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Greater Manchester

PathfinderJulie Hicklin

Pathfinder Lead Manchester City Council

Wendy Cooke

Head of 16 – 19 Participation

GM Skills and Employment Partnership

Working in Partnership for a Working in Partnership for a Greater ManchesterGreater Manchester

•Population of 2.6 millionPopulation of 2.6 million

• Travel-to-work commuter Travel-to-work commuter population of 5 millionpopulation of 5 million

• April 2011: established as April 2011: established as a ‘Combined Authority’a ‘Combined Authority’

Working in Partnership for a Working in Partnership for a Greater Manchester:Greater Manchester:

Key functions of the GMCAKey functions of the GMCA

Coordination of key economic development, regeneration and transport functions, including post-16 learning and skills

BOLTON BURY MANCHESTER OLDHAM ROCHDALE SALFORD STOCKPORT TAMESIDE TRAFFORD WIGAN


Post-16 provider basePost-16 provider base

•10 General FE Colleges

•11 Sixth Form Colleges

•3 Independent Specialist Colleges (Bridge, Seashell Trust, Langdon)

•54 schools/academies with sixth form provision

•55+ training providers in GM Learning Provider Network

•Special schools with sixth form provision


•GM approach to Learning for Living and Work pilot in early 2011

•Support and Aspiration: a new approach to special educational needs and disability

•Developing the SEN Pathfinders in GM:building on existing good practice and shared learning

•GM level planning of high cost placements


•Consultation with all partners around readiness to submit applications

•Capacity issues in some GM areas

•Agreement to cross-reference areas for testing in separate LA bids

•Endorsement from Lord Peter Smith, Chair of the GMCA


Extract from Lord Smith’s letter to DfE:

‘We are particularly keen to ensure that children and young people with learning difficulties and disabilities are able to access appropriate learning, health and social care provision to enable them to reach their full potential.

In this context, we support the applications for SEN Pathfinder status from Manchester, Oldham/Rochdale, Trafford and Wigan. These authorities have committed to work together across a range of areas to be tested and to share outcomes and learning with all GMCA councils.’


•Request from DfE to form a GM Consortium (only Pathfinders in NW)

•Establishment of GM Steering Group

•Intention to include all GM areas and other relevant partners, including Transport for GM


•Trafford: vulnerable children and parents

•Wigan: vulnerable children and parents

•Oldham/Rochdale: age range and parents

•Manchester: 14-25 age range and employment

Pathfinder evaluation

To establish whether the Pathfinders:• Increase real choice and control, and improve outcomes, for families from a range of backgroundswith children and young people with SEN/D• Make the current support system more transparent, less adversarial and less bureaucratic• Introduce greater independence into the assessment process by using the voluntary sector• Demonstrate value for money, by looking at the cost of reform and associated benefits


Pathfinder progress report – Pathfinder progress report – Oldham/RochdaleOldham/Rochdale

Main focus:

- Single assessment / plan- Personal budgets- Moving into adulthood- Age Range- Parental Involvement- Banded Funding


Pathfinder progress report – Pathfinder progress report – Oldham/RochdaleOldham/Rochdale

What's working well:

• Local enthusiasm for direction of Green Paper• Excellent local sign up from parents /schools • Work on personal budgets progressing well• Parents on board and actively working with partners

on future engagement/approaches • Buy-in at executive level across agencies


Pathfinder progress report – Pathfinder progress report – Oldham/RochdaleOldham/RochdaleEmerging issues:

• PCTs to Clinical Commissioning Groups - impact on involvement at a strategic level?

• Impact of LA budget cuts/service redesign • Parental/service capacity to deliver new agenda?

• Timescales - too short to deliver the expectations - an extra year is needed!


Pathfinder progress report – Pathfinder progress report – TraffordTraffordMain Focus:

• Development of integrated assessment, coordinated by key worker with mentoring support for parents

• Development of ‘single space’ storage system; privacy impact assessment; compliance with data protection

• Personalisation pilot to include education and health


Pathfinder progress report – Pathfinder progress report – TraffordTrafford

A work in progress:

• Customer journey mapping – 3 families completed

• Identification of issues arising from current processes

• Communication strategy in place


Pathfinder progress report – Pathfinder progress report – WiganWiganKey achievements to date:

• 6 families recruited for Phase 1 pilot

• Multi-agency key working team under recruitment with named key worker for each family throughout Pathfinder process

• Development of ‘local offer’ website

• Data and Information group established

• Issues around personalised approach across education, health and social care sectors – lack of ‘fit’ with current models across all 3 domains?


Pathfinder progress report – Pathfinder progress report – ManchesterManchester

Manchester Vision:• The Manchester Pathfinder is focused on young

people in transition aged 14-25.• Our vision is to create a single, person centred,

aspirational Education, Health and Care plan for all eligible young people, with flexible funding to deliver the plan.

• The plan will be holistic, based on choices from the whole range of options, including employment, leisure and independent living.


Pathfinder progress report – Pathfinder progress report – ManchesterManchesterKey achievements to date:

• Many consultations with parents’ groups and key partner agencies

• Identified cohort of 40 young people and comparison group

• Started sharing practice with GM partners and other Pathfinders

• Identifying gaps in provision• Established governance arrangements

Governance

LDD Programmes Board

Pathfinder Task Group

Young people group

Single plan and portability

Personal budgets

Skills development

Data and systems

Local offer / information

Learning from the Pathfinder

Pathways to employment

Learning Disability Partnership Board

Parent / carergroup

Plan Coordinator group

RTCPHB

Jobs First

Transition Steering Group

Working Groups

What next?

•Continue signing up young people and parents/carers•Continue briefing Plan Coordinators•First single plans created by end May•30 single plans by October•Young people and families interviewed to evaluate impact from October•Use plans to inform commissioning•Share learning

Useful Websites

• Pathfinder

www.sendpathfinder.co.uk• Transition Information Network

www.transitioninfonetwork.org.uk• Council for Disabled Children

www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk• Contact A Family

www.cafamily.org.uk• Preparing for Adulthood

www.preparingforadulthood.org.uk


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