This document is about how to relate your personal experiences at school, home or in the workplace to a job or study placement that you are interested in.
Welcome to the Bright Futures SEND Transitions Hub
A lot changes, or starts to change, for Disabled young people when they reach 16. What happens in the next few years will be the foundation of their adult life. There are options to be considered, choices to be made and so many decisions affecting every part of their life.
The way forward is not always clear. The Bright Futures SEND Transitions Information Hub is a resource to help you navigate this new landscape. Curated by Transitions Advisor, Sue Robson, there is a large collection of documents, articles, links to information and resources that can help.
This resource was made possible by generous funding from City Bridge Foundation.
Information and resources about post 16 educational placements and employment options, including info about skills and qualifications, EHCPs, and transport options for post 16 and post 18 young people to their chosen college.
This section has information and resources about benefits for disabled people, including PIP and UC; and making plans for the future to protect the finances of your vulnerable young person
This section has information about healthcare options for a young adult with disabilities
This section has a variety of articles, guides and editorials on SEND transitions topics that don't quite fit into the other sections!
Everyone should be able to live independently with choice and control. This section has information and resources about housing and living options for disabled young people
Feeling connected to your community and having social interaction is an important part of life. This section offers information about social activities, staying safe and sex and relationships
The transition from children to adult social care can feel overwhelming. This section outlines what you can expect, the processes and how to ask for what you want.
The documents in this category are the notes I work from when presenting workshops. The notes are comprehensive but are subject to frequent small changes as I learn new things each time I present a workshop!
Basically a list of some resources that might be helpful for young people on the autistic spectrum when looking for work. It includes information about supported internships.
This is a link to the current version of the West London Alliance guide to local supported internships. It is a long document listing all the currently available supported internships in West London – it includes a map of locations.
Supported Employment Services are usually commissioned by your local authority and their purpose is to support people with learning disabilities, mental health needs or autism find work suitable to their needs and ambitions. This document has links to services in some of our neighbouring boroughs.
This is a long document! Produced by the NAS so aimed at people on the autistic spectrum but I would expect much of it will be relevant to people with other disabilities. It is a workbook broken down into chapters like choosing a suitable role, interviews, managing anxiety so you can quickly dip into sections that might be of specific relevance.
This is a list of outcomes for a severely learning disabled young person. This young person requires 24/7 social care support but within their supported setting they do have a lot of independence skills. The outcomes were written for an EHCP to support the young person’s post 19 educational placement and to demonstrate where all the provision in the EHCP was intended to lead to.
The format of the EHCP changes from year 9 onwards. Most of it stays the same but Section B changes. This link is to the ‘all ages’ EHCP format.
This is a document that lays out what legally must be included as a minimum in any EHCP produced by IPSEA. It’s rather longer and in more detail than you might expect for a checklist.
This is a guide from the Council for Disabled Children about how to structure the final annual review – when a young person is leaving tertiary education – to help put a good plan into place.
RHACC – Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College – is a local community college for adults wanting to continue to study – part time, evenings, short courses, etc – including courses for young people with learning disabilities and complex needs. There are centres in Parkshot (Richmond), Hillcroft (Kingston) and Merton. While some of our young people may be able to access mainstream courses many will not be able to. RHACC has a supported learning department to enable disabled people who cannot access mainstream courses to continue accessing college courses with or without support.