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Nat. SIP working day 7 June 2018 Nat. SIP and Sensory Impairment within the Df. E SEND Schools’ Workforce Contract 2018 – 19 Lindsey Rousseau Facilitator for Nat. SIP www. natsip. org. uk lindsey. rousseau@natsip. org. uk

During 2017 -18 Nat. SIP delivered the outcomes of the contract with Df. E to provide delivery support to early years providers, schools and post-16 providers to improve outcomes for children and young people with sensory impairment. The priorities of that contract were: 1. To enhance the capacity and knowledge of the front-line workforce 2. To develop the capacity of the broader SI sector Invitations to tender for a new 2018 -20 Df. E SEND contract encouraged a consortium approach, to embed the SEND reforms and knowledge about ‘sector specific conditions’ in schools.

Aims of the new SEND schools’ workforce contract • To drive education institutions to prioritise SEND within their CPD and school improvement plans • To equip schools to identify and meet their training needs in relation to SEND • To build the specialist workforce and promote best practice • To identify and respond to any gaps in the training and resources available for schools

Nat. SIP within the SEND schools’ workforce contract • Named partner for SI in the consortium contract • Member of a powerful SEND coalition which will reach all schools and provision • Contract uses a regional approach which can benefit CYP with LISEND and offer opportunities to SI providers • Existing Nat. SIP materials and resources on the Nat. SIP website will be supported and promoted • Specialist SI providers, both schools and services, will be offered a platform • Through engagement in the research on gaps in training of educational professionals the SI ‘postcode lottery’ can be addressed and potentially reduced

Nat. SIP within the SEND schools’ workforce contract Nat. SIP activities: • Sensory Learning Hub (SLH) and online platform – deliver training to schools, EY workforce working where possible with other consortium partners • Further development of the online SI CPD platform and training log • SENCO training for SI and further development of ‘Getting Started’ • Find an SI Adviser – Nat. SIP data base • Participation in gap analysis research • Review of the Mandatory Qualifications for SI

Nat. SIP within the SEND schools’ workforce contract Can offer what the Df. E wants (in response to SEND reforms): • a joined up approach to SEND for schools • coordination of advice and resources to schools • the move away from individual contracts with ‘condition specific organisations’ • A reduction in more individual resources/guidance where there is not an identified gap Nat. SIP will work with Df. E to ensure that for CYP with SI: • there is an understanding of what risks to be lost, from the work Nat. SIP does, in the SEND schools’ workforce contract • an ongoing relationship between Df. E and Nat. SIP