SEND & Inclusion Partnership Group Notes and Actions of Meeting 20.4.21

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The following items were discussed at the meeting on 20th April 2021.  A printable PDF copy of the full notes can be found here.

  • Welcome, Apologies / notes of the last meeting 16.03.21

  • Update of actions  - Early Years; District Overview; EHC Hub;

  • Performance overview

  • SEND Strategy Plan

  • SEND Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

  • Feedback from the management group - escalated items; future SEND Inspection; Joint commission overview

  • District overview – escalated items

  • Forward Planner - agree items

  • Any Other Business - New parent carer forum; Voice for Change

Action Tracker

Early Years Update - Available Early Help Support - Completed April 2021

Date of Meeting: 23.2.21

Action:   TM to raise with NM early help support that is available for families.

By who:  Tim Moss

By when:  April 2021

Date Action Completed:  April 2021

Early Years Update - 0-5 Specialist Provision - Completed April 2021

Date of Meeting: 23.2.21

Action:   JD to follow up access to 0-5 specialist provision.

By who:  Julie Day

By when:  April 2021

Date Action Completed:  April 2021

District Overview - AEN Funding - May 2021

Date of Meeting: 23.2.21

Action:  

AEN funding – cognitive ability information to be addressed.

By who:  Tim Moss

By when:  May 2021

Date Action Completed: 

District Overview - scoping specialist services - Completed April 2021

Date of Meeting: 23.2.21

Action:  

Scoping exercise to be undertaken to look at specialist services.

By who:   Julie Day

By when:  April 2021

Date Action Completed:   April 2021

District Overview - Hub meeting attendance - Completed April 2021

Date of Meeting: 23.2.21

Action:  

NM to ask an early years co-ordinator to attend hub meetings.

By who:  Natasha Moody

By when:  April 2021

Date Action Completed:   April 2021

Transformation partnership engagement - Completed April 2021

Date of Meeting: 16.3.21

Action:  

NM to convene a meeting with ISPBs / chairs of hubs / partners to hear the views and options re the children’s system transformation.

By who:  Natasha Moody

By when:  April 2021

Date Action Completed:   April 2021

Power BI - Ongoing

Date of Meeting: 16.3.21

Action:  

Information is live but a screenshot to be taken a few days before the meeting and circulated to the group.

By who:  Tim Moss

By when:  Ongoing

Date Action Completed:   Ongoing

EHC hub working group - Completed April 2021

Date of Meeting: 16.3.21

Action:  

A working group has been set up to focus on the hub to ensure it is fit for purpose. JD to follow up progress of the group and feedback to the SIPG in April.

By who:   Julie Day

By when:  April 2021

Date Action Completed:  April 2021

Parent Carer Forum - Workshops - September 2021

Date of Meeting: 16.3.21

Action: 

Workshops for the forum to be organised for the next academic year.

By who:  Julie Day

By when:  September 2021

Date Action Completed: 

Parent Carer Forum - Comms Pathway - Completed April 2021

Date of Meeting: 16.3.21

Action:  

Update on a comms pathway will be given at the April meeting after meeting with SENDIASS.

By who:  Julie Day

By when:  April 2021

Date Action Completed:   April 2021

Parent Carer Forum - Training Plan - May 2021

Date of Meeting: 16.3.21

Action:  

Training needs to be planned and updates brought to the SIPG. JD and KMcG to take to the management group to identify professionals and districts to be worked with and formulate a plan.

By who:  Julie Day/Karen McGowan

By when:  May 2021

Date Action Completed: 

Parent Carer Forum - SIPG invite - Completed April 2021

Date of Meeting: 16.3.21

Action:  

Catherine Ratcliffe, Contact, and representatives of the new parent carer forum be invited to observe a meeting of the SIPG between now and September for transition purposes.

By who:  Julie Day

By when:  April 2021

Date Action Completed:  April 2021

District Overview - District Model Reporting - April 2021

Date of Meeting: 16.3.21

Action:  

A meeting to be arranged with JD, NM, Paula Ricketts and Chris Rogers to discuss district model reporting.

By who:  Julie Day

By when:  April 2021

Date Action Completed: 

District Overview - annual report - September 2021

Date of Meeting: 16.3.21

Action:  

Progress updates for LMGs: an annual report to be brought to the SIPG to showcase the work being undertaken. To be factored into the forward planner.

By who:  Paula Ricketts 

By when:  September 2021

Date Action Completed:   On f/d planner

Voice for change / new parent carer forum - Completed March 2021

Date of Meeting: 16.3.21

Action:  

PR to follow up invites to meetings / correspondence circulated re the new parent carer forum that voice for change have not received.

By who:  Paula Ricketts 

By when:  March 2021

Date Action Completed:   March 2021

EHCNA requests - May 2021

Date of Meeting: 20.4.21

Action:  

Julie Day to establish the number of parents requesting an EHCNA and those that result in Tribunal.  

By who:  Julie Day 

By when:  May 21

Date Action Completed: 

Keyworkers - June 2021

Date of Meeting: 20.04.21

Action:  

Julie Day to address at the locality managers meeting the difficulty being experienced in trying to contact keyworkers and no response to messages that are left.

By who:  Julie Day

By when:  June 2021

Date Action Completed: 

Surveys - June 2021

Date of Meeting: 20.04.21

Action:  

Cathy Morris to arrange a meeting to discuss gathering information from different pathways.  Meeting attendees: parent carer forum, SENDIASS and Phil Pusey, SCVYS, who may be able to connect to a broader audience.

By who:  Cathy Morris

By when:  June 2021

Date Action Completed: 

Cross border issues - June 2021

Date of Meeting: 20.04.21

Action:  

Tim Moss to address with the RSC: where the statutory responsibility moves, some services are difficult to access and there is an inequity for some children.

By who:  Tim Moss 

By when:  June 2021

Date Action Completed: 

EHC Hub - May 2021

Date of Meeting: 20.4.21

Action:  

Julie Day to address parents experiencing difficulty in obtaining paper copies of information who are unable to access information electronically.

By who:  Julie Day  

By when:  May 2021

Date Action Completed: 

New Parent/Carer Forum - May 2021

Date of Meeting: 20.04.21

Action:  

Progress to date to be an agenda item at the next meeting

By who:  Ann Harford

By when:  May 2021

Date Action Completed: 

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