Learning for Living and Work Framework

Friday 18 February – David Lewis College

Enhancement of Learning Support

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Enhancement of Learning SupportBackground to project

Acknowledgement

Slides taken from

“LLDD programme of work 2010 -2013”

Presentation for NATSPEC Directors Meeting

Jacqui Longley

YPLA Funding Development

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Enhancement of Learning SupportThe framework – what is it?

A complete framework that supports young people with SEND in their transition from school to their next placement and beyond. It brings together the range of existing assessments into a consistent format and enables LAs and the YPLA to identify education, health and care needs and the associated costs and to consider placement opportunities based on the young person’s aspirations and support needs

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Enhancement of Learning SupportThe framework – what is it?

•Is based on the principles of person centred planning and gathers information to enable providers to support young people with Special Education needs and/or learning difficulties and/or disabilities (SEND) to work towards their aspirations

•Recognises that education is one part of a young person’s life and allows scope for multi agency planning to take account of and plan for all aspects and create a holistic package

•Provides a mechanism to cost support in education based on individual needs

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Enhancement of Learning SupportYPLA programme of work

•Combined SEN (post 16), high cost ALS (over £5,500) and LDD Placement budget•Integration of Independent Specialist Providers (ISPs) into mainstream funding and data collection•Comprehensive use of Learning for Living and Work Framework •Completion and use of a Resource Allocation System to assess and cost learner support needs to access, participate and progress through education.

•Other Associated areas of activity:•Supporting and funding 19-24 year olds with an LDA•Foundation Learning

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Enhancement of Learning SupportThe framework structure

•Stage 1 Information Gathering

•Stage 2 Resource Allocation

•Stage 3 Providers Offer

•Stage 4 Confirmation of S139a

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Enhancement of Learning SupportThe framework – part 1

• Person centred plan: young person with person they choose

• Parent(s)/carer(s)’ views• School input to be completed where appropriate

for the young person: school • Medical support needs: school nurse

• Accommodation, lifestyle, independence and personal care: social worker or school

• Contacts and reports: co-ordinator

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Enhancement of Learning SupportThe framework – part 1

Person centred plan: young person with person they choose, completed over time:

• What is going well and what they would like to change in their current situation

• What they feel they are good at• Their goals and dreams• How they would like to achieve them, including the

support they would like• Likes and dislikes, anything that is important to the

young person, things they would like to change and anything that makes a difference for them

• How they like to communicate – if they have one you can attach their communication passport

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Enhancement of Learning SupportThe framework part 2 - RAS

RAS – Resource Allocation System• A tool to analyse the educational, health & social care support

needs of a learner to participate, achieve and progress • Developed in response to cross government strategies such as

‘Progression through Partnership’:- a fully integrated support package to meet educational, training, care and health needs to enable progression to appropriate employment options or independent living

• Uses a set of support questions/statements based on the principles of Every Child Matters, to identify the 1:1 (or more) support needs of a learner

• By ascertaining the exact support needs of the individual, an indicative price for support can be produced. The total price and the supplied breakdown of cost assumptions are then used to inform the negotiations with a provider

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Enhancement of Learning SupportThe framework – parts 3 and 4

Part 3• Records the future provider’s assessment and

curriculum and support from other agencies• Completed by providers working with

PA/broker/partner agencies

Part 4• Builds on previous sections to create the Section

139A Assessment• Statutory responsibility of the locality authority,

delegated in most local areas to Personal Advisers

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Enhancement of Learning SupportThe Learner Journey

Year 7 Secondary transfer

The learner receives continual person centred transition planning as part of their assessment and review process

in school

Year 9 – formal transition review meeting and review of statement where appropriate – feeding into the

LfLW Framework

Year 10 - Continued input into the LfLW Framework looking at the holistic needs of the learner taking into

account and feeding in previous assessments.

Input into the LfLW Framework by professionals in education, health, care and the learner, parents

and carers.

Investigation of provision to meet the identified needs

Opportunity for additional input and modification of the suggested package of

provision by the provider

Provider visits/transition links/assessments to understand/inform potential offer

Confirmation of learning programme and support package by the provider

Year 11 to 14 – Transition into identified further education or training opportunity

Programme delivery and regular review to ensure appropriateness of provision and progression

Progression

Identified list of learner support needs

TheLearner Journey

Completion of RAS, resulting in a costed education, health and care plan (RAS)

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Enhancement of Learning SupportConsultation and testing

• Consultation• 3 month feedback/consultation on the LfLW – does

it fit within structures in your LA (pre and post 16), does it capture what is needed to make placement and funding decisions?

• LfLW framework available with key consultation questions and feedback email reply box included

• Testing• LA nominated for full testing of the LfLW

framework – using it with learners due to start their learning from 2011/12

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Enhancement of Learning SupportFeedback from the testing

•Are you involved with the testing?

•Do you have any feedback so far?

•How are learners’ being involved?

•How are issues relating to accessibility/diversity of learners’ being addressed?