Welcome to this edition of the SEND News Bulletin. This week includes information on
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Have your say ... on how you would like to receive SEND information
- New Community Paediatrics Service Referral Portal
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Interim service specification for specialist gender dysphoria services for children and young people – public consultationI
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Autism in Females and Those Assigned Female at Birth - CAMHSTalk
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Have your say ... Short Breaks Consultation
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Carers in Bedfordshire events
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Autism Bedfordshire events
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Teenage brain- Parent Insight
- What's On
- Children's Centres SEND Support Coffee Mornings
Have your say ... on how you would like to receive SEND information
Are you 14-25 years old and use our SEND local offer?
If you said YES, we need your help!
We want to hear from you about the SEND Local Offer and how you would like to receive the information we put out, as a young person living in Central Bedfordshire.
To have your say, simply complete our survey.
We want to know what you would like to see improved, to help us make things better for you.
The survey will be open until 30 November 2022 AND for everyone who completes the survey you will be entered into a prize draw to win a £15 Amazon Voucher.
New Community Paediatrics Service Referral Portal
The Referral Portal is an online system designed for professionals who refer into our Community Paediatrics service and will help to streamline the referral process for children and young people into our specialist community health services.
The Referral Portal is due to launch on 31 October for professionals in Luton & Bedfordshire.
The aim of this portal will be to enhance data security, and will enable referrals to be made to multiple services (in future) using one referral process and is part a programme to establish a single point of access for all CCS Children’s Services in Bedfordshire and Luton.
The portal will be the preferred referral route for professionals once it goes live. If you refer via SystmOne, please continue to do so and treat this message as information only.
Why are we bringing this new system in?
- Paper referrals and correspondence is associated with delays in receipt, high processing times including scanning and risks of delay or non-receipt of information.
- Benefits for our families including automation of sending the Diagnosis Support Pack by email once parent/carer email is provided.
- We will stop accepting referrals by email and post after 31 December 2022
Interim service specification for specialist gender dysphoria services for children and young people – public consultation
NHS England’s interim service specification for specialist gender dysphoria services for children and young people, has just published. This draft specification sets out the interim arrangements for moving the assessment, referral and treatment of young people with gender incongruence out of the Tavistock GIDS. It is open for public consultation until 4th December and you can contribute to the consultation by completing an online survey. The interim service is expected to be up and running within the next six months.
The new service specification introduces a number of important changes, which are summarised in the Consultation guide. There is an increased emphasis on sharing of responsibility with local services (including CAMHS), and a requirement for consultation and joint formulation with the new service provider prior to making a referral. The documents are concise and written in plain English. Further background may be found in the Cass Review interim report, which has been the primary driver for the changes
Autism in Females and Those Assigned Female at Birth
CAMHS latest podcast features a discussion about Mental Health in the media between Marianne, Quin, Molly and Kieran, a trainee Clinical Psychologist who was recently on placement with CAMHS.
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Have your say ... Short Breaks Consultation
Don't forget to have a say ... We have launched a consultation to gain views on how we can better meet the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) through our existing funding approach for short break leisure activities.
This consultation was created in partnership with SNAP parent carer forum, as well as parents from Central Bedfordshire who have children with SEND.
Currently, there are six suppliers that we work with to provide short break leisure activities, and this consultation aims to find out if the current funding model enables organisations to meet the needs of children and young people with SEND in Central Bedfordshire, or if more variety is needed.
To read the full consultation document which has more details about this service, as well as how to have your say, visit: www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/consultations
Closing date: 10 November 2022
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Carers in Bedfordshire events
Autism Bedfordshire events
To book places for the following workshops please email enquiries@autismbeds.org or call 01234 214871
To book a place for the workshop below please email ashley.gordon@autismbeds.org
Teenage brain- Parent Insight
Thursday 8 December 2022, 4:30 – 5:30 pm
What is covered - Information and advice around the Teenage brain. How does the teenage brain work
Guest Speakers: Rebecca Gooch and Gemma Byass, CBC Emotional Health and Wellbeing Practitioners
Free to attend via Microsoft Teams
What's on Calendar
Due to feedback from the SNAP PCF Parent/Carer Survey we have updated our What's on Calendar on the Local Offer. Now you will be able to click on a date and a list of events that are happening that day will appear on the right hand side. Just click on the event that you are interested in to read more information about it. So check it out and let us know what you think by emailing local.offer@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
Children's Centres SEND Support Coffee Mornings
Leighton Buzzard Mencap Opportunity Group
Thursdays 10 – 11:30 (Termtime only)
Casual chat & play session for parents, carers & their children who have additional needs. Support for parents, carers & their children who have additional needs.
Ring 01525 384368 to book on.
SEND Stay and Play
Every Wednesday from 10:00 – 11:00 am
Dunstable Children’s Centre
If you would like to book a space please call 0300 300 8106/0300 300 8104
SEND Support coffee afternoon every second Monday of the month,
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Shefford and Stotfold Children’s Centre
If you would like to book a space please call 0300 300 8112
SEND Support coffee afternoon every 4th Thursday of the month,
1:30 – 2:30 am
Flitwick Children’s Centre
If you would like to book a space please call 0300 300 8111
SEND Coffee morning, Stay and Play every first and third Friday of the month,
10:30 – 11:30 am
Houghton Regis Children’s Centre
If you would like to book a space please call 0300 300 8115
Support group for parents or carers with children who have SEND
Biggleswade Youth Centre - every other Wednesday, 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Fortnightly catch ups and support online and face-to-face. A chance to speak to professionals from the CDC, Early Years Support Team, Speech and Language plus more.
To book a free place contact Karen on 0300 300 6009 or email karen.burton@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
Please visit the Local Offer for more information on activities, services, advice and support across Central Bedfordshire for children and young people with SEND or follow us on Facebook
We hope you have found the information in the bulletin helpful. We would love to hear your feedback and what you would like to see in future editions. Please let us know by emailing send.feedback@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
Do you provide a service or run events for children and young people with SEND and their families?
We would like to offer providers the opportunity to advertise local SEND services and events in our fortnightly SEND news bulletin, on our local offer Facebook page and to be included in the local offer What's On page.
If you would like to be featured then please email details about your service and/or event to local.offer@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
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