All these Family Profile stories show how getting expert
advice at key times can be hugely helpful in focusing you on your goals.
Not exact matches
The
key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review
at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health
advice; to reduce
time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal
A
key aspect of Nathan's role is to be the primary contact for our clients, ensuring our client's needs are
at the heart of what we do and that we deliver our
advice clearly, on
time and for the costs we have agreed.
The concept of «good enough means good enough» was discussed — the idea that in - house lawyers often do not have the
time to do a «Rolls Royce» document review, and that there was a need for lawyers moving from private practice to become comfortable with the idea that it was better for them to spend 15 minutes looking
at a document to highlight the
key issues before a meeting, than either (a) for no - one to look
at it
at all; or (b) to wait for enough
time to do a «proper job», only to find that the business couldn't wait for the
advice and has gone ahead without any
advice at all.