Local processes

Local processes

In this section, York SEND Local Offer will provide you as professionals with detailed outlines and descriptions of particular processes in York. For example:

• Requesting an Assessment
• Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) 20-week process
• Annual Review Guidance

Reporting a safeguarding concern

If you're concerned about a child or young person, you must contact the MASH team.

Contact MASH Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.00pm:

• telephone: 01904 551900
• email: [email protected]

If there are immediate concerns about the safety of a child, you should contact North Yorkshire Police on telephone: 999.

Accepting places and making refusals

For information see 9.78 to 9.87 (Requesting Places) of the SEND Code of Practice.

Getting involvement from the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information and Advice Service (SENDIASS)

To get involvement from SENDIASS, you must visit their website and complete the referral form.

Requesting targeted support for a child or wider training

To request targeted support for an individual child or group training for teaching staff from the Specialist Teachers and Portage, you must use the Learning Support Hub and complete the appropriate referral forms.

Access to the specialist teachers is through the Learning Support Hub. Settings and schools can request support using the request forms found on the Learning Support Hub page. An exemplar request is also available to view.