Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Local Area Inspection Written Statement of Action
Area for Improvement 3
Co-Production: Children, young people and families are not involved consistently in co-producing the education, health and care services they need
| Number | Outcomes | Action | Start date | End date | Lead | Measures of success | Evidence and impact | RAG May 20 | RAG August 20 | RAG November 20 | RAG February 21 | RAG May 21 | RAG July 21 | RAG September 21 | RAG December 21 | RAG August 22 |
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| 3.1 | There is an agreed model for co-production in York across in the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), City of York Council (CYC) and children, young people and parent carer groups. |
(A) External facilitated engagement events provided by the Council for Disabled Children to develop the model for effective co-production in York. |
June 2020 | September 2020 | CYC (L.B) CCG (K.McN) |
The model will be published on the Local Offer, and of families surveyed 75% indicate an increase in awareness of how young people, parents and carers can be involved in co-producing local services in York. |
The voice of children, young people and families is evident and clear through auditing, quality assurance and impact assessment. |
Started but delayed | Progressing and on track | Completed | Completed | Completed | Embedded | Embedded | Embedded | Embedded |
| 3.1 |
There is an agreed model for co-production in York across in the CCG, CYC and children, young people and parent carer groups. |
(B) Establishment of an outcomes audit framework for co-production that will evidence the level of engagement in practice, satisfaction rates and the impact achieved. |
June 2020 | May 2021 | CYC (L.B) CCG (K.McN) |
Case file audits and quality assurance will indicate that by May 2021 90% of Education, Helath and Care Plan’s (EHCPs) indicate effective co-production with children, young people, families and partner agencies. The outcomes framework indicates that by May 2021 over 75% of those involved in co-production in York are satisfied that their involvement has been positive, purposeful. |
There is a change in focus to co-production in York. There is compliance with the principles as set out in the code of practice. |
Started but delayed | Progressing and on track | Progressing and on track | Progressing and on track | Completed | Completed | Completed | Completed | Embedded |
| 3.2 |
A training and development offer is available to families, schools, settings practitioners in education health and social care for effective co-production in practice. |
Multi agency training, support and guidance through external facilitation is delivered to support the model of co-production in York. Impact measures and practice standards will be in place following training, to ensure practice is in place, secure and embedded. |
September 2020 | September 2021 | CYC CCG (K.McN) |
By September 2021 training will have been delivered, and 90% of key practitioners working with children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) will have attended training sessions on co-production. 90% of those attending training sessions state that they are confident in using the co-production model in practice. 75% of children, young people and families indicate an improvement in their experience in co-production by September 2021. |
The model for co-production in York is established and embedded in consistently applied in practice Practitioners are confident in co-producing with children, young people and families across the local area Impact measures will indicate that all practitioners having completed the training can successfully co-produce with children, young people and families, and this is evidenced through the quality audit. |
Started but delayed | Progressing but delayed | Progressing and on track | Progressing and on track | Completed | Completed | Completed | Completed | Embedded |
| 3.3 | A quality assurance and audit model to ensure the consistent application of the co-production across the CCG and CYC. | Development of a quality assurance and audit tool for co-production. | September 2020 | September 2021 |
Quality assurance and audit will evidence there is consistently above 75% use of the co-production model in practice across education, health and social care services by September 2021. Audit informs continuous improvement. |
Practice standards are improved through co-production. |
Started but delayed | Progressing and on track | Progressing and on track | Progressing and on track | Completed | Completed | Completed | Completed | Embedded |