UPDATE NO 286 26 January 2018

SE DCS Peer Challenge 2018

Planning is underway for 4 Director’s Peer Challenges in 2018. The confirmed participants and dates are in bold on the accompanying chart. Nominations are invited to join the visiting team to Oxfordshire in July, names to Richard Tyndall in the first instance please. For more details please go to the SE ADCS Peer Challenge page. Colleagues requiring a more detailed briefing should contact Anna Wright (details below).

The 2018 MoU is now available for particpants to download, sign and return. Thanks to Bracknell Forest for returning a signed MoU.

SE19 SEND19 Network Steering Group

The next meeting of the SE19 SEND Network Steering Group will be held 30 January 2018 at Blackfriars Settlement, 1Rushworth Street, London SE1 0RB 10:30 to 15:30

For further details please contact your SEND lead or Tracey Maytas (contact details below)

Please see also the DfE announcement of the SEND Implementation Grant allocations for 2018/19 available in the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-reform-funding-for-local-authorities/send-implementation-grant-allocations-for-2017-to-2018–2

Complex LAC and Edge of Care Efficiencies

We have places available at the Complex LAC & Edge of Care Efficiency workshop taking place on the 1^st March 13.30-16.30 at Mary Sumner House, 24 Tufton St, Westminster, London SW1P 3R. 

To date Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, Milton Keynes, Kent, Portsmouth, Surrey, Windsor and Maidenhead have booked places. The target audience is service managers and places are limited to a maximum of 2 per authority. For more contact mark Evans or Rosemary Perry (details below).

Leadership Development

We continue to offer our successful portfolio of Leadership Development Courses all of which have been positively evaluated by delegates.

We are offering LAs the opportunity to train their own trainers for all our courses. Our aim is to increase the capacity and capability across the region  to ensure future sustainability within LAs. Courses can also be delivered with adult services and/or for schools. Please contact Di Smith, details below, if this is of interest to you

All courses are run in-house in the LA who provides the venue. Each course is accompanied by a range of training resources for the delegates including a comprehensive handbook. The current courses on offer are as follows and details of each course and the costs for each can be found by downloading the April 2016 Leadership Development Prospectus. 

Coaching to Improve Performance

Embedding a Coaching Culture

Leading Change in Times of Austerity

Step Up to Leadership   

We can also arrange one-to-one coaching, especially to support newly appointed 2nd and 3rd tier managers

If you require further details or wish to book a course please get in touch with Di Smith (contact details below)