SEND Communication and Engagement Group

The SEND Communication and Engagement group plans and coordinates an ongoing programme of engagement with children and young people who have special educational needs or who are disabled (SEND), as well as their parents and carers. 

The group is involved in three key areas: Commissioning, User Voice and the Local Offer.  Find out more about what they do in the 2020/2021 Engagement Report.

The working group reports to Trafford’s Local Area SEND Board and membership includes:

• Head of Early Years, School Places and Access (Chair)
• Parent carers of children and young people with SEND
• SENDIASS
• Trafford Council Commissioning
• Educational Psychologist
• EHCP Team Manager
• Representatives from Trafford LCO (Health)
• Representative from Trafford Social Care - Complex Needs Team
• Local Offer Advisor and Family Information Service

Co-Production

The group worked together to develop the Trafford Guide to Co-Production which was launched in October 2021.

Co-production means that professionals and residents work together equally to design a service or develop communications. It allows people to feel empowered to contribute to the development of a service and have much more of a say and input into the services they use.