L E A R N I N G SEND Pathfinder Report to Children’s Trust July Jane Marriott, Psychology and Inclusion Service Manager and Pathfinder Lead Medway Council

L E A R N I N G Medway SEND Pathfinder Pioneering change in assessment and planning for children and young people with complex needs

L E A R N I N G Overview Background and Context Vision What we have promised to do Opportunities Challenges Actions and timescales

L E A R N I N G Background and Context SEN Green Paper 2011 Liberating the NHS White Paper 2010 Personal Health Budget Pilots Support and Aspiration: Progress and Next Steps 2012

L E A R N I N G Pathfinder core activities Integrated assessment and single assessment process Single Plan 0-25 Local offer and greater transparency Engagement of parents and VCS Integration with new NHS structure Pooled and aligned budgets Cross-boundary issues/process/applicability Support to vulnerable CYP: LAC and ethnic minority families Value for money: cost of reform

L E A R N I N G Pathfinder optional activities Personal budget approaches Age range and employment Banded funding Mediation

L E A R N I N G What we have promised we’ll do Work together with practitioners, parent carers and young people to: –Design single assessment process and plan –Design personal budget process –Try these out and improve them –Produce a ‘Local Offer’ for Medway

L E A R N I N G What do we want to change? Better experience for children, young people and families Support and resources better targeted to meet need More join up and less overlap Better outcomes for all

L E A R N I N G Scope of testing Different complexity Different ages New and existing plans Variety of educational settings incl INMSS Variety of backgrounds

Governance Pathfinders Pathfinder Working Group (Sign off, info, comms and policy) Evaluation Support Other delivery partners Strategic partner EYES PB Strategic delivery National advisory group Wider stakeholder groups Ministers Pathfinder advisory group

Proposed Partnership governance of the SE7 Pathfinder

Medway Pathfinder Governance Structure SE7 Regional Pathfinder Steering Group Vulnerable Children’s Strategic Partnership Group SEND Pathfinder Steering Group Representation from Education, Health, Social Care, and Parents Medway Children’s Trust Board Task & Finish Groups: Single Integrated Assessment and Plan – 14 plus Single Integrated Assessment and Plan – Early Years Personal Budgets Local Offer Links and shared learning with National Pathfinder (SQW & MM) Links and shared learning with National Pathfinder (SQW & MM)

L E A R N I N G What have we done already? Communication and engagement –Medway Change Board –Single Assessment workshops and task groups –Awareness Raising event March 15 Designed Single Assessment: Early Years/Transition to school 14 plus Identified 6 families and conducted assessments Designing Personal Budget process

L E A R N I N G What is different about Medway’s Single Assessment? Follows Pathfinder principles agreed with Medway parent-carers: Holistic, with family as partners, –strengths-based, –clear accountabilities, –outcomes focussed, –Person-centred Integrated assessment

L E A R N I N G How will we take it forward? Trial assessment with 20 families from May 2012 Develop plan and multi-agency resource allocation processes Review and revise process August 2012 Include personal budgets from October 2012 Local Offer by December 2012 Children and Families Bill 2012 SEN Law change 2014 (Draft Bill 2012 Summer)

L E A R N I N G Children and Families Bill, 2012 “….will include provision to ensure that services for disabled children and young people and those with SEN are planned and commissioned jointly and that there are clear duties on all of the agencies involved ” (Support &Aspiration Progress and Next Steps, 2012)

L E A R N I N G Keeping you informed:

L E A R N I N G An easy read:

L E A R N I N G Websites for keeping up with developments: Medway Children’s Trust Medway Parents & Carers Forum SE7 Council for Disabled Children

L E A R N I N G Challenges Timescale Old processes continue Additional time for families and practitioners Systems to support innovations Funding streams Sustainability Willingness to do things differently Buy in from managers – accountability and commitment We learn and give accurate message to Government

L E A R N I N G Opportunities Develop existing areas of good practice Chance to do something better – and learn from others nationally Chance to work with others in Medway Chance to help shape national policy Chance to improve outcomes for children and young people