Welcome to our August Ebulletin
We hope you are enjoying the summer holidays. The IASS team is working throughout the holidays if you need to get in touch please email ias.service@wolverhampton.gov.uk or message us via Facebook @WolvesIASS.
We are delighted to announce that our new Information Officer Lauren Kirkpatrick joins us on 4 August. Lauren will have a key role within the IASS team looking after our publicity, website, social media accounts and e-bulletins. You will be able to find out a little more about Lauren in September's e-bulletin.
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Summer Leisure Porgramme for SEND
Wolverhampton City Council has a full summer of activities for families living in Wolverhampton whose children and young people have additional needs. These leisure activities are free and available for the whole family including siblings.
Bookings are being managed via Voice4Parents, Wolverhampton's parent carer forum.
Read the Summer Leisure Programme for SEND.
For more on Wolverhampton's Young Opportunities visit yowolves.co.uk
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Family Learning Summer School
Adult Education Wolverhampton is offering a Mini Medics course to help build first aid skills for parents and children aged between 6 and 12. These take place on Tuesday 10 August from 1pm to 4pm, Monday 16 August from 9.30am to 12.30pm, Tuesday 17 August from 1pm to 4pm and Monday 23 August from 1pm to 4pm.
To book a free place call 01902 558180 or go to Adult Education and follow the links to Courses and then Family Learning.
All sessions will take place at Adult Education Wolverhampton's site on Old Hall Street in the city centre.
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Wolverhampton Carer Support team will be at the event for carers to have a chat.
Summer power up/recharge
The holiday period can be a challenging time and that it can cause increased anxiety and worry, isolation from friends and safe supports at school, lack of routines and boundaries and tension within the home or family environment. Barnardos has created summer “Power Up” and “Re-Charge” workbooks as a creative tool to support children and young people over this summer.
Download the Barnardos workbooks.
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SEND tribunal powers on health and social care extended
The government has confirmed that the extended powers given to SEND tribunals in England over the education, health and social care elements of an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan will continue. The new powers were first granted in March 2018 as part of a national trial. The trial allowed SEND tribunals to hear appeals and make non-binding recommendations about the health and social care aspects of EHC plans. Previously, tribunals could only consider the education elements of the EHC plan. Children and Families minister Vicky Ford has now confirmed that these powers will remain in place after 31 August, when the trial is due to end.
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Our next e-bulletin will be sent out around Monday 6th September so please send any inserts by Tuesday 31st August.
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