SUPPORTING SEND LEARNERS WITH CAREER PATHWAYS WHAT DOES

SUPPORTING SEND LEARNERS WITH CAREER PATHWAYS: WHAT DOES GOOD LOOK LIKE? JACQUI PHIPPS, SALLY HILL, JOSIE FINCH

PURPOSE AND AIMS OF THE SESSION • To understand what good careers support should look like in schools • To support best practice for transition to Post 16/18 education or training for learners with SEND • To support meaningful career information into EHCP and Moving Into Adulthood Plan • To ensure closer working with key people in the school and local authority

WHAT DO WE MEAN BY “CAREER”?

WHAT DO WE MEAN BY CAREER? Career, n: ‘way of making one’s living, profession; course through life’ (Oxford dictionary, 1995) ‘Career is defined broadly as an individual’s progression through learning and work rather than more narrowly as a job or a series of jobs’ (Andrews, 2008) ‘A career refers primarily to the sequence and variety of work roles, paid or unpaid, that individuals undertake throughout their lives; but it is also the construct which enables individuals to make sense of valued work opportunities and how their work roles relate to their wider life roles’. CDI 2017

STATUTORY GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION CAREERS STRATEGY DECEMBER 2017 DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLSJANUARY & OCTOBER 2018 OFSTED – LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, WELLBEING AND BEHAVIOUR SEND CODE OF PRACTICE

STATUTORY GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS JANUARY & OCTOBER 2018 Duty to ensure pupils are provided with independent careers guidance (Year 8 – 13) (from 2012) From January 2018 Duty for all schools to ensure opportunity for range of education and training providers to access students Duty for Schools to publish a policy statement setting out arrangements for provider access September 2018 Should appoint a named Careers Leader Duty to publish details of their careers programme

THE GATSBY BENCHMARKS 1. A stable careers programme 2. Learning from career and labour market information 3. Addressing the needs of each pupil 4. Linking curriculum learning to careers 5. Encounters with employers and employees 6. Experience of workplaces 7. Encounters with further and higher education 8. Personal careers guidance from a qualified adviser Self audit tool Compass

CAREERS GUIDANCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SEND

KEY QUESTIONS Who is your Careers Leader? Who is your Careers Adviser? Who are the contacts in the Early Help Team? What is the support for learners with an EHCP? Or learner with other form of SEND? Do you have an Enterprise Co-Ordinator or Enterprise Adviser? What is in the school’s careers programme? Does the school offer work experience or work inspiration activities? What differentiation is there for learners

Transition to Post 16 Learning q. Importance of the timeline for the Annual Review/Moving into Adulthood plan & understanding the Year 11 follow up and support by SCC q. Context December 2020 – what young people with an EHCP are doing now… q. Some of the non mainstream post 16 options around Suffolk?

Time line Sept 2020 Oct Nov/Dec Jan/Feb March April/May EHCP Process Student has an Annual Review (AR), Their Moving Into Adulthood plan (MIA) is updated and it should be clear what they want their next step to be – post 16 placement/s is/are named on the plan For Year 11 students the AR report and paperwork is sent to Family Services (FS) by December. Amendments are made and a Draft Amended EHCP is issued. This is sent to the family and a consult is issued to Post 16 provider. Once confirmation is received that the needs/provision can be met then a Final Amended EHCP’ is issued naming the Post 16 setting for the following September. This is completed by 31 st March each year. Any queries concerns are communicated to the family by FS NB for more info on exact timescales go to: https: //www. specialneedsjungle. com/wpcontent/uploads/2019/03/Annual-Review-Flow. Chartv 4. pdf June/July August Sept 2021 Ideally: Placement arrange support for the YP needs and special transition arrangements are put in place, if appropriate. Transport/Travel Training needs to be requested early. YP can apply for a bursary to support with costs Important Action points Questions To ask yourself: • What support does a YP with an EHCP need for transition? How much help/involvement is the student getting from home? • Are there students who are on roll with an EHCP but not attending? • Does the YP require support that is highly differentiated? Applications have been made to post 16 providers/visits made/planned etc Confirm YP/family have made application to Suffolk on Board where needed – especially if a taxi is required Is transition support needed? Who will provide this? The college? YPW? Other organisation? Activity Survey follow ups for those most at • Are any other professionals involved who need to contribute? e. g Health and/ or Social Care What happens if • Placement cannot meet need? • Student changes their mind re placement and FS have not been notified so EHCP has not been updated • The student does not want to continue in education Importance of • Stabilising mental health +finding other ways to engage if YP is not ► YP d oe. EET s not start Y ready for ear 12 or drops out in autumn term – Activity Surv ey ► NEET preve ntion by hav ing an early AR onc e arrived and if struggling ► Referrals to link YPW or v ia PTT once in Year 12 An EHCP is a legal document and requires evidence of need. Start early if YP has complex needs NB Re-engagement Provision cannot be named in an EHCP Refer to a YPW where there is a high risk of NEET Post 16 If the YP struggles the Post 16 Provider can arrange for an AR to take place in the Autumn term Young person and family’s voice is key Key • AR – Annual Review • Mi. A – Moving into Adulthood paperwork • FS – Family Services • EHT – Early Help Team • YPW – Young Persons Worker • YP – Young person • (N)EET –(Not in) Education, Employment, Training

