SEND, Looked After and Vulnerable Group Casework team

Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring that both children and young people's views and their parent/carers are central to any decision making about SEND support arrangements.
• Acting as a main point of contact for parent/carers of children and young people with SEND.
• Contacting a range of professionals from education, health and social care as part of the assessment process.
• Working with children and young people, parents and carers and other professionals on the agreed content of an EHC Plan.
• Representing the council at Disagreement Resolution, Mediation and Tribunal.
• Considering requests for specialist equipment and personal budgets for children and young people with SEND.
• Arranging a school place for children and young people with an EHC Plan or an Enhanced Mainstream Provision for children and young people with a SEN Support Plan or EHC plan.
• Arranging additional support for nursery aged children with SEND.
• Planning to ensure there are enough post-16 learning opportunities for young people and working with partners to commission these.
• Taking responsibility for commissioning high needs places in post-16 provision for young people with special educational needs.
• Ensuring that providers comply with their duties under the Equality Act 2010.

Referrals

Anyone can request support for a child or young person with SEND, however requests are usually made by:

• parents and carers
• young people over the age of 16 can request an EHC assessment
• early years providers, schools and colleges

If you have a concern about your child or young person's special educational needs, we would advise you to discuss this with staff at their educational setting first.