, DSS, CS Initial Professional Educators (ITE/HEI) NHS QIS, NHS Education Scotland HMIe LTS Prof. bodies: RCSLT, COT, CSP CAMHS

Scoping visits - Phase 1 Identify existing best practice exemplars and explore factors leading to success Discuss challenges of partnership working and barriers/gaps Discuss possible supports to enable process, role of partnership project Complete Phase 1 with EAs and AHPs by April 2009

Scoping Visits - Phase 2 Share key learning from Phase 1 via first draft of practice Guidelines with selected LA/AHPs Engage with parent groups, CYP, voluntary bodies, grant aided special schools Discuss content and format of practice Guidelines and CPD materials Complete by Nov 2009

Scoping Visits - Phase 3 Share further draft practice Guidelines with service users and practitioners Amend in light of feedback Publish practice Guidelines and CPD materials April/May 2010 Engage in launch events Evaluate project, devise self-evaluation template Complete - June 2010

National Guidelines Key Features of Partnership Working – Brief description with explanation Evidence (Literature, other sources) Exemplification of best practice – links, tools/templates Service user voices Policy links CPD materials Web based and accessible Hard Copy

AHP and Education Partnership Working

Feature of Good Practice 1: Managers from education and AHP service meet regularly and frequently to discuss partnership working both at strategic and operational levels. Feature of Good Practice 2:Feature of Good Practice 3: Features of Good Practice: Summary

Policy Examples CPD Evidence Service Users Feature of Good Practice 2: Managers from education and AHP service meet regularly and frequently to discuss partnership working both at strategic and operational levels. These meetings take place irrespective of whether there is a financial relationship. These meetings are prioritised and where staff cannot attend the meeting they proceed with representatives from the relevant service. This sometimes means that key decisions or discussion have to be deferred. A record of these meetings is taken and shared widely with teams. A frequency of about 4 times a year, or once a school term seems appropriate

Getting It Right For Every Child ……………………… Additional Support for Learning A Curriculum for Excellence Feature of Good Practice 2: Managers from education and AHP service meet regularly and frequently to discuss partnership working both at strategic and operational levels. Policy Examples CPD Evidence Service Users

Feature of Good Practice 2: Managers from education and AHP service meet regularly and frequently to discuss partnership working both at strategic and operational levels. Policy Examples CPD Evidence Service Users McCartney 2002 Barrier to Collaboration Law et al. (2008) CIRCLE Project (2009)

Feature of Good Practice 2: Managers from education and AHP service meet regularly and frequently to discuss partnership working both at strategic and operational levels. Policy Examples CPD Evidence Service Users Dumfries and Galloway Council – Talking Talk Project Falkirk Council / NHS For the Valley – Service Level Agreements Capability Scotland – Needs Analysis Tool

Feature of Good Practice 2: Managers from education and AHP service meet regularly and frequently to discuss partnership working both at strategic and operational levels. Policy Examples CPD Evidence Service Users Children and Young People Video Clip of David who is a young person. Parents The ASL Forum in North Lanarkshire share their views about what can go wrong if professionals are not talking to each other. Professionals SLT Manager Jane and ASL Manager Joe discuss the journey they have taken in developing their links including a strategic meeting held every term.

Feature of Good Practice 2: Managers from education and AHP service meet regularly and frequently to discuss partnership working both at strategic and operational levels. Policy Examples CPD Evidence Service Users Exemplar Service Level Agreement You can use this to help you to write your own SLA. Who attends the meeting A suggestion of attendees at strategic meetings when SLAs are discussed. Mock agenda An amalgam of a variety of agenda items to act as a suggestion of items for discussion at such a meeting.

What we have learned so far…. High level of interest as relevant to practitioners Interest in how policy can be put into practice Wish to link different policy agendas Want to know what others are doing Wish to share own practice solutions Key emerging features of partnership working

Features of Good Practice 1.Agreements between Educ. and AHPs, structures for working together - including financial arrangements 2.Defined roles and responsibilities 3.Understanding range of AHP support e.g universal - targeted - specialist 4. AHP involved in planning – all levels, and training /CPD 5. Evaluation by service users

? How can we fit the partnership working project and the learning from it regarding good practice into inspection/quality improvement/assurance processes? How can we apply the emerging features of best practice to all joint working collaborative contracts within children’s services?