Support and provision of information and advice
The Local Offer team use various methods to provide information and advice to families and professionals:
- via the SEND Local Offer section of the Livewell Southend website
- through engagement and attendance at stakeholder or partnership community events (see the events section)
- through monthly SEND Surgeries
- through half-termly Your Local Offer Your Way sessions.
- via the monthly SEND e-newsletter, ‘Peer into Southend SEND’. Sign up here
- via the SEND Local Offer Team Facebook and Instagram accounts
- through the SEND Local Offer page on Your Say Southend
- by phone and email where 30 calls were received and 26 emails were answered.
- Additionally, in October 2023, the Southend SEND Network was launched (see the SEND Network section for details)