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Leicester City Council website for Early Help support.

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Children and young people can experience a range of difficulties at any time in their life. Early help services are for children and young people of any age and can be supported from all kinds of services and organisations who work together to support the family.

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Independent advice for Parents and carers of children and young people aged 0 – 25 in Leicester City who are concerned about their child/young persons education

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SENDIASS Training

As part of our work, we offer training to parents & carers, children & young people and professionals in Leices...

Support for Young People

If you're under the age of 25, have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and live in Leicester city, we're here to help you.

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We offer impartial information and advice about the law on special educational needs and disability. Our expertise c...

SENDIASS stands for Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Advice and Support Service. We were formerly called the Parent Partnership service and have been supporting parents and carers in Leicester City since 1999.

Welcome

Welcome to SENDIASS

SENDIASS Leicester offers free, confidential and impartial information, advice and support to parents and carers of young people aged 0-25 with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) as well as young people themselves.

How we can help

We can offer you advice and information on key issues like Special Educational Needs and provision. We can also offer support on Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments and Plans and matters relating to social care and health.

We can also give you practical support with tasks such as:

Understanding complicated documents and reports

Completing paperwork

Attending meetings with you to ensure your views are heard

Contact us to discuss how we can support you.

About

What is SENDIASS?

SENDIASS stands for Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service. We were formerly called the Parent Partnership service and have been supporting parents and carers in Leicester City since 1999.

Who we support

At SENDIASS Leicester we can provide information and advice for:

Parents and carers of children and young people aged 0 - 25 in Leicester City who are concerned about their child/young persons educational progress

Children and young people aged 0 - 25 in Leicester City with SEND who are concerned about the educational progress they are making or the support they are receiving

Get Started

The information, advice and support we provide is confidential, impartial and non-judgemental, so don't hesitate to contact us to discuss your needs.

You can also find out more in our SENDIASS Frequently Asked Questions.

What is an Information, Advice and Support (IAS) service?

How must information, advice and support services be run to meet the minimum standards?

What must information, advice and support services do to meet the minimum standards?

SENDIASS Leicester was formerly known as the Parent Partnership Service Leicester.

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Supporting children, young people and carers with special educational needs

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Callback service offering Independent advice to parents and carers about concerns for educational matters affecting their children and young people

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(IPSEA) Independent Provider of Special Education Advice

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If you require information or advice regarding any educational issue that is the result of a child's special educational needs or disability (SEND), please book an appointment to speak with one of our volunteers. Our website has a wealth of legal advice and resources where you may also find the information you require, so do visit our get support page for further information.

Admin office
Independent Provider of Special Education Advice (IPSEA)
24-26 Gold Street

Saffron Walden

Essex

CB10 1EJ

Telephone: 01799 582030 (Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm)

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation our office staff are working from home, if you need to contact them please email: [email protected]
Please note, our admin office staff are unable to give advice - if you have a query relating to your child's SEND, please book a helpline appointment using the link above.

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If you require information or advice regarding any educational issue that is the result of a child’s special educational needs or disability (SEND), please book an appointment to speak with one of our volunteers. Our website has a wealth of legal advice and resources where you may also find the information you require, so do visit our get support page for further information.

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Advice, information and workshops for parents and carers.

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SOS!SEN has been supporting families for more than 20 years to help them secure the right special educational provision for children and young people with SEND.

How can we help?

What's happening at school

What we do

We provide a range of information, advice and support to help parents find their way through the daunting legal and bureaucratic maze of securing SEN support for their children.

Parents are not always aware of their children's entitlement to SEN provision; we help them navigate the process, with advice underpinned by current legislation and best practice.

Advice on your case
We offer a free helpline, walk-in advice centres, 1:1 appointments and training workshops and webinars to help answer questions about your child's case.

Documentation support
We review draft EHCPs, prepare parental Grounds of Appeal, provide other Tribunal documents such as the Working Document, support the Annual Review process, issue pre-action letters for Judicial Review, and advise on wider provision enforcement.

Resources
Our website, booklets, information sheets, and webinars provide legally-based advice and guidance, and responses to frequently-asked questions.

What parents say

I would like to say thank you to everyone at SOS!SEN for their direction and invaluable expertise, which helped me work through an appeal... Your workshops [webinars] on appealing against the contents of EHCP and SEND Tribunal video hearings gave me the confidence to represent myself, and succeed at a SEND Tribunal hearing, to secure needed provisions for my son...

I just wanted to write a huge and heartfelt thank you to SOSSEN. I attended the walk in session in Thornton Heath...and spoke to Sarah who was truly wonderful! I have been feeling very overwhelmed...and my head has felt like a tangled ball of wool. Sarah calmly untangled it all and gave me lots of brilliant advice and next steps to work towards...

About SOS!SEN

SOS!SEN is an independent registered charity started in 2002 by a small group who had spent much of their lives in education or related services. We help parents secure the right educational support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

We now have a team of over 70 volunteers advising parents, many of whom have been in your shoes, seeking to get the right provision for their children.

We are able to fund the important lifeline we provide to parents through your donations for our services and our Surrey-based charity shop.

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SOS!SEN has been supporting families for more than 20 years to help them secure the right special educational provision for children and young people with SEND. What's happening at school We provide a range of information, advice and support to help parents find their way through the daunting legal and bureaucratic maze of securing SEN support for their children.

