Common use of Send Clause in Contracts

Send. The Provider must ensure their setting(s) is compliant with the following legislation and guidance; Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Code of Practice; 0-25 (2015) and the Equality Act 2010. • Providers must work in partnership with parents/carers to establish the support the child needs. • Providers must ensure they maintain information into the SEND Local Offer website at ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇/▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇ in order for parents/carers to be supported to access services and support. • Providers must treat the placement of children with Special Educational Needs and Disability or potential Special Educational Needs equally and consistently in line with individual setting placement policies. • Providers ensure children with SEND or potential Special Educational Needs receive equal access to allocated weekly hours of childcare based upon the Nursery Education Fund allocation. • The Provider should be clear and transparent about the ordinarily available provision and SEND support on offer at their setting and have a clear approach to identifying and responding to SEND. The Provider must adopt a Graduated Approach to supporting children with additional needs, and make information available about their offer to support parents to choose the right setting for their child with SEND. (see appendix 3) ▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25 • Providers must establish ordinarily available provision in relation to SEND in line with national and local guidance. SEND is addressed as part of a whole setting culture. • In co-production with families, the provider must work across all agencies such as the local Children’s Centre SEN/Disability Link Worker, universal health services, and LCC specialist services such as SENISS. • The Provider must participate in the PVI and Childminders Early Years Consortia. Providers work in collaboration with LCC in order to ensure equal and timely access to additional SEND support and funding alongside ordinarily available provision in the setting. Providers to engage universal, targeted, and specialist support accordingly. This includes the Special Educational Needs Inclusion Fund (SENIF) and high needs funding structures that are available by request through the PVI and Childminders Early Years Consortia. Providers should implement specialist advice and support available through the Early Years Consortia’s via the relevant referral processes. • Where appropriate Providers may apply to the PVI Early Years High Needs panel for High Needs funding for children whose development/learning and or behaviour needs require support that is significantly “additional to” or “different from” the differentiated curriculum and educational provision made generally available for children in their early years setting. For further information on how to access High Needs Funding in PVI please email ▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇ • Providers must have appropriate arrangements to implement effective transition arrangements. “SEN support should include planning and preparing for transition, before a child moves into another setting or school. This can also include a review of the SEN support being provided or the EHC plan. To support the transition, information should be shared by the current setting with the receiving setting or school. The current setting should agree with parents the information to be shared as part of this planning process” (5.47, Special Educational Needs and Disability code of practice; 0 to 25. 2015) • Providers must ensure families benefit from the Disability Access Fund (DAF) within their settings. • The Disability Access Fund (DAF) supports 3 and 4 year old children with SEND. This does not include 4 year olds in reception class. The DAF aids access to early years places by, for example, supporting Providers in making reasonable adjustments to their settings and/or helping with building capacity (be that for the child in question or for the benefit of children as a whole attending the setting). • 3 and 4-year olds will be eligible for the DAF if they meet the following criteria: i. the child is in receipt of child Disability Living Allowance (DLA); and ii. the child receives Early Years Funding. • The Providers of 3 and 4-year-olds eligible for the DAF will be entitled to receive a one-off payment of £828 per year. The DAF is not based on an hourly rate and is an additional entitlement. • Children do not have to take up the full 570 hours of early education they are entitled to in order to receive the DAF. Children in receipt of the DAF will be eligible where they take-up any period of universal funding. • Early Years Providers are responsible for identifying eligible children. Providers are encouraged to speak to parents in order to find out who is eligible for the DAF. Parents of children qualifying for Disability Living Allowance will be required to provide documented evidence of this entitlement (see Appendix 1 Parent Declaration Form). Providers can submit an application for DAF through the Liverpool Early Years Provider Portal, attaching their evidence. • The DAF is payable as a lump sum once a year per eligible child. If a child eligible for the DAF is splitting their EY Funding across two or more Providers, parents will be expected to nominate their main Provider using the Parental Declaration Form. This Provider will be the one to attract universal funding and Early Years Pupil Premium (“EYPP”) (If applicable) and where The Local Authority will pay the DAF for the child. • If a child receiving DAF moves from one Provider to another within 12 months, the new Provider is not eligible to receive DAF funding for this child within the same financial year. DAF funding received by the original Provider will not be recouped by the Local Authority. However, any items bought specifically for that child should move with the child to their new Provider. For example, personal chair or mobility aids. • Where children are still eligible for the DAF, Providers should receive a second payment one year later; that is one year after they first received the DAF.

