All local authorities have been asked to set out their plans for how they could deliver the ‘experts at hand’ model set out in the white paper. The DfE focus on ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ includes funding that will “enable local authorities and integrated care boards to establish an Experts at Hand Offer….This offer will be delivered through partnerships with education and health services and through outreach from specialist settings”.
We would like our model to be informed by settings’ understanding of what works best for them and current and previous experiences of external support. The experts at hand model will cover services which have traditionally sat in education (eg educational psychology, specialist teachers) and health (eg speech and language therapists, occupational therapists). They will support settings to support pupils at the universal, targeted and targeted plus levels set out in the white paper (currently OAP and SEND support).
We would appreciate you taking the time to share your views by completing the form via this link or QR code below. The form will be open for responses until Monday 4th May , so that it can inform the plans we will be submitting.
With best wishes
David Street and Jessica Conway https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/kiynWA4BD2?origin=lprLink
