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The Local Offer, Overview and links to the
Voluntary Sector
Annabel MacGregorPost 16 and Local Offer Commissioning Officer
The Local Offer
What is it?
A one stop shop to enable parents and young people to see more clearly what services are available in their area and how to access them.
What does it include?
It includes provision from birth to 25, across education, health and social care.
How is it developed?
It should be developed in conjunction with children, young people, parents/carers and local services, including schools, colleges, health and social care agencies.
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The Key Purposes
The Local Offer has two key purposes:
To provide clear, comprehensive and accessible information about the available provision and how to access it, and
To make provision more responsive to local needs and aspirations by directly involving disabled children and those with SEN and their parents, and disabled young people and those with SEN, and service providers in its development and review
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What it Includes
The Local Offer must include provision in the local authority's area.
It must also include provision outside the local area that the local authority expects is likely to be used.
It should also include relevant regional and national specialist provision.
- Eg provision for children with low incidence but more complex SEN.
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The Local Offer should be
Collaborative Must involve parents, children and young people.
AccessibleEasy to understand, factual and jargon free.
ComprehensiveWhat is available from 0 to 25 and how to access it. Must include eligibility criteria.
TransparentClear about how decisions are made. Who is accountable for them.
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Reviewing the Local Offer
The Local Authority must keep the Local Offer under review and publish comments about the Local Offer it receives from children, young people and their families.
The Local Authority must publish their response to the comments received and must include details of the action they intend to take.
Where appropriate the Local Authority should also feedback comments to commissioners of services and the services themselves.
(A summery of the comments must be published at least annually)
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Early Years
Free early education places and eligibility criteria
Relevant services from other agencies such as Portage and Early Support
Arrangements for identifying and assessing children's needs in early years
Support available to parents to aid their child's development at home
Arrangements for reviewing children's progress, including progress checks and health and development reviews between the ages of 2 and 3.
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Training & Apprenticeships
The Local Offer must identify:
Training opportunitiesSupported employment servicesApprenticeshipsTraineeshipsSupported Internships
The information must also include how young people can apply for these opportunities
Information should also be provided on the support available from the DWP Access to Work fund
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Specialist Transport
The Local Offer must include information about arrangements for transport provision.
Arrangements for specialist transport eg specially fitted buses
Details of any support available with transport costs
Support available to children and young people to use transport eg independent travel training
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Finding Somewhere to Live
Finding Accommodation including information about different housing options
How to apply for accommodation and where to get financial support for assistive technology or home modifications
Support to manage a personal budget and recruit a personal assistant
Opportunities to learn skills to live in supported, semi-supported or independent accommodation
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Community Participation
Information should include:
Opportunities for Leisure and Social Activities
How to access Mainstream Community Facilities and local youth services
Volunteering opportunities and support to access them
Support to access social opportunities and develop friendships
Support to use internet and social media safely and protect against cyber bullying
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Support for Parent/Carers
Recognition that parent/carers of disabled children can have significant needs for support to enable them to support their children effectively.
Support can include:
Support groupsSupport from individualsShort breaksSupport in the home
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Current development work
Developing web content
User testing of web page
Developing marketing materials – leaflets and posters
Working with adult services to address overlap with information for 18 – 25 year olds
Awareness raising with frontline staff
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Calderdale Local Offer
https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/localoffer
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For further information on the Local Offer contact:
Annabel MacGregorLead for Calderdale Local Offer
Tel 01422 392812 Mob 07738 075041
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