York's Model of Joint Partnership working (co-production)
York's Model of Joint Partnership working (co-production)
A Joint Partnership (co-production) model and audit framework for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Services in York, April 2025.
Main authors:
- Lynne Johns - Head of SEND (Interim), City of York Council (CYC)
- Laura Brown - Local Offer and Participation Officer, CYC
- Jennie Hitchins - Parent Carer Forum, York
List of contributors:
- Ruth Thompson - York Inspirational Kids
- Liz Allen - York Tourette’s Parents Group
- Theresa Ollereshaw - Parent
- Tanya Beresnevich - Parent
- Louise Mouncey - Parent
- Gillian Bucklow - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS)
- Olivia Verity - SENDIASS
- Rachel Thomas - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENCO), Westfield Primary School
- Anna Mehta - SENCO, Fulford Secondary School
- Alison Brown - Senior Manager, Allied Health Professionals
- Fiona Gospel - Clinical Psychology
- Victoria Burns - SENCO, York High School
- Pam Toas - Team Leader Special School and Community Children’s Nursing
- Susan De Val - Children’s specialist health commissioner
- Sally Smith - Designated Medical Officer, Paediatrician, York Teaching Hospital
- Clare Donovan - Learning Support, Askham Bryan College
- Nicola Greenwood - Short Breaks Manager, CYC
- Caroline Coates - Special Educational Needs (SEN) Caseworker, CYC
- Alison Edeson - Skills Manager, CYC
- Ruth Horner - Preparing for Adulthood Coordinator, CYC
- Graham Reagan - SENCO, Manor Academy
- Caroline Blackley-Sharpe - SENCO, All Saints Secondary School
- Helen Horner - SEN Caseworker, CYC
- Janet Bennet - York Education, CYC
- Carmel Appleton - Advocacy Team, CYC
- Tina Hardman - Principal Educational Psychologist, CYC
- Lisa Booker - SEN Caseworker, CYC
- Dallas Frank - Head of Quality Assurance and Safeguarding
- Jenna Tucker - Team Leader, Children’s Therapies
- Sal Katib - Head of Children Nursing
To avoid ambiguity and support understanding of this document a glossary of commonly used terms, abbreviations and acronyms are:
- audit - the method by which there is a formal structured approach to inspecting and measuring the compliance, quality, effectiveness and impact of the service provided
- CAMHS - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
- commissioning - the process of procuring and arranging services based on population needs and supporting evidence. In this context this may be from a health, social or education perspective
- CYP - Children and young people
- EHCP - Education, Health and Care Plan
- LA - Local authority
- PCF - Parent Carer Forum
- stakeholder - the spectrum of everyone involved from those receiving services to those who provide and commission services, including the voluntary and advocacy services sector
- strategic - the overarching set of activities and operating structures put in place to deliver and achieve goals for the population
- individual - referring to child, young person, parent, carers own experience
- TEWV - Tees, Esk, Wear Valley. An acronym for mental health provider