About SEND Partnership Workforce Development

The SEND Partnership has been working to increase training and knowledge around SEND for people working with children and families.

We've developed online resources and a workforce training programme informed by your feedback, co-production and our strategy.

You said

Feedback from parent carers and practitioners told us there were gaps in training and knowledge.

Practitioners told us that they needed to know what support was available to families in an accessible format.

We did

Online resources

The SEN support guide for professionals aims to help all practitioners identify how conditions affect children and how to access support with or without a diagnosis.

Training programme

The SEND Partnership training programme includes:

• The SEND training guide, to find additional training and increase your knowledge of SEND
• Videos and presentations from network meetings and briefings introducing topics like autism, SEN support and early help
• To complement the education workforce development (SEND) resources such as the EBSA guidance and ordinarily Available Provision toolkit

Strategy

The SEND Partnership workforce development working group reviewed and updated the Lancashire SEND Partnership Workforce Strategy 2024 (PDF 255 KB).

Feedback

We collect feedback through the SEND survey and virtual and in-person events. You can read more about the feedback from 2022-23:

• SEND survey feedback
• SEND events feedback

If you would like to make a suggestion or have a comment about the SEND Partnership workforce development, email SENDpartnership@lancashire.gov.uk.