• Ensuring that appropriate support is in place at all transition points;
• Teaching Digital employability to develop attitudes needed to thrive in today’s world of work via social media and videos and ensure learners are equipped with the necessary transferable knowledge to interact with different digital devices and data in the workplace;
• Delivering the OCR Employability Suite to teach practical features, giving learners at all levels the skills, know-how and confidence to help them enter, return or progress in the workplace or go on to further education;
• Accessing independent careers advice that reflects an understanding of local community pathways;
• Progressing to sustained further education, traineeships, internships work and or voluntary sector supported through strong working community partnerships;
• Continually monitoring progress of pupils through regular assessments that will be communicated with all stake holders.
• Engaging in local Enterprise, Community Projects and fundraisers;
• Preparing for adult life by exploring needs, desires, aspirations and next step pathways;
• Ensuring that appropriate support is in place at all transition points;
• Teaching Digital employability to develop attitudes needed to thrive in today’s world of work via social media and videos and ensure learners are equipped with the necessary transferable knowledge to interact with different digital devices and data in the workplace;
• Delivering the OCR Employability Suite to teach practical features, giving learners at all levels the skills, know-how and confidence to help them enter, return or progress in the workplace or go on to further education;
• Accessing independent careers advice that reflects an understanding of local community pathways;
• Progressing to sustained further education, traineeships, internships work and or voluntary sector supported through strong working community partnerships;
• Continually monitoring progress of pupils through regular assessments that will be communicated with all stake holders.
Additional services: RISE is uniquely placed to offer full wrap around support for the children and young people that we work with. Our aim is to achieve sustainable change for the young person, which often requires consistent messages being given from those caring for the child and all stake holders.
Advice, teaching, nurturing and support packages: These can be devised to assist the teams around the child to reinforce the positive learning and messages underpinning development. We are always delighted to work with family, staff, community education provision and support teams in any capacity in furtherance of our collective objectives. We currently offer iheart, innate health education and resilience training to all our young people.
Food and drink: We are aware that food and drink can be a challenge for many young people with SEND. We offer snacks, drinks and lunch to support experimental work with food to encourage a wider variety of foods to a young person’s diet. A restaurant is available onsite to experience a more formal dining experience, rehearse life skills and socialise with other adults.
Advocacy: As part of the holistic package it is expected that a RISE representative would contribute to any external agency meeting to support the needs of the young person. RISE will conduct all EHCP meetings and or EHA’s if required.
Referrals: Referrals to external agencies will be made when appropriate to access services that we believe would be beneficial for the young person.
Integrational Opportunities: Students visit local Colleges, universities, workplaces and community resources. In addition, they can support at local school events, volunteer at the theatre, sports Centre. We also ensure that visiting speakers visit to share real life employment and training experiences. Young people learn to access the community and all that is available to them.
Medical need: If a young person has a medical need then a detailed Health Care Plan is compiled by the school nurse in partnership with parents/carers and if appropriate the pupil themselves. Staff who provide medicine administration complete training that is overseen by the school nurse and follow the LA policy/DfE guidelines included within ‘Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions’ Statutory guidance for governing bodies of maintained schools and proprietors of academies in England April 2014
Review Role of school: Review arrangements for pupils with EHC Plans are set out in the relevant SEN Code of Practice. RISE will adhere to these, ensuring that due process is followed and that relevant timeframes are adhered to.
Role of the Local Authority: The young person’s Local Authority will review a pupil’s EHC Plan in accordance with the relevant SEN Code of Practice. The Local Authority will ensure that due process is followed and that relevant time frames are adhered to.
Assessment and Monitoring For pupils: The progress of pupils will be assessed and reviewed through:
-The school’s generic processes for tracking the progress of all pupils.
-Termly evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions on the student plans
-Termly evaluation of whether pupils with EHC plan are meeting their individual outcomes which have been written to address their underlying special educational need.
- Annual review of Education Health and Care Plans are prescribed in the SEND Code of Practice (January 2015).
- Two written reports per year
- Two specific consultations with parents and carers per year.
Assessment and Monitoring the Provision: RISE is included within the Local Authority’s monitoring cycle undertaken by the local authority.
Transitions:
RISE offer careers events in and out of the provision for young people and parents and carers to provide all with all the information and experience they need to make decisions for the future. Staff at RISE work with all agencies to ensure a smooth transition to a range of settings, including local colleges, day care centres, apprenticeships, traineeships, work placements, voluntary work placements and Universities, to name but a few. A transition passport is put into place for the pupils, staff work to ensure all information is transferred to the new setting to provide consistency for everyone. School supports the transition alongside parents and carers.
Transport: We recognise the importance to all students of starting the day in a safe and secure way. During the enrolment process, we will discuss transportation requirements for each individual student. Transport is often a barrier for young people, their family and carers.
Staffing:
The provision is led by Keighly Murphy BA (Hons), PGCE and NASENCO and iheart facilitator and ‘Catch Up’ Trained, as well as a support Staff with a wide range of skills and experience from a variety of backgrounds, including SEND and Autism. Teaching and learning is supported by Teaching Assistants with a range of specialist skills Multi Agency staff are available by referral to meet the varied needs of all of our pupils.
For more information, please visit the school’s website or contact us on:
Email: hello@risespace.uk
Telephone: 07377 593225