Post 16 | PfA | Kirklees SEND Local Offer

Ensure Career Plan/Vocational Profile continues to be updated.
Plan with the young person so they can spend progressively more time in work-related learning or employment that interests them.
Where the young person is unable to travel independently, consider the Community Enablement Team
Continue to explore all possible options, including supported employment, apprenticeships, work-based learning, work-related learning at college, paid work, self-employment, and higher education
Consider the content of any future study programme and how it will enable your young person’s outcomes to be achieved.

Do you and your young person have information on the range of housing options available? Could a personal budget make your young person’s support more person-centred?
Where the young person is unable to travel independently, consider support that might be necessary to develop independent travel skills and/ or assistance that might be available.
Benefits check at age 17.5yrs to be arranged if leaving education at 18 or if circumstances have changed. This is critical to ensure that the young person's income is maximised.
If your young person lacks capacity to manage their finances, how will this happen? (e.g., deputyship or appointeeship).

Ensure you and your young person are in control of financial support for keeping healthy.
Relevant professionals work together and share information appropriately and with consent.
Health professionals understand the best way to communicate with your young person.
Annual Health Check via GP if eligible.
Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Checklist to be completed by 17.5yrs if required.
Mental Capacity Act (2005) to be considered in relation to the specific decisions that are part of the Preparing for Adulthood health pathway.
Young people with capacity should be given the opportunity to see their doctor on their own, and to consent to their treatment.
Consider whether your young person would like someone else to accompany them to appointments.

Talk with your young person about their social group; how will they stay in touch with friends and make arrangements for socialising?
Is any additional advice or support required to develop or maintain friendships and/ or social life? Is your young person able to: access local services? travel/get out when they choose, either on their own, with friends or with support? use a telephone, mobile, email, social networking, public transport, learn to drive etc? If not, how can they be helped to increase their opportunities?

The Mental Capacity Act - does the young person need support to make informed decisions?

Review meetings should be organised as before by the head teacher or a designated staff member at the school or college. Information from a range of professionals should be collated to support the review meeting. EHC plans can continue until the young person is 25, but will stop if they:

go to university;
get a job;
tell the local authority they no longer want their EHC plan; or
The Local Authority thinks they no longer need it. For example, following a review because they have achieved their educational goals in their plan, and no longer need additional special educational help.

Health

The transfer from paediatric services to Specialist Adult Health services will take place over time.

The more complex the individual's health needs are, the more planning is required. If the young person meets the NHS continuing healthcare criteria, the provision of care and support services will be led by the lead Health Practitioner. Good person-centred planning focusing on the young person and their family will help make this difficult time less stressful.

Social care

From a legal perspective adult social care legislation begins when someone turns 18 years of age. This is when adult social care funded support will replace children's funding. The specialist adult pathway team  will have been planning with the young person and their family for this day. Young people accessing children's social care services will transfer to adult social care services if they meet the Eligibility for care and support critiera. Young people who meet the significant benefit criteria and also the adult social care funding criteria will be able to start receiving support from their 18th birthday. Good person centred planning will ensure moving from children's social care to adult social care has been well planned and has taken place over a suitable period of time.

Who else is involved?

The key roles involved in the transition process at this stage are:

Lead practitioner - acts as a contact point and provides additional support as required by the young person and or their family, makes sure assessments and other documents are completed by all agencies and keeps a detailed record of all activity.
Specialist adult pathway team - works very closely with the disabled children's team. Their role is to assess needs to establish if the individual is eligible for adult social care funded support.