SEND services - Educational Psychology Service, Traded offer
The Educational Psychology Service (EPS) is introducing a partially traded offer from September 2022. It has contacted schools directly about this.
The changes to the offer means:
- All schools will be allocated a ‘without-cost’ core offer. (This is regardless of whether they subscribe to the EPS traded offer).
- The size of this core offer relates to the size of the school, level of social deprivation, and prevalence of SEND need.
- By doing this, we aim to make the amount of support fair and predictable to schools.
- Schools will also be able to buy an EPS subscription to extend the core offer.
Please note: The core and subscription time is separate to time spent on statutory (EHCNA) assessments. But it needs to include all other work in and with schools. For example, casework, training, meetings, and attending panels.
We are encouraging schools to use their sessions collaboratively with other schools. This will allow the time to go further. For example, for shared training and locality work.
Schools were asked to subscribe to the service by 5 June. If you missed this deadline, please contact Deborah Page, Principal Educational Psychologist, as soon as possible. We will do our best to accommodate your request.
Extending the offer
We would like to extend the traded offer over time. But for now, we are starting small due to limited capacity. We cannot guarantee that sessions will be available to buy throughout the year.
We think the partially traded arrangements will allow us to increase EPS capacity. This would mean we can develop the range of services offered to schools.
We will monitor this. We will let schools know if, and as soon as, the EPS offer can increase.
Support from the Autism and Social Communication (ASC) Service
The Autism and Social Communication (ASC) Service is part of Sheffield City Council. It is a team of autism specialists who provide advice and training to schools and education settings.
ASC used to be known as the Autism Education Team.
Training
We partner with the Autism Education Trust to offer training. The training programme reaches across the:
- Different education settings
- Whole autism spectrum
- Age ranges
- Ethnic, cultural, social-economic, gender and disability diversity among the autistic population.
Find out more.
Support
Our Autism and Social Communication (ASC) Service continues to develop the offer of support to education settings. Key members of the team are being trained to coach and mentor. This is to support staff in embedding Quality First Teaching Practices for autistic pupils, after taking part in training.
This approach ensures joint accountability and will result in better outcomes for pupils.
Contact us via
Network briefings for schools and education providers
SEND Network briefings are delivered free to Sheffield schools and education settings in November, March, and June.
The June dates are 22 and 23 June. This includes a secondary-school focussed briefing.
Book your place.
SCERTS training
The fourth training workshops are running this term:
- 22 June from 2-5pm – for Cohort 1, Social and Language Partnerships
- 7 July from 2-5pm – for Cohort 2, Conversation Partners at Primary Level
- 14 July from 2-4pm – for Cohort 3, Conversation Partners at Secondary Level/ Upper Key Stage 2.
The workshops are on Zoom. If you would like to join, please contact Learn Sheffield who can secure your place and share the recordings for workshops 1-3. The cost is £50.
These final workshops will help participants create outcomes and consider transactional supports which may be helpful in classroom activities. Cohort three focusses on:
- Social, emotional, and mental health needs (SEMH) for autistic young people.
- Practical strategies for SEMH difficulties, emotional regulation, anxiety, disengagement, and school refusal.
SEND conference: Hear Me, See Me, Include Me
Fusion SEND Hub’s annual SEND Conference takes place at Crowne Plaza, Royal Hotel Sheffield, 9am-4pm on Friday 1 July 2022.
Find out more and book your place.
Grants to train Senior Mental Health Leads
The Department for Education is offering new funding for schools for the costs of training for Senior Mental Health Leads in England.
Grants of £1,200 are available now to eligible schools. This is to train a senior mental health lead to develop and implement a whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing.
Find out more and apply for funding.
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