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Integrated Disability Service (IDS) for Parents

IDS provides support for children and young people with physical disabilities, sensory impairments, communication difficulties (which includes pupils with autism spectrum and specific language disorders) and children with complex learning difficulties.

Referrals are received from schools and settings when children are unable to make satisfactory progress at early years or school action. Schools and settings must however obtain the consent of all who have parental responsibility before making any referral. You will be fully consulted about this course of action. This discussion will usually take place at a meeting called to review your child’s progress against their individual education plan. The Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator in your child’s setting / school will usually be your first point of contact about this. Schools and settings will not usually refer to us simply because a child has a diagnosis or a particular condition. We are concerned with the impact of the diagnosis or need on the child's ability to learn and succeed.

Partnership with Parents

Whenever we work with a Warwickshire child we make the following commitment to parents:

  • We offer to meet parents in the setting or school, or make a home visit both to introduce our service and to provide a name, a face and a telephone number for future contact.
  • We provide all parents with documentation about our service.
  • We gather information from parents and listen carefully to their concerns.
  • We share all assessment and planning advice with parents.
  • We seek to ensure and support the active involvement of parents in any reviews and formal meetings.
  • We help parents to make contact with support groups, voluntary associations, the Warwickshire SEN Parent Partnership Service and the Service's Parent & Carer Forum.

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Pupil Records

We maintain a confidential file for each pupil with whom we work. This contains referral and assessment information, professional reports, IEPs, review notes and minutes, correspondence, visit reports, teaching plans, equipment loan agreements and records of pupil progress. This file is available to parents on request.

Privacy Statement: How information may be used

We work with partners to provide you with public services. To do this, we may need to share your information. We will do this in a way that protects your privacy.

We are under a duty to protect public funds. We may use any of the information you have provided on this form for the prevention and detection of fraud. We may also share this information with other bodies that are responsible for auditing or administering public funds.

Please let us know when any of your contact details change. You have the right to know what information we hold about you and we try to make sure it is correct.

If you would like further information; visit our website or see our Privacy Statement Leaflet.

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Parent and Carer Participation in Warwickshire

Who are we?

Parent & Carer Forum

We are a friendly group of parents and carers who meet during the day six times a year at different venues across the County.

Invitation to Parent and Carers Forum

Parent & Carer Steering Group

We have been recruited from the Forum to serve as committee members of the Parent and Carer Steering group, for up to three years. The maximum number of volunteers is fifteen. Our monthly meetings follow the same pattern as the Senior Leadership Team of the Integrated Disability Service.

What do we do?

The parent and carer voice is a valued part of the IDS. Members of the Forum and Steering Group aim to:

  • Bring a parental view to the management and governance of the IDS.
  • Act as ambassadors for families using the IDS and support others to speak up.
  • Encourage greater involvement of parents and carers in key decisions affecting their future service needs.
  • Act as a critical friend to the IDS in a climate of openness and trust.
  • Use its combined knowledge, skills and judgement so that its contribution helps IDS to support children and young people to be the best they can be.

Who can join?

  • To find out about the meetings, please contact one of our bases.
  • If you are interested in serving as a member of the Steering Group please write a short piece about yourself, address it to the group and send it to our Orion House base.

What can you expect?

At the Forum you will find:

  • A warm welcome with light refreshments.
  • People in a similar situation to you.
  • Someone to listen to you with interest.
  • The opportunity to help plan services.
  • The opportunity to make comments on what is already happening.
  • Shared experiences and opportunity to pool information.
  • The chance to make a difference.

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Integrated Disability Service Contact Details

Nuneaton & Bedworth and North Warwickshire

Lancaster House
Exhall Grange Campus
Wheelwright Lane
Coventry
CV7 9HP
Tel 01926 418282
Fax 02476 368801

Eastern

Oakfield Park
32 Bilton Road
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV22 7AL
Tel: 01926 476928
Fax: 01926 736514

Central and Southern

Orion House
Athena Drive
Tachbrook Park
CV34 6RQ
Tel 01926 413737
Fax 01926 731283

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