We have trialled webinars with Local Offer Parent Ambassadors and in the new year we will be running sessions and be promoting Webinars for 3 months with you. 

1. Could you / your team deliver a webinar?
2. What topics would you be interested in?
3. Do you want to know more about webinars?

Please get in touch and let us know: localoffer@westsussex.gov.uk or call  the SEND Information, Advice and Support Service (0330 222 8555) and ask to speak to the Local Offer Officer. 

Some children, young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and their families will need a child and family assessment carried out by a specialist Social Worker from the Child Disability Team.

We have put together a leaflet and film, working in partnership with the West Sussex Parent Carer Forum that explains what to expect and how to prepare for a assessment. View videos and resources here.

If you have any feedback on these resources, then please email localoffer@westsussex.gov.uk. Thank you.

Working with Local Offer Parent Ambassadors we have revamped some of the information on the 'health' information page.

Further recommendations of services will be added to the 'Health & Wellbeing' category.

Is any information missing? Then let us know by emailing localoffer@westsussex.gov.uk. Thank you.

The majority of children and young people with special educational needs can be supported through the school or setting’s different teaching methods and resources. The document, called the Local Authority Local Offer, gives early years settings, schools and colleges guidance as to what support the local authority would expect a child or young person, if necessary up to the age of 25, to receive through the learning setting’s own practical and financial resources so they have a positive journey through education and prepare successfully for adulthood.