Supporting trainees with additional needs “The Traineeship Staff Support Programme has been...

Supporting trainees with additional needs

“The Traineeship Staff Support Programme has been commissioned and funded by The Education and Training

Foundation”

30th October

Anna Morrison

Partners

KEITS - Traineeship Support Project

Final Toolkits

Support Plans

Explaining EHCPs

Practical tool Example letter

Marketing techniques

Involving parents/carers

Vocational Profiling

Discussion prompts

Supporting trainees with additional needs

• Focus was on:– Provider staff / approaches to supporting learners• Demystifying ‘additional needs’• What do we mean by additional needs?• Considerations for recruitment• Specialist initial assessment• Planning support needs

– Supporting employers to support learners– Understanding funding

Benefits to staff

• Increased confidence around additional needs• Improved awareness of practical techniques• Tools e.g. discussion template / individual

support plan• Communication between the staff team• Better equipped to prepare and involve

employers• Toolkit accessed over 1,200 times!

Impact on learners – case studies

• John O’ Connor

• The George

• Appledown Kennels

Sustainability beyond TSSP

• HCC case study • ESF Project across 2 LEPS• Workbook x 55 hours • ACER Case Studies for Eastern Region • HCC 50 x trainees focus on LAC• Input at Essex and KATO

provider networks

Contact details

Anna MorrisonAnna@AMCSuk.com

Rebecca DiamondRebecca@KEITS.co.uk