Actions: The Hertfordshire SEND Academy is a training and development programme launched by the county council to support a new generation of SEND workers.
As part of its workforce transformation programme, Making SEND Everyone’s Business, Hertfordshire County Council launched an innovative recruitment campaign in January to recruit 138 individuals with lived experience and transferable skills to deliver its local offer.
The SEND Academy was set up to give new and existing staff the skills and knowledge to become frontline professionals delivering education health and care plans (EHCPs). This initiative, which received an initial investment of £5mn per year followed by a further £2mn, supports a key element of the council’s SEND improvement programme: to enhance the quality, timeliness, and communication of EHCPs.
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