SENCO Network Meeting
SEN Update
8th February 2013
Department of Children’s Services
SEN Assessment Team
Responsibilities
• Manage referrals for statutory assessment
• Monitor Quality of Annual Reviews & Pupil Progress
• Amend statements every key stage or 3 years unless
significant changes
• Attend Independent/Non Maintained reviews every 2
years as a minimum in consultation and co-ordination
with Social Care
Support transitions through:
– Attendance at all Year 5 annual reviews
– Attendance at all Year 11 reviews
– Attendance at all Year 14 reviews
SEN Assessment Team
Responsibilities
• Manage and represent LA at SEND Tribunals
• Multi agency working including the development of Education,
Health and Care Plans
• Statutory assessment planning/review meetings
• Management of Placements in Special Schools, DSP’s and
ARC’s
• Support and manage complex cases
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Change of provision
Individual needs not met
OLA monitoring; attendance, exclusion, change of need
Safeguarding
Conflict resolution
Mediation
Refusal to assess
SEN Assessment Team
Current Structure
SEN Assessment Team
Manager
5 SEN Officers
3 Project and
Admin Officers
4.5 SEN Admin
Support
SEN Assessment Team
Revised Structure from 1 May
2013
SEN Assessment Team
Manager
4 SEN Officers
4 Casework
Officers
4.5 SEN Admin
Support
Roles and Responsibilities – SEN Officers Cathy
Devney, Lynn Majakas, Kash Rajput, Lynn Robinson
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Tribunals
Management of Complex Cases
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Multi agency working
Change of provision
Complex annual reviews and amendments
Individual needs not met
OLA monitoring; attendance, exclusion, change of need
Safeguarding
Conflict resolution
Mediation
Refusal to assess
Statutory assessments draft statement, planning/review meetings
Support Transitions through attendance at Year 5, 11 and 14 reviews
Attend Independent/Non Maintained reviews
Roles and Responsibilities – Casework
Officers (currently vacant posts)
• Support SEND Tribunals
• Complex Case Management
– Safeguarding
– Multi agency working
• Manage the requests for statutory assessment and
the collection of information.
• Monitoring Annual Reviews and pupil progress
• Amend statements every key stage or 3 years unless
significant changes
• Liaise with schools and parents on the statutory
assessment and annual review process
Roles and Responsibilities – SEN Admin
Officers
• Provide the administration of statutory
assessment including the collection of
information and all letters
• Administer Annual Reviews; dates, input
of data to EMS
Bradford Schools On Line
• SEN Area recently updated
• Includes all the most recent documentation
and guidance (still some to add)
• We are currently putting in examples of good
practice in relation to annual reviews
• Remains the Local Authorities preferred
communication tool e.g. SEN update, courses
information
• Egress – safe external email system