SEN Early Years Inclusion Service (SEN EYIS)

As children return to early years settings, the SEN Early Years Inclusion Service (SEN EYIS) will remain fully operational. The service will be focussing on the themes of empowerment, reconnections, and wellbeing in all our work and will provide the following:

• Information and training - this will be available to all service users
  • We will continue to increase our range of resources and short online trainings for parents and early years setting professionals on the SEN EYIS web tile.
  • We will provide training for leadership and early years practitioners. This can be accessed by all early educational settings via the Children and Young Peoples Training portal.
  • Queries to the service can be made by contacting any SEN EYIS office by phone. Phone lines are operational during office hours and a voice message facility is available.

• Workshops, advice and tailored programmes – this will be available to families and early educational settings of children referred to the service by the Early Years SEN Panel
  • We will continue and extend our themed cluster menu for parents to include early years transitions and make direct telephone contact to offer places where appropriate
  • We will continue and extend our themed cluster menu for pre-school settings to include early years transitions and make direct telephone or email contact to offer places where appropriate
  • We will continue to provide direct early contact by telephone with the parents of all newly referred children. The purpose of this call will be to introduce the service, gather information and provide initial support.
  • Parents and educational settings currently working with an assigned team member will be contacted by their link or can get in touch before that using contact details provided by their link.

• Following EA Health and Safety guidance, the service will be delivered on a blended basis. Where an on-site visit is required all relevant EA Health and Safety risk assessment processes will be adhered to.

• All forms of electronic/digital communication available to the service will be used to facilitate support. These may include:
  • Telephone
  • Email
  • Social media
  • Website
  • Other digital platforms