Welcome

Welcome to the Southampton Inclusion Partnership Outreach Service for SEND.

The service provides a range of support for children and young people with SEND and behavioural needs in mainstream schools and other settings. Our aim is to provide a high quality support service to enable these children and young people to receive a quality education tailored to their individual needs and to strengthen their inclusion within mainstream settings.

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Role of the Service

Our Outreach Service provides support for schools across Southampton in relation to inclusion. It is commissioned by Southampton City Council under a Service Level Agreement and led and managed by Springwell School. Schools outside Southampton are able to purchase support.

For further information please contact our Outreach Administrator.

Outreach Services promote inclusion and improve life chances for vulnerable pupils
Specialist teachers are most effective when they demonstrate effective strategies for others to observe
Outreach staff provide an understanding of SEND, making a major contribution to pupil progress

(Inclusion: the impact of LA support and outreach services, OFSTED 2005)

The new Code of Practice identifies the following priorities:

Early identification of children and young people’s needs and early intervention to support them
Need to involve specialists to advise on early identification of SEN and effective support and interventions
Involvement of specialists where a pupil continues to make little or no progress over a sustained period despite evidence based SEN support

As such, the Outreach Service for SEND is an integral part of the continuum of support offered to Southampton schools.

Our Aims

To provide support and challenge for primary and secondary schools in relation to school improvement and outcomes for children and young peoplewith SEND
To provide a flexible and joined up Outreach Service that responds to the overlapping needs of the individual pupil and ensures early intervention
To increase the capacity of mainstream schools to develop high quality inclusive practice for pupils with SEND
To provide problem solving support to the Primary Heads Inclusion Group (PHIG)
To provide opportunities for mainstream staff to observe best practice in relation to SEND

Principles behind referral process and access to service

To provide one joined up Outreach Service, led and managed by Springwell School
To provide a funded basic entitlement to all schools as part of the local offer
To enable schools to drive decision making about prioritisation of referrals
To ensure all schools have access to early intervention for identified pupils
To provide layers of support to meet the different needs of pupils and schools
To provide a flexible range of charges to meet the needs of schools accessing support

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Governance

Governance of the service, whilst ultimately the responsibility of the LA, is led by Springwell School.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Review

The service is reviewed annually against performance indicators to ensure service capacity, quality and impact.

All schools are asked to complete an evaluation form at the end of an intervention, in order to provide quality assurance information and enable the service to continue to improve.

Expectations for school receiving support

In the case of children with very challenging behaviour, the school will need to have in place a behaviour management plan/risk assessment prior to support as SIP Outreach staff cannot become involved in any form of physical intervention with a pupil
Arrange teacher or teaching assistant release time for discussion where appropriate
Ensure teaching assistant or teacher is available to work alongside SIP Outreach staff to receive advice and training
Develop resources for child/young person based on the examples shown, adapting them as appropriate
Release SENCo, teacher and teaching assistant to discuss progress at review meetings
Consistently sustain the support systems and strategies suggested by SIP outreach staff between sessions
Take responsibility for cascading advice and strategies to other staff members in order to build capacity within school
In the event of a cancellation, inform the service as soon as possible