Parents & Practitioners Working in Partnership

The concept Parents and Practitioners working in partnership to plan services for children and young people with additional needs is high on the political agenda.

Worcestershire County Council is working in partnership with Health, Education, Social Care and local community groups to turn this concept in to a reality.

Representatives from various services and agencies formed the Parent Participation Development Group 2009.  The group has since sought funding to enable them to develop a range of initiatives aimed to raise awareness of the importance of parents and practitioners working in partnership to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people with additional needs.

Everyone who works with families who have children with additional needs are now expected to work in full partnership with parents when planning support and services for their children. 

Furthermore, when new services are being planned or existing services are being developed, all providers MUST seek the views of parents and work in full partnership with them to ensure services a fit for purpose.

Training Sessions for Parents, Carers & Practitioners

Throughout the winter months, we will be putting on a series of 7 fantastic training opportunities for both practitioners and parents and carers. These sessions will be a fabulous opportunity for you all to learn all about "Working in Partnership" to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people with disabilities and/or additional needs.

All the sessions are designed around the theme of "Parents and Practitioners Working in Partnership" and the very first in the series on offer is all about "Assessment and Needs Identification". If you attend all 7 sessions, you will learn all about the benefits of "Parents and Practitioners Working in Partnership" from the time of diagnosis right through to Transition and beyond!

You can attend all 7 sessions absolutely FREE of charge. Each session will run once only in the North and once only in the South of Worcestershire. Please see the full training plan and booking details and please do book your place as soon as you can as places will be limited.

Further details and course descriptions will be available on our website at www.parentcarers.org.uk.

We hope to be able to repeat the sessions during 2011/12 but this will be subject to us being able to secure further funding.

How To Book Training

To enquire about availability you can call a member of the Workforce & Practice Development Team on 01905 740122 or you can email: chswforce&pracdev@worcestershire.gov.uk