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