Send. The Local Authority must strategically plan support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) to meet the needs of all children in their local area as per the Special Educational Needs and Disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years (January 2015). • The Provider must ensure owners and all staff members are aware of their setting(s) is compliant with duties in relation to the following legislation and guidance; Special Educational Needs and Disabilities SEND Code of Practice; 0-25 (2015) Practice and the Equality Act 2010▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇. • Providers The Local Authority must work in partnership with parents/carers to establish be clear and transparent about the support the child needs. • Providers must ensure they maintain information into the SEND on offer in their area, through their Local Offer website at ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇/▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇ in order for parents/carers to be supported to ▇, so parents and providers can access services and that support. • Providers must treat the placement of children with Special Educational Needs and Disability or potential Special Educational Needs equally and consistently in line with individual setting placement policies. • Providers ensure children with SEND or potential Special Educational Needs receive equal access to allocated weekly hours of childcare based upon the Nursery Education Fund allocation. • The Provider should be clear and transparent about the ordinarily available provision and SEND support on offer at their setting and have a clear approach to identifying and responding to SEND. The Provider must adopt a the Graduated Approach to supporting children with additional needs, and make information available about their offer to support parents to choose the right setting for their child with SEND. (see appendix 3) ▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25 • Providers must establish ordinarily available provision in relation to SEND in line with national and local guidance. SEND is addressed as part of a whole setting culture. • In co-production with families, the provider must work across all agencies such as the local Children’s Centre SEN/Disability Link Worker, universal health services, and LCC specialist services such as SENISS. • The Provider must attend and participate in the PVI and Childminders local Early Years Consortia. Providers work in collaboration with LCC in order to ensure equal Consortia meetings and timely access to additional SEND support and funding alongside ordinarily available provision in if appropriate DIPTAC (Developing Inclusive Practice Team around the setting. Providers to engage universal, targeted, and specialist support accordingly. This includes the Special Educational Needs Inclusion Fund (SENIFChild) and high needs funding structures that are available by request through the PVI and Childminders Early Years Consortiameetings. Providers should implement specialist utilise specialised advice and support available through the Early Years Consortia’s via , which is funded by the relevant referral processesSEN Inclusion fund. ▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇/kb5/liverpool/fsd/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇?practitionerchannel=1 • Where appropriate Providers may apply to the PVI Early Years High Needs panel for High Needs funding for children whose development/learning and or behaviour needs require support that is significantly “additional to” or “different from” the differentiated curriculum and educational provision made generally available for children in their early years setting. For further information on how to access High Needs Funding in PVI please email ▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇ • Providers The Provider must have appropriate arrangements to implement effective transition arrangements. “SEN support should include planning make contact and preparing for transition, before a child moves into another setting or school. This can also include a review of the SEN support being provided or the EHC plan. To support the transition, information should be shared by the current setting work with the receiving setting or school. The current setting should agree with parents the information to be shared as part of this planning process” (5.47, Special Educational Needs and local Children’s Centre SEN/Disability code of practice; 0 to 25. 2015) • Providers must ensure families benefit from the Disability Access Fund (DAF) within their settingsLink Worker. • The Disability Access Fund (DAF) supports 3 and 4 year old children with SEND. This does not include 4 year olds in reception class. The DAF aids access to early years places by, for example, supporting Providers in making reasonable adjustments to their settings and/or helping with building capacity (be that for the child in question or for the benefit of children as a whole attending the setting). • 3 and 4-year olds will be eligible for the DAF if they meet the following criteria: i. the child is in receipt of child Disability Living Allowance (DLA); and ii. the child receives Early Years Funding. • The Providers of 3 and 4-year-olds eligible for the DAF will be entitled to receive a one-off payment of £828 800 per year. The DAF is not based on an hourly rate and is an additional entitlement. • Children do not have to take up the full 570 hours of early education they are entitled to in order to receive the DAF. Children in receipt of the DAF will be eligible where they take-up any period of universal funding. • Early Years Providers are responsible for identifying eligible children. Providers are encouraged to speak to parents in order to find out who is eligible for the DAF. Parents of children qualifying for Disability Living Allowance will be required to provide documented evidence of this entitlement (see Appendix 1 Parent Declaration Form). Providers can submit an application for DAF through the Liverpool Early Years Provider Portal, attaching their evidence. • The DAF is payable as a lump sum once a year per eligible child. If a child eligible for the DAF is splitting their EY Funding across two or more Providers, parents will be expected to nominate their main Provider using the Parental Declaration Form. This Provider will be the one to attract universal funding and Early Years Pupil Premium (“EYPP”) (If applicable) and where The Local Authority will pay the DAF for the child. • If a child receiving DAF moves from one Provider to another within 12 months, the new Provider is not eligible to receive DAF funding for this child within the same financial year. DAF funding received by the original Provider will not be recouped by the Local Authority. However, any items bought specifically for that child should move with the child to their new Provider. For example, personal chair or mobility aids. • Where children are still eligible for the DAF, Providers should receive a second payment one year later; that is one year after they first received the DAF.