PPS session - staff and volunteers

17/01/2012

Changes to PPS from April 2011

Pre-April 20111 PPO (1 fte)1 Deputy PPO (1 fte)Volunteer co-ordinator (1 fte)Exclusions worker (1 fte)Asian Support worker (0.5 fte)Helpline Advisor (1 fte)Partnership worker (0.5 fte)Admin support (1.75 fte)

Choice Advice Service –Choice Advisor (1 fte)Choice Advice Assistant (0.6

fte)Admin support (0.6 fte)

Cool Kids Worker (0.5 fte)Admin support (0.25 fte)

Post-April 20111 PPO (1 fte)5 Advice &

Information Officers (4 fte)

Admin support (0.9 fte)

What have we done since April 2011?

• Daily helpline• Face-to-face support (staff & IPS) - preparing

paperwork, attending school/multi-agency meetings, visiting schools…

• Continued the Choice Advice Service for Nottinghamshire

• Continued specialist support for exclusions, appeals and for Asian parents

• Set up local Drop-In sessions based in existing support groups

• Supported the Asian parents’ groups to become independent

• Continued involvement with both City and County Parent/Carer Forums

• Increased the involvement of IPS and welcomed some new volunteers

• Revised two leaflets, produced new helpsheet• . . . . .

Helpline

Total calls April 2011-Dec 2011 : 673County 485 / City 183 / Other 5Over 90% calls returned in < 2 days

Compare to :Total calls April 2010-Dec 2010 : 729County 489 / City 235 / Other 5Over 90% calls returned in < 2 days

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2010 72 103 96 72 21 120 108 90 47

2011 58 83 82 66 29 86 74 124 71

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Helpline : April-Dec 2010, April-Dec 2011

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Referrals 8 16 27 20 33 26 22 9 17 20 27 21

Supported 4 12 20 18 32 24 22 9 13 19 23 20

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Staff vs IPS support for cases 2011

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Staff 4 12 16 11 22 17 12 4 12 10 15 13

IPS 0 0 4 7 10 7 10 5 1 9 8 7

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Volunteers

Apr-Dec 2010Cases 6(Total cases supported

by PPS 162)Total hours 146

Apr-Dec 2011Cases 64(Total cases

supported by PPS 180)

Total hours 425.4

IPS : support at school meetings, with paperwork, statutory assessment process, school visits, exclusions…….

Office-based volunteers

• Provide general admin support• Database/record keeping support• IPS - helpline

Apr-Dec 2010 : 247.85 hoursApr-Dec 2011 : 203.7 hours

SENDIST Appeals

Apr-Dec 2010 : Total requests 17 (County 9 / City 8)

Apr-Dec 2011 :Total requests 21 (County 20 / City 1)6 parents withdrew7 LA agreed to assess1 appeal heard (parents won)4 still ongoing3 cases no further contact after initial

support

Asian/BME support work Jan-Dec 2011

• 57 individual cases supported• Asian Fathers’ group met monthly –

74 attendances in total• Autism group met monthly – 142

attendances in total• Oakfield Asian Parents’ Group (now

merged with Asian Mothers’ group) – 70 attendances in total

Other activities for Asian/BME Parents

• SEN training weekly 7 sessions – 12 parents

• Day trips to Blackpool (60), Twin Lakes (60), Pantomime (50).

• Residential weekend to National Forest Youth Hostel (73)

All supported via AHDC Short Breaks funding in 2011

Choice Advice (Nottinghamshire) 2011

• General advice provided 5-10 calls per day• Appeals attended 13• 25 individual cases of complex admission issues

Applications for secondary schools :End Oct 752 outstandingEnd Dec 142 outstanding (some will be data

errors)

More Choice Advice work

• Attendance at Notts Admission Forum• Involvement in information events

across the county for parents of Yr 6 children

• Intensive work culminating in a series of information events for parents following shortfall of primary school places in West Bridgford

• Attendance at Choice Advice Network

All Exclusions : Apr-Dec 2010 total 67 (45 County/ 22 City)

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Exclusions City 4 4 2 2 0 2 3 2 3

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All Exclusions : Apr-Dec 2011 total 94 (75 County/ 19 City)

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Exclusions City 1 4 4 0 0 1 5 3 1

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Complex exclusions Apr-Dec 2011

• Total cases 53• 16 perm ex• 12 at risk of perm ex• 25 fixed term ex, usually series

• Preparation of parents for meetings• Attendance at GDC• Attendance at some IAP

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Parents attending

Individual support

Parents at Groups and Individual Sessions

Current PPS Drop Ins • ASHFIELDKirkby in AshfieldEvery Thursday afternoon 1 – 3pmRun by SMILE Ashfield, Coxmoor Community Centre,Abbey Road, Kirkby In AshfieldHucknallEvery Monday 10 – 12 noonRun by Indigo Kids, ARC, Annesley Road, Hucknall

• MANSFIELDEvery second and fourth Friday, 9.30 – 11.30Starting Friday 13 January 2012APTCOO, Botany Avenue, MansfieldHosted by APTCOO, PPS staff

• NEWARKFirst Monday of the month 9.30 – 11.30Young People’s Centre, Windsor Road, NewarkHosted by Newark Autism Group, PPS/IPS staff

• RUSHCLIFFEFirst Monday of the month at South Notts College Library6.30 – 7.30 Starting January 9th 2012Hosted by Rushcliffe Parent Support Group, PPS staff

• WORKSOPFirst Tuesday in the month 10 – 12 starting January 2012Worksop Library, WorksopHosted by Friends Together, PPS staff

• NOTTINGHAM CITY (incorporating Gedling/Broxtowe)GLENBROOK SCHOOL

Monthly on a Saturday afternoon at Rainbow Parent Carers Forum,Jigsaw Centre, Glenbrook School, Beechdale 2 – 4pm

14th January 201211th February 2012