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Your Somerset SEND experience
Survey of familes of those with special edcational needs and disabilities in Somerset.
Somerset families have been affected by the failures of Somerset County Council and Somerset CCG as identified in the OFSTED and CQC local area inspection report. The report in may highlighted.
”Leaders from education, health and care services have been distracted by their individual challenges. This means there has been little effort to work together to implement the reforms until very recently. Consequently, there are widespread weaknesses in the identification and meeting of children’s and young people’s needs. Their outcomes, and those of their families, are not being consistently improved.” Click here to read the report
Thank you for taking an interest in our Somerset SEND Experiences survey.
We want to improve the way our children, young people and adults with Special Education Needs, Disabilities in Somerset.
We want to collate your experiences and deliver a report to be used in co-production with Somerset families, NHS sectors, local and national authorities.
Your experiences will be anonymised by grouping data fields and experiences to identify variations and needs of Somerset SEND Experiences 2020.
We securely store this data for 24 - 62 months, maximum. We plan to review the data from 2020 and compare Somerset SEND experiences in 18 - 24 months to compare Somerset improvements.
We respect your trust and protect your privacy, and therefore will never sell or share this data. We will only share the final report.
By filling out this survey you agree that we will process your data inline with our privacy policy - GDPRclick here.
Education: education physiologist, total communication, SPOT, PIMS, SENATAS, CAOT, equipment, vision support, hearing support, dyslexia, resource centres, language and communication team, EHCP, Annual reviews, EHA, school counselling service, youth offending services.
Social care: children, adults, transition, leaving care, post adoptive services, special guardian support, foster care, carers, short breaks, Somerset supporters, respite, equipment, young carer, playgroups, day groups, mentors, counsellors, mum and baby units, residential, direct payments, safeguarding.
NHS: including dental, GP, GP health checks, prescriptions, dieticians, hospital, out of county, school nurses, specialist nurses, health visitors, integrated services, Somerset partnership services, outreach, mental health, equipment, eye or hearing services, ie autism, Occupational therapy, physio, Speech and language, mental health residential, eating services, mental health nurse. CAHMS
Transport: school, hospital, community, bus pass, blue badge, rail, bus, other, transport buddy.
Housing: accommodation, homelessness, tenancy accreditation, private social care, supported living, leaving care, purchasing own home, suitable housing.
Other: organisations, charities, volunteers, micro enterprise, advocates, organisations, changing places, assistive technology, Emergancy telephone lines, housing adaptations, direct payment and recruitment handling.
YOU CAN COMPLETE THE SURVEY FOR EACH SEND YOUNG PERSON IN YOUR CARE.