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There are changes to the way our early help services are running at the moment, because of COVID-19. These changes include: assessments being completed virtually, socially distanced face to face meetings, some services only being available over the phone or email and some of our staff needing to wear PPE (personal protective equipment)

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Leicestershire County Council website for Early Help support.

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The Children and Family Wellbeing Service provide early help services to a child, young person or family, where they are experiencing difficulties that cannot be supported by universal services, such as schools or GPs alone.

We provide support to those who have, or still are, suffering from domestic abuse or with their mental health and wellbeing, or need some extra help with SEND, parenting or supporting targeted young people, including those who are at risk of crime.

Call us for further information

The support we offer is free of charge and can be delivered at a location to suit your situation or online.

Call the Children and Family Wellbeing Service Triage Team on 0116 305 8727 for further details.

Request a service

Professionals making a referral on behalf of a family for Early Help and Social Care Services can complete our Multi-Agency Referral Form

If you are making a self referral

If you, or someone on your behalf, think you would benefit from one of our services, you, or someone on your behalf, can complete our online request a service form. If you're completing it on behalf of someone else, you'll need their consent.

You'll have up to 60 minutes to complete it. We'll ask you what's been tried before, and details such as full name, date of birth and name of school.

Volunteer with us

We have many volunteering opportunities throughout the service from running stay and play groups, to assisting in reducing offending.

Whatever your skills, knowledge and life experiences, you'll have some valuable assets that would be useful to our service.

Find out more

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The Children and Family Wellbeing Service provide early help services to a child, young person or family, where they are experiencing difficulties that cannot be supported by universal services, such as schools or GPs alone.

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Action for Happiness - 10 ways to happier living

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Tips on how to maintain mental health within your routine

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Contact information for Care Navigators who may be able to advise on areas of support and advice you can access (Local Offer, Support Groups and organisations like the School Nursing Team).

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O2 Internet Safety Service (FREE Parental controls tech service)

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O2 Internet Safety Service (FREE Parental controls tech service)

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O2 have collaborated with NSPCC to provide free Internet safety advice and Free tech support installing parental controls in store (mobile phones, tablets, games consoles, etc.). This is available to everyone (You don't have to be an O2 customer). Appointments can be arranged at your local O2 store.

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Parents can explore the internet like children do and understand the dangers that exist online.

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Free training for parents, Carers and professionals on completing an EHCP and the EHCP annual review process

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Free EHCP Training SENDIASS Leicester City

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Free EHCP Training SENDIASS Leicester City

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As part of our work, we offer training to parents & carers, children & young people and professionals in Leicester City on a variety of topics. This page will list our online training packages and how to access them. For our upcoming workshops, please visit our training & events calandar.

Annual Review Online Package

Our Annual Review Online Package aims to equip you with the understanding of what to expect as part of the Annual Review process. You will have access to a presentation, which has an audio recording from our training officer that will guide you through the workshop.

The contents of the workshop are:

SENDIASS - what we do

Legal Documents

What is an Annual Review

5 stages of Annual Review

Helpful hints for the meeting

Sections to discuss in Annual Review meeting

What happens next

Timelines

Specific situations: Age 0-5, Transfer Phases and Year 9+ (Preparing for Adulthood)

Requesting re-assessment

Emergency Reviews

Ceasing the EHCP

Further support & information

EHCP Online Package

Our Educational Health and Care Plan (EHCP) Online Package aims to equip you with the understanding of what to expect as part of the EHCP process. You will have access to a presentation, which has an audio recording from our training officer that will guide you through the workshop.

The contents of the workshop include:

Definitions of an EHCP

Who needs an EHCP

How to apply for an EHCP assessment

Timescales for the EHCP process

Sections of an EHCP (A-K)

Linked Sections of the EHCP

How it all fits together

Support and Advice

'Personal Profile' Online Package

Available after: To Be Announced

The Personal Profile workshop shows you how you can ensure your views are heard in the statutory assessment of your child's special educational needs.

The contents of the workshop are:

Your input to the assessment of your child's EHCP

Timescales for the statutory assessment

Who gives advice for the statutory assessment

How to complete the 'Personal Profile' form

Impact on education

Impact on health

Impact on social care needs

Extra help and support

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Excellent talk on the changes to the brain during preteen/teen development.

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Grief can be overwhelming - you don’t have to deal with it alone. Cruse Bereavement Support is here. Call our helpline or chat online.

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Hope Again - Young people coping with bereavement and living after loss. A website from Cruse Bereavement.

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National Crime Agency Internet Safety Advice

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CEOP is a command of the National Crime Agency. CEOP works with child protection partners across the UK and overseas to identify the main threats to children, and coordinates activity against these threats to bring offenders to account.

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CEOP is a command of the National Crime Agency. CEOP works with child protection partners across the UK and overseas to identify the main threats to children, and coordinates activity against these threats to bring offenders to account.

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Access information and resources for parents and carers on keeping your child safer online including conversation starters and video guides.

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Health for Teens offers a great choice of content and quizzes across all areas of your health, from sexual health to your feelings, growing up, lifestyle and much more.

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Take a trip and explore the fascinating world of Health for Kids. Tap a screen and away you go.

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Our resource area for parents and carers offers a wealth of information to help you support your children to be healthy and happy as they grow.

Find top tips and advice on all aspects of children's emotional and physical health, from keeping kids active and eating well, to building their confidence and equipping them to cope with specific health issues.

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