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  • Events and groups

    Upcoming Events Summer B-B-Q (To be confirmed) Black History Month – Sunday 1 st to Tuesday 31 st October 2023 World Food Day – Monday October 16 th 2023 Care Leaver Week – Monday 23 rd to Friday 27 th October 2023 Christmas Meal or Event – December 2023 (To be confirmed) Groups and Activities Tenancy ready course – Every Tuesday during term time on a rolling schedule of six modules. Speak to your Personal Advisor about joining the course. Ideas from Care Leavers for Groups, Activities and Events We would love to hear from our Care Leavers about what groups, activities and events you would like to be a part of. If you have a great idea or suggestion, please speak to your Personal Advisor and ask them to feed this back to the Leaving Care Service. Alternatively you can email us at LeavingCareServiceContact@sheffield.gov.uk…

  • Apprenticeships

    Useful Information Apprenticeships are a combination of work with training. They give you the chance to make connections to the industry that you want to have a career in. However, not all apprenticeships are the same, they may differ from one employer to another. So what does an apprenticeships look like, they have to last a minimum of 12 months and they have to have elements or training and work involved. To start an apprenticeship, you’ll need to be: 16 or over living in England not in full-time education Top tips: 1. Create an account, search and apply for positions on the National Apprenticeships Service website. 2. Make sure you read and meet the minimum requirements for the job. 3. Try the careers quiz from UCAS 4. Contact the careers team at youth.services@sheffield.gov.uk 5. Make use of the Amazing Apprenticeships website. Useful Links National…

  • Help Documents

    Useful Documents In this section you will find a variety of help documents. These are aimed to allow you to help yourself. There are documents to help you write a CV , prepare for an interview and many other documents. Please see the Useful Documents links on the right hand site of the page. These are all downloadable. If you feel you need more support than these documents provide, please contact us: youth.services@sheffield.gov.uk 0114 273 4462 (Monday to Friday 1pm – 5pm) Useful Links Sheffield Futures National Career Service…

  • Opportunities

    In this section you will find a link to a variety of opportunities which you may find of interest. Some of these may be shorter courses, with the opportunity to progress on to longer courses. There are also opportunities for Personal Development and the chance to get back into Education, Employment or Training. These opportunities are outlined in the Padlet (see link below) and will be updated as and when we receive them from providers. If you need any help or want some advice on any of the opportunities, please contact us. Duty Line 0114 273 4462 (Monday to Friday, 1pm-5pm) youth.services@sheffield.gov.uk Take a look at our Padlet for opportunities about Personal Development, Education, Employment or Training. These are currently open for applications! Preventing Youth Unemployment 16-24 year olds (padlet.com)…

  • Contact Us

    If you would like any further information on any of the content in the Youth Voice pages or want to tell us about an issue you think us or one of our groups should be addressing please get in touch via email youth.voice@sheffield.gov.uk and a youth worker from the Youth Voice and Influence Service will get back to you.…

  • Opportunities to Have a Voice

    Useful Information/Downloads Interested in having a Voice? Do you have any issues you would like to see addressed? Is there something you would like to change for the better, whether that be locally, regionally or nationally? Do you want to get involved in creating this change? If you answered ‘YES’, here are some things you can get involved in. The team run lots of surveys and consultations around areas of interest to young people. If you are interested in taking part, keep a look out on our Have Your Say platform where all the latest surveys will be posted here: https://haveyoursay.sheffield.gov.uk/community-youth-services Sheffield Youth Cabinet are looking for young people aged 11 to 17 who may be interested in standing as a candidate in the 2024 elections. To express an interest complete the form here: https://haveyoursay.sheffield.gov.uk/community-youth-services/surveys…

  • What is SEND?

    million pupils have SEND needs in England. This is around 13% of pupils. 4.3% of pupils have an Education Health and Care plan in England. Not all children with SEN have a formal diagnosis. Children or young people who struggle at school for other reasons If a child or young person: Has suffered…

  • What is a SENCO?

    -ordinating provision for children with SEN. Provision is what schools put in place to help. Make sure policy and provision on a day to day basis is being followed. Monitoring the progress of children with additional needs. Make sure that the school keeps the records of all pupils with SEN up to date. Talking with parents of children with SEN and keeping them up to date. Being a key contact for staff. They give advice and training in the school about SEN. Speaking with other providers, educational psychologists and external agencies. Speaking with the school’s senior management team and governing body. Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Code of Practice The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Code of Practice states that: all newly appointed SENCOs from 2019 must be qualified teachers have the national SENCO training award. This has…

  • Resources for Schools

    for communicating with young people and their families about special educational needs and disabilities. Sheffield City Council , SENDIAS , Sheffield Parent Carer Forum and citywide SENCOs have worked together to produce a best practice guide for communicating with young people and their families about special educational needs and disabilities. You can access it under the Links and documents. This is on the right-hand side of this page if you are on a computer or tablet. On a mobile phone these will show at the bottom.…

  • The final Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan

    The local authority must issue a final EHC plan within 20 weeks of the assessment request. Any changes made should be the ones you asked for at the draft stage. The local authority must secure the special educational provision written into plan. The NHS Integrated Care Board must arrange the health provision. If you and your family have questions about the content of the EHC plan Contact SENDSARS first. They are there to support you and your child/young person. You can appeal to the SEND tribunal or take part in mediation if you have concerns about the content of the plan. You have… (Sheffield SEN and Disability Information Advice and Support) can give impartial information, advice and support with the EHC needs assessment process . IPSEA (Independent Parental Special Education Advice) have published a useful checklist. This helps you check the plan section by section. You can…