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SENDIASS Help Clinics - focus on the North Cotswolds
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SENDIASS (SEND Information Advice and Support Service) Gloucestershire provides FREE, CONFIDENTIAL and IMPARTIAL ADVICE and support on matters relating to children and young people (0-25) with special educational needs and disabilities and their families.
Like every local authority, Gloucestershire has to provide such a service that is free, easy to access and confidential.
SENDIASS is accountable and legally obliged to have regard to the minimum standards based on the requirements relating to support that SENDIAS services must provide, as set out in the Children and Families Act (CFA) 2014, the SEND Code of Practice.
This means that the information, advice and support that SENDIASS offers is firmly based in the law and the SEND Code of Practice. SENDIASS Gloucestershire provides unbiased information and advice about the local authority’s policies and procedures and about the policy and practice in local schools and other settings.
One of the ways you can access face-to-face, expert support from SENDIASS Gloucestershire is via advice clinics, which are held in different parts of the county. In the North Cotswolds these take place once a month at Headspace, a mental health charity for teenagers in in Bourton-on-the-Water.
Who will I be speaking to?
You will be speaking to an IPSEA Level 3-trained adviser with many years of previous professional experience in SEND.
How do I book?
You can book by contacting SENDIASS or Headspace – clinic dates are advertised on their Facebook pages.
Where is it?
Headspace is situated on the Trading Estate in Bourton-on-the-Water Unit 6, Old Station Yard, Bourton Industrial Estate, Bourton-on-the-Water, GL54 2RZ with parking outside and close to a stop on the 801bus route. Your appointment will be in the counselling room, which is a calm and private place to talk.
What should I expect from the appointment?
The appointment is for you to use as you wish. Slots are usually 30 minutes long, but they can be extended, for example, if you need support in completing complex paperwork.
SENDIASS can offer advice on topics including how schools can support children with SEND, the Gloucestershire Graduated Pathway, the EHCP process and more. The service can help you understand and/or complete official documents and help you to prepare for and even accompany you to meetings, appeals and tribunals, as well as signpost you to other organisations that may be able to help.
Why should I book?
This is an opportunity to speak to someone face to face and access FREE impartial information and advice related to your specific, individual situation.
SENDIASS - Expert, confidential, impartial advice and support on SEND – for FREE