UPDATE NO 482 03 December 2021

Mental health care for children and young people during the pandemic

On 17 November 2021 CQC published “Provider collaboration review: Mental health care of children and young people during the COVID-19 pandemic“

In June and July 2021, the Care Quality Commission carried out reviews in seven areas of England (including Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICS) to explore how services were working together to support children and young people’s mental health during the pandemic.

The full report is here

Elective home education – ADCS 2021 survey

On 24 November 2021, ADCS published its latest Elective Home Education survey.

It reports a further, significant increase in total numbers who are EHE, high levels of churn and that covid fears feature high in parents reasons for deregistration.

The full report is here

Future dates for network meetings

Lead Members Group: Expert Workshop #5: Mental Health Services for CYP. Fri 4 February 10:00. More information from Alison Michalska (contact details below)

Data Benchmarking: Thursday 9 December 2021. More information from Alastair Lee (contact details below)

Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board: More information from Rebecca Eligon (contact details below)

AD Education: Friday 4 February – 10.00am. More information from Chris Owen (contact details below)

AD Safeguarding: Friday 10 December 2021. More information from Mark Evans (contact details below)

QA Network: Thursday 6 January 2022. 2pm – 5pm. The meeting will consider performance of health and dental assessments for Children looked after. More information from Amanda Meadows (contact details below)

Fostering Network: More information from Rebecca Eligon (contact details below)

SEND SE19: 25 January 2022 (LAs only) more information from Tracey Maytas (contact details below)

Post-16 Capacity Fund 2021 to 2022: successful applications in the South East

On 9 November DfE announced successful applications to the Post-16 Capacity Fund 

 Congratulations to 10 south east providers who were awarded grants out of 39 in total.

Prior Information Notice: DfE recruitment of SEND Advisers

SEND Improvement and Operations Division at DfE have published a Prior Information Notice giving details of an invitation to freelance SEND specialists to apply for adviser positions.

The advert went live on 1 December 2021 and the appointments will run from 1 April 2022 for two years. Interested parties should pre-register on the DfE procurement portal in order to receive full details.