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Local Government and the SEN Green Paper

Local Government and the SEN Green Paper. Some Thoughts. May 18 2011. www.lga.gov.uk. Local Councils welcome…. Improved choice for parents and young people Increased personal budgets Focus on lifetime outcomes A single system 0 -25 Integrated assessment – and less of it

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Local Government and the SEN Green Paper

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  1. Local Government and the SEN Green Paper Some Thoughts May 18 2011 www.lga.gov.uk

  2. Local Councils welcome… • Improved choice for parents and young people • Increased personal budgets • Focus on lifetime outcomes • A single system 0 -25 • Integrated assessment – and less of it • Having a single plan for health, education and care – but should also include work • Greater transparency in assessment and funding • Clarity of roles of local authorities & voluntary sectors • Increased diversity and types of providers

  3. Challenges (1) • Creating a single but flexible assessment system which is transparent and minimises conflict of interest • Ensuring partners to a single plan meet their obligations – especially health • Retaining support for parents and young people to find their way through a more diverse range of providers • Reforming funding formulae • Creating a single 5-25 system • Transport

  4. Challenges (2) • Clarifying roles of Local authorities, education funding agency, skills funding agency • Accountability of all schools and colleges • Regulation of independent special schools and colleges • Timescales and impact of policy turbulence • Impact of funding convergence (& less of it) • Different legal basis SEN / LLDD- especially appeals

  5. What local councils are doing • Working in partnership on LLDD and SEN • Improving involvement with parents & young people • Bringing rigour and equity in placement decisions • Increasing choice, especially where there is a lack of local provision • Improving relationships with FE & specialist colleges • Integrating SEN and LLDD processes • Some extending mediation systems to LLDD • Reviewing costs of transport and IAG

  6. To watch out for ... • Impact of IAG cuts on LDA assessments • Staff cuts in national and local government – disruption to existing relationships • Little national guidance ; much local variation • Second guessing the outcome of the Green Paper process • Reducing costs – sometimes drastically

  7. LAs would like ISCs to . . . • Strengthen links with local FE providers • Focus of outcomes of young people returnign to their home community • Offer a much more flexible mix of services – including less for some learners • Radically change the residential model – less long term full time, more short stays • Offer expertise locally • Take part in multi LA discussions – e.g. Greater Manchester

  8. Contacts donald.rae@local.gov.uk

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