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Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years: statutory guidance for organisations which work with and support children and young people who have special educational needs or disabilities
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publishers:
- Great Britain. Department for Education, Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 292
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance on the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system for children and young people aged 0 to 25, valid from April 2015. It explains the duties of schools and colleges to provide: reasonable adjustments for disabled children and young people; and extra aids and services for disabled children and young people. The code sets out the principles underpinning the legislation including involving children, young people and parents in decisions about their support, and in planning, commissioning and reviewing services. Key sections cover: impartial information, advice and support; working together across education, health and care for joint outcomes; the local offer; early years providers; schools; further education; preparing for adulthood; education, health and care needs assessments and plans; children and young people in specific circumstances; and resolving disagreements. (Edited publisher abstract)
Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years: statutory guidance for organisations who work with and support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publishers:
- Great Britain. Department for Education, Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 282
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance on the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system for children and young people aged 0 to 25, valid until 31 March 2015. It explains the duties of schools and colleges to provide: reasonable adjustments for disabled children and young people; and extra aids and services for disabled children and young people. The code sets out the principles underpinning the legislation including involving children, young people and parents in decisions about their support, and in planning, commissioning and reviewing services. Key sections cover: impartial information, advice and support; working together across education, health and care for joint outcomes; the local offer; early years providers; schools; further education; preparing for adulthood; education, health and care needs assessments and plans; children and young people in specific circumstances; and resolving disagreements. (Edited publisher abstract)
Supported employment and job coaching: best practice guidelines
- Author:
- VALUING PEOPLE NOW
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Employment is a priority for people with a learning disability as set out in Valuing People Now. Supported employment is a well-evidenced, personalised approach to working with people with significant disabilities, including people with learning disabilities and autism, to access and retain open employment, with support. The purpose of this document is to give the final definition of supported employment after consultation with a range of stakeholders (including people with learning disabilities, family carers, providers of supported employment and employers) following publication of the draft definition in March 2010. It covers what supported employment is and its guiding principles, who provides supported employment, and the supported employment model. This document is primarily aimed at supported employment practitioners and commissioners to ensure that more people with significant impairments get and keep jobs.
Day care settings: minimum standards
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 115p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This document sets out minimum standards for day care settings in Northern Ireland whether provided by the independent or statutory sectors. The standards specify the arrangements, facilities and procedures that need to be in place to ensure the delivery of a quality service. These services are targeted at persons aged 18 years and over. They are designed to meet the assessed needs of individuals for care, support, supervision or rehabilitation by reason of mental illness, functional impairment, cognitive impairment, learning disability, ill-health, age, family, or life circumstances. These standards apply to a place where persons in need of prescribed services may attend for the purposes of assessment, rehabilitation or counselling but where they are not provided with board or accommodation; day care delivered in a residential care or nursing home setting, as appropriate; and services provided as outreach from a day care setting, as relevant and appropriate.
Inspection, accountability and school improvement: report of the Lamb Inquiry to the Secretary of State
- Author:
- LAMB Brian
- Publisher:
- Lamb Inquiry into Special Educational Needs and Parental Confidence
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Lamb Inquiry was established to investigate a range of ways in which parental confidence in the special educational needs (SEN) system of assessment and provision might be improved. This report makes five recommendations: Ofsted should have a special duty to report on the quality of the provision for pupils with SEN; inspectors should have training on SEN and disability; there should be enhanced training for additional inspectors with skills in particular areas of SEN; local authorities which fail to fulfil their statutory duties towards children with SEN should be directed to address the failure; to support decision making, inspectors should have available a range of information on outcomes for children and parental satisfaction.
Valuing employment now: job coaching or supported employment: approach and progress in developing standards
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Valuing Employment Now
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Government view on supported employment (a personalised approach to working with people with significant disabilities, including people with learning disabilities and autism, to access and retain open employment) was outlined in Valuing Employment Now (2009). This included a commitment to publish standards for job coaching to drive improvements in supported employment provision. Stating that agreement on a definition of supported employment is the starting point in the development of standards for job coaching, this document outlines the Government's draft definition of supported employment. It covers what supported employment is and its guiding principles, the supported employment model and key stages for employer and employee, job matching, arranging the right support, career development, employability skills, and who provides supported employment. It also sets out planned next steps for the Government: making the draft standards accessible; seeking views from stakeholders including disabled people, family carers, providers of supported employment and employers to agree the definition and the terminology to be used to describe both supported employment and job coaches; development of national standards.
Protection of vulnerable adults scheme in England and Wales for adult placement schemes, domiciliary care agencies and care homes: a practical guide
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Government is determined that vulnerable adults should be afforded the greatest protection possible from harm. In addition to raising standards of care through National Service Frameworks, regulating providers of care in a more thorough and consistent way than hitherto, and introducing national minimum standards for regulated care services, the Government has taken action to specifically address the abuse of vulnerable adults. This guidance includes reference to pre-employment checks for domiciliary care providers and managers, and pre-employment checks for adult placement scheme providers and managers.
National service framework for children, young people and maternity services: autism spectrum disorders
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Skills
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The National Service Framework (NSF) for Children and Maternity Services is published alongside supporting material, which includes a series of exemplar patient journeys. Whilst it is not the role of the NSF or the exemplars to provide detailed clinical discussion on individual childhood conditions or aspects of pregnancy or childbirth, exemplars illustrate some of the key themes in the NSF. Autism is a spectrum disorder and every child will present differently and have needs specific to them. This example is just one example of the possible patient journey.
Development of services for people with a mental illness in England: thirteenth report prepared pursuant to section 11 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Thirteenth report prepared pursuant to section 11 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 as amended. published by the Department of Health. The twelfth report (March 2001) (HCP 339 2000/01) was entitled "Development of services for people with learning disabilities (mental handicap) or mental illness in England".
Domiciliary care: implementation of regulations and national minimum standards
- Author:
- WALES. National Assembly
- Publisher:
- Wales. National Assembly
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Work has been underway for some while to regulate domiciliary care services, where personal care is provided, in Wales following powers provided under section 22 of the Care Standards Act 2000. The Minister for Health and Social Services established a Task and Finish Working Group in August 2002 to provide expert advice on the realities of applying Regulations and National Minimum Standards to domiciliary care agencies in Wales.