SEND Education Support Service (SEND ESS)

Our team of specialist advisory teachers and advisors support the positive inclusion of children and young people from 5-19 years with identified social communication differences, autism, DLD (developmental language disorder) and speech and language delay in Havering schools. Their specialist work includes:

• The development of neurodivergent acceptance by providing training or CPD opportunities to peers, teaching staff and parents.
• Modelling specialist interventions and strategies, which promote Children and Young People's social communication and language skills.
• The development and understanding of Children and Young People's emotional regulation and sensory processing differences.
• Enhancing pupil voice to foster self-advocacy and independence. 
• Supporting teaching staff with assessment and monitoring of Children and Young People's progress using appropriate tools and platforms.

Our team of specialist advisory teachers and advisors support the positive inclusion of children and young people from 5-19 years with identified social, emotional and mental health needs in Havering schools. Their specialist work includes:

• Providing training or CPD opportunities to peers, teaching and support staff.
• Modelling specialist interventions and strategies in schools, which promote an understanding of social, emotional and mental health needs, and enable CYP with SEMH needs to flourish at school.
• Supporting the SENCo and other school staff to create, review, adapt and implement specific support plans for pupils with SEMH needs.
• Enhancing pupil voice to foster self-advocacy and independence. 
• Supporting teaching staff with assessment and monitoring of CYPs' progress using appropriate tools and platforms.

Our team consists of Qualified Teachers of the Deaf (QToD), a qualified Teacher for Multisensory Impairment (MSI), Qualified Teachers for the Visually Impaired, a Qualified Habilitation Specialist (QHS), and a Specialist Assistant for Physical Impairment.

We provide year-round support for children and young people from birth to 19 years old. Our services are available to all children in Havering, and we work closely with families in both home and educational settings to help children reach their full potential.

Referrals are generally accepted from health professionals, schools, and families.

To contact the Sensory Team please email: SENDeducation@havering.gov.uk

Each Havering school has a ‘Team Around the School’ (TaS) comprising of different members of the SEND Service. Each school has an allocated Advisory Teacher and Advisor for C&I and for SEMH, as well as an Educational Psychologist.

The team is flexible and meets the needs of each school as required, but typically they would:

• Discuss school’s training and other development needs
• Deliver training to teachers and other staff
• Help with creating, reviewing, adapting and implementing specific support plans for pupils with SEND
• Complete individual or joint (alongside the SENCo) observations of individual or groups of pupils to inform support planning
• Model and coach approaches to school staff in ‘live’ situations (e.g. emotion coaching)
• Help school leaders with strategic planning and organisation for SEND

Each school receives a specific allocation of days for each professional in their Team Around the School.

It is for the school SENCo to work with their TaS members to decide how to best use their time to suit the needs of their school. This is usually decided through the termly planning meetings.

We do not accept referrals from other local authority services, partner agencies or parents.