1. York Parent Carer Forum
Friday 31st March 2017
Pat Bullen, NDTi (National Development Team for Inclusion) Preparing for Adulthood Facilitator Y&H

3. Demonstration sites Nine sites, one per region: Newcastle
Cheshire West & Chester
Leeds
Rutland
Dudley
Hertfordshire
Kingston upon Thames
Bath & NE Somerset
Portsmouth

4. Sites areas of focus:
Sites have been working on the following elements of the SEND reforms:
 Joint commissioning and integrated working
Personalisation and personal budgets
Local Offer and PfA
Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans and PfA
Full participation of parent carers and young people
Employment

5. Employment Newcastle:
Year 4 of Project Choice internship in the NHS. Good employment outcomes 27 young people in work.
New Venture new partnership with INTU group in retail setting.
Trinity delivering bespoke study program's with young people who have found formal education difficult- Focus on building confidence and towards work.
New Trax’s supporting young people with severe impairments to look at employment and how they use their gifts and talents to make a contribution.

6. Hertfordshire - Employment
Increased employment outcomes from supported internships and supported employment
Increased number of employers are supporting the programme
Schools thinking about supported internships and employment
All colleges have trained job coaches as part of their workforce
Development of inclusive apprenticeships
Youth Connexions continue to provide impartial information, advice and guidance
SEMH School trading supported employment with Youth Connexions

7. B&NES- employment Employer Network- 25 employers
It offers a number of opportunities:
 Paid jobs  Work experience
 Internships  Apprenticeships
Mentoring support
Interviewing skills practice
32 young people at hospital supported by dedicated job coach

8. EHC Plans Newcastle Leeds Cheshire West Dudley Portsmouth Kingston
BANES

9. Strategic Engagement
Leeds
Dudley

10. Personal Budgets
Cheshire West
Newcastle
BANES

11. Local Offer
Dudley
Leeds
Cheshire West

12. Joint commissioning
Hertfordshire
Portsmouth

13. Hertfordshire- joint commissioning
0-25 integrated SEND commissioning strategy, signed off by directors across children’s services, adult services, public health and both CCGs
Integrated 0-25 SEND Delivery Plan
0-25 SEND Commissioning Planning Board
Young commissioners with SEND trained and mobilized
Annual young commissioners’ work programme developed and now in place
Young people’s shadow board to the 0-25 SEND Integration Board
Developing 0-25 SEND Market Position Statement (MPS)

14. Herts- next steps
Recruitment and training of more young commissioners from school settings, to broaden the age range and breadth of views
A film of the process to be undertaken to allow the young commissioners to contribute
Explore better care funds as a way of pooling resources across social care and health
Use 0-25 SEND MPS to inform integrated commissioning intentions

15. Leeds- outputs
Voice and Influence – one minute guide. %20Voice%20and%20Influence%20-%20November% pdf
Leeds Social Value Act
Some examples of Voice Influence and Change in Leeds:
– coproduction event of PfA
Voice Influence and Change (VIC) Children’s Trust Board: Complex Needs report Card
Leeds Local Offer – Annual Report August 2016
You said: We did

16. Leeds
EPIC Leeds are the Parent Participation forum for parents/carers and families and sit on the Complex Needs Partnership Board (a sub group of the Children and Families Trust Board).
Next Steps: Epic Leeds to have a seat on both Children’ and Families Trust Board and Health and Wellbeing Boards.

17. Why is employment important?

18. Because it creates opportunities for all of these . . .
Friends and relationships
Community inclusion

20. Friends, relationships and community
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21. Good Health
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22. Independent living
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23. < The Benevolent State
The Inclusive Society >
“I want a life not a service!”

24. Key Resources Evaluations!!!!! EHC plan guide
guide-to-ehc-plans
CDC modules on the SEND reforms for health
Identifying social care needs
-the-social-care-needs.pdf
Evaluations!!!!!

25. more information can be found at:
(best practice and info on preparing for adulthood)
(choice, control and personalisation)
(supporting national implementation of SEND Reforms)
(guidance on issues affecting the lives of disabled children)
(info about work experience)
(supported employment)
(traineeships)
_data/file/389411/Supported_Internship_Guidance_Dec_14.pdf (supported internships)

26. Any questions?
Contact:

27. Contact: pat.bullen@ndti.org.uk
“We need to be sure we are focused on helping people get great lives and not just better paper work”
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Michael Smull has been working with individuals with disabilities for the past 40 years and written extensively on the topics of person centred thinking and challenging behaviours and the challenges of changing systems to support self determination.
More of his work can be watched on the Helen Sanderson You Tube channel