Some statistics from this year…. 33 young people are NEET - over half are NEET not ready + 3 unavailable Year 12 Dec-19 Dec-20 NEET Unknown In Education 5. 2% 9. 2% 1. 2% 0. 0% 84. 0% 83. 0% (WB Learning ) 7. 4% 6. 1% Total in Learning 91. 4% 89. 1% Total cohort 325 359

Alternative Full-time Education, Re-engagement Provision & Youth work for 16 -18 s | By area l The Mix – All Together l Felixstowe - Level 2 l Princes Trust Team programme/ - WSC Get Started/Get Into Just 42 l Skills Connect – l 18+ - Work Well Suffolk/Kickstart/JC+ l Framlingham -FAYAP l WSC – One Step l Princes Trust Team Closer l One Haverhill Youth Skills West Suffolk l Qube Traineeships l Key Traineeships Mid Suffolk Babergh East Suffolk l YMCA Training l New Meaning Pace l Activ Lives, Works l Careers l Norfolk -Nova Training/Catch 22 l See Ipswich and the West Programme –Inspire/ECC +Get Started/Get into l Life Skills l The Mix l One Haverhill Youth Skills l The Befriending Scheme/ Kidzone Princes Trust l Leiston CYDs Suffolk/Kickstart/JC+ l WSC Pathway to Achieve l Skills Connect – ACT & Circles l 18+ - Work Well l British Racing School Lapwing/Involve l Sax –ACT Community Realise Futures/Lapwing l TCHC – virtual only Foundation l Minding the Gap – Café/Boston Lodge l Minding the Gap – Works l Springboard -Seckford l Lowestoft -Sam’s Princes Trust l New Meaning – PACE l Inspire Suffolk - YES l Woodbridge – l IBC Youth Employment l (SNC – Halesworth) Projects l Qube Traineeships l Game Anglia l Key Training - l Inspire Suffolk Traineeships l Papworth Trust l Babergh Youth Engagement - West Suffolk College l Minding the Gap – Realise Futures/Lapwing l Volunteering Matters l Porch Project l Green Light Trust l Eden youth l Minding the Gap – Lapwing group l TCHC l Skills Connect – Princes Trust l WS Training l Princes Trust Team programme + Get Started/Get into l 18+ - Work Well Suffolk/Kickstart/JC+ l YMCA Training l Key Training - l 4 YP Traineeships l Careers l Qube - Traineeships l 18+ - Work Well Suffolk/Kickstart/JC+ l Princes Trust Team Programme – Inspire + Get Started/Get Into l Skills Connect – Princes Trust l Volunteering Matters

EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT

SUPPORT FOR SCHOOLS Suffolk County Council – Early Help Team, Family Services, Participation and Tracking, County Careers Lead Careers and Enterprise Company SEND Support https: //send. excellencegateway. org. uk/ https: //www. thesource. me. uk/ icanbea…. Amazing Apprenticeships New Anglia Enterprise Adviser Network