Partners committed to positive outcomes for young people with SEND in Nottinghamshire
Our vision is to champion and improve the experiences and outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and to ensure that they are listened to and heard; they are the healthiest they can be, are safe and feel safe, accepted and valued, able to enjoy life, have fun and be prepared for their futures.
The recently approved Nottinghamshire SEND strategy has been developed with a variety of people including parents, carers, and children and young people with SEND.
The outcomes framework has been developed around six co-produced outcomes:
- I need to be listened to and heard
- I need to be the healthiest I can be
- I need to be safe and feel safe
- I need to be accepted and valued by people I trust
- I need to be prepared for my future
- I need to enjoy life and have fun.
The information is available in different formats including a one-minute guide and an easy read document.
Next preparing for adulthood event coming soon
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Moving into adulthood can be more challenging for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). To offer support, we hold events for young people with EHCPs who are in year 9 and above. Our next family information event for families in Mansfield, Ashfield, Bassetlaw and Newark is:
- Date: Saturday, 16 November 2024
- Time: 10am to 2pm (just drop-in)
- Venue: Civic Centre, Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield, NG19 7BH
Come along and speak to education, health and adult social care services for advice and support about how to support young people who are getting ready to transition to adulthood.
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Coming up for half term - holiday activities and food
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Nottinghamshire’s holiday activities and food programme (HAF) offers a variety of SEND activities for young people.
For school-aged children in full time education, who receive benefits-related free school meals. The government initiative offers support to families on lower incomes, giving young people the opportunity to take part in activities and a healthy meal during the October half term school holiday.
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Max's inspirational journey as a DJ
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Max has always wanted to be a DJ, and thanks to help from our short breaks service his dreams are now coming true.
With the support he was able to attend FourFour DJ Academy to learn the skills a DJ needs.
Seeing young people who have special educational needs and disabilities, like Max, have fun and being prepared for their future is a great example of what we’re trying to achieve as a SEND partnership.
On the SEND Local offer website you can find information about things to do, education, getting around, preparing for adulthood, health and social care. There’s also a dedicated young people’s zone.
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Helping families and young people with SEND be heard
Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust has been focusing on capturing the voices of young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and involving families in planning and decision making.
Their Community Children’s and Young People Services and Health Family Teams have worked on many things including:
- Delivering SEND awareness training for staff to consider how they capture the young person’s voice in clinical records and involve families in decision making.
- Focusing on early recognition of SEND with families and signposted them to local authority services.
- Capturing the voices of young people and families through focus groups in schools, the Young Person Involvement Forum and Parent Carer Forum.
- Adapting the year 9 questionnaire to identify if a young person has a SEND need and if an adult has supported completion of the questionnaire.
- Sending Healthy Family Team packs to all schools for staff, young people and families, which are also available in Makaton.
Community Children’s and Young People Services (CCYPS) is made up of Community Paediatric Nurses, Physiotherapist, Occupation Therapists and Speech and Language Therapists). The Health Family Teams may be known as Health Visiting and School Nursing and works across 0-19 years.
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Different types of healthcare animation
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Nottinghamshire healthcare’s preparing for adulthood (PFA) and transition lead worked with West Notts College creative design students to create an animation explaining the different types of healthcare and how to access them.
This came from a request by young people and families, and is part of a resource library we are developing.
Students worked on creating the character and scene designs, animation and graphics, and fellow performing-arts students provided the voice-overs.
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Improving health transitions
The first Health Transitions Network was hosted by Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB on 23 September and was well attended by representatives from adult and paediatric services supporting young people.
The network heard from the NHS England Regional lead and committed to working in line with the National Transitions Framework to ensure a positive experience for our young people and their families. The network committed to ensuring that the voice of the young person is central to decision-making and to supporting early planning for transition.
We want to hear from you
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Parents and carers who are on, or have recently been on, the autism/ADHD assessment pathway, you can help us implement changes by sharing your experiences at our workshop.
- University of Nottingham
- Friday, 8 November
- 9:30am to 12pm
Attendees will recieve an Amazon gift voucher.
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Support into work
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Bawithiran is one of a group of interns who have finished DFN Project SEARCH - a one-year transition to work programme for young adults with a learning disability or autism spectrum conditions, or both.
Interns on the programme take part in work placements at King’s Mill and Mansfield Community Hospitals, trying out different roles to explore a variety of career paths within the NHS such as hospitality, business admin, domestic services, pathology and more.
Bawithiran, who now has the job in portering, said: “I was very nervous at the start, but I have learnt so many things I didn't think I was capable of doing. I have learnt more knowledge to be able to help people and have become more confident with my social skills and talking to people.”
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Neurodevelopmental Support Team waiting times
There has been some confusion recently between the waiting times reported by the Neurodevelopmental Support Team (NST) and schools, so we want to clarify this.
NST currently has a maximum wait time of up to 27 months for assessments, however this may change based on demand. While this is the longest possible wait, some children may be assessed sooner depending on their needs, especially if their case is more complex and requires a detailed evaluation. When your child is close to the top of the waiting list, the team will contact you and your child’s school to request more information for the assessment. It's important that this information provided as soon as possible to help with the assessment process.
The team will continue to update families on wait times via their monthly newsletter.
For any queries or further information please contact the NST at familyservicenst@nottscc.gov.uk or Tel: 0300 500 80 80.
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