York's Model of Joint Partnership working (co-production)

Services working together with children, young people and families across the City of York

A Joint Partnership (co-production) modeland audit framework for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Services in York, September 2020.

Main authors:

Laura Brown - Local Offer and Participation Officer, City of Yok Council
Karen McNicholas - Senior Quality Lead Children and Young People, NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group

List of contributors:

Ruth Thompson - York Inspirational Kids
Liz Allen - York Tourette’s Parents Group
Theresa Ollereshaw - Parent
Tanya Beresnevich - Parent and young person
Louise Mouncey - Parent
Victoria Binks - Head of Engagement NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group
Gillian Bucklow - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Service
Olivia Verity - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Service
Rachel Thomas - 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, City of York Council (CYC)
Caroline Coates - SENDO, CYC
Alison Edeson - Skills Manager, CYC
Ruth Horner - Preparing for Adulthood Coordinator, CYC
Graham Reagan - SENCO, Manor Academy
Caroline Blackney-Sharpe - SENCO, All Saints Secondary School
Helen Horner - SENDO, CYC
Sue Day - Head of SEND and Inclusion, CYC
Janet Bennet - York Education, CYC
Carmel Appleton - Advocacy Team, CYC
Nicola Dos Santos - Early Years Inclusion Adviser, CYC
Lynne Johns - Specialist Teaching Team, CYC
Tina Hardman - Principal Educational Psychologist, CYC
Lisa Booker - SENDO, 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:

Allied Health Professionals – collective name for registered health professionals in health who are not medical or nursing: Speech & Language, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy (not medical or nursing)
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
CCG – Clinical Commissioning Group
Children and Families Act 2014 - a single act of parliament which describes the lawful instructions and requirements related to child and family welfare. Part 3 of the Act relates to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. This sets out the statutory responsibilities of those who commission, plan and provide services.
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.
CYC – City of York Council
CYP – Children and Young People
EHCP – Education, Health and Care Plan
Individual – referring to child, young person, parent, carers own experience
JSNA - Joint Strategic Needs Assessment: a collection of data resources, data and information from a variety of sources which describes the health and wellbeing of the local population. It supports those commissioning services with an evidence base of what is required for the future.
LA - Local Authority
NHS Vale of York CCG – the local Clinical Commissioning group responsible for organising health provision across York
SEN/D – Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
SENDIASS – Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Service
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
TEWV – Tees, Esk, Wear Valley. An acronym for mental health provider
Therapies – this often refers to a range of interventions that support improvements in emotional, psychological and physical health. Examples are: physiotherapy, Speech and Language therapy (often referred to as SLT), Occupational Therapy and behavioural therapy.
YIK – York Inspirational Kids
YTHFT - York Teaching Hospital (Foundation Trust)