EHC needs assessment related templates

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Dear Bristol City Council,

The Education Health and Care assessment process involves the local authority (SEN department) asking for and securing advice and information from agencies on the child or young person's needs and what provision may be required to meet those needs and outcomes. Paragraph 9.49 of the SEN Code of Practice explains what advice and information must be sought and who from. Agencies must respond within 6 weeks of the request.

1. Please provide a blank request form template or templates used for requesting advice and information from agencies as part of the EHC assessment process.
2. Please provide a copy of service agreements with agencies. If these cannot be disclosed in whole, I would like to see the information on any recommended phrasing for EHCP assessment reports where requested by the local authority: these may include assessments from educational psychology, social care, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, CAMHS etc. This is not an exhaustive list.

Please contact me if you require any clarification.

Yours faithfully,

A McColl

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You sent us a Freedom of Information request on 07/08/2018

Your request number is CRN00181826

Our reply to your request is:  

1.Please provide a blank request form template or templates used for
requesting advice and information from agencies as part of the EHC
assessment process.

Please see attached

2. Please provide a copy of service agreements with agencies. If
these cannot be disclosed in whole, I would like to see the
information on any recommended phrasing for EHCP assessment reports
where requested by the local authority: these may include assessments
from educational psychology, social care, speech and language
therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, CAMHS etc. This is not
an exhaustive list.

The current service agreement with health providers is attached, but
it does not include specific reference to providers’ duties with
regard assessment reports for EHCPs. This was recently recognised as
an omission by Sirona Care & Health and the CCG, (see
[1]https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/our-servic...) and updated Standard
Operating Procedures for each health provider are in development.
Bristol City Council (BCC) in collaboration with the Designated
Clinical Officers from NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South
Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (BNSSG CCG) is aiming to
have these drafted by the end of August 2018, after which the new
agreements will need to go through each health provider’s governance
arrangements for sign off.

Please note that as Social Care and Educational Psychology are BCC
‘in house’ services, there is no requirement for a service agreement.

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Dear Bristol City Council,

Thank you

Yours faithfully,

A McColl