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PostPosted: 23 Sep 2021Posted in Headlines

Partnership working with families – a key priority for our SEND Service

Partnership working with families is a key priority for our SEND Service, as not only does it ensure a collaborative approach, but it ensures that the child or young person is at the heart of the team’s thinking,  planning and support. The SEND Service are pleased to share two recent examples of partnership working which […]

PostPosted: 22 Sep 2021Posted in Headlines

Cognus Therapies Post 16 Team success in preparation for adulthood work

Cognus Therapies Post 16 Team focus on independence and social communication skills in preparation for adulthood with amazing success. Since inception in 2017, the Post 16 Therapies Team has grown enormously from having only one Speech and Language Therapist, Ashlea Stephens (POST 16 Speech and Language Lead), to having more than 10 staff contributing to […]

PostPosted: 10 Sep 2021Posted in Headlines

London Borough of Sutton Therapies Survey

The London Borough of Sutton are developing the children and young people’s therapy services in Sutton, focusing on Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy. They want to strengthen what works, as well as identifying ways to do things differently, to best meet the outcomes of children and young people in the Borough. These services […]

PostPosted: 7 Sep 2021Posted in Headlines

#CognusAndProud End of Year Review

I am delighted to share with you the first edition of #CognusAndProud, a collection of micro-stories and customer feedback which has been collated over the last academic year to showcase and celebrate the impact of Cognus’s work with families, children and young people in and around the local area across all of our services. I […]

PostPosted: 25 Aug 2021Posted in Headlines

London Borough of Sutton Therapies Survey

Children’s Therapies Services in Sutton support over 2,000 children and young people and want to hear from young people and parents about what their future model could look like in Sutton. If you have experienced these services please take 5 minutes to fill out the short survey: click this link to complete the survey.

PostPosted: 18 Aug 2021Posted in Headlines

Home-Start and Paving the Way Partnership

The Paving the Way team have extended their partnership working by teaming up with Home-Start Sutton, a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families with young children. They provide unique, needs led, responsive support to Sutton children and families. Team members have attended two of their family sessions this month and provided support […]

PostPosted: 17 Aug 2021Posted in Headlines

Autism Friendly School Audit

Recently, Rebecca Duffus carried out an Autism Friendly School Audit at St Philomena’s RC Secondary School. The school were keen to seek additional advice to find out how the could improve their provision for autistic students/those with social communication differences. The Autism Friendly School Audit is a tool to assess the overall ethos of a […]

PostPosted: 16 Aug 2021Posted in Headlines

Making the Local Offer accessible for all

It is important that all Sutton Families and young people can access the Local Offer. We are working to make sure that the language used is for everyone. This means trying to avoid jargon and making information as clear as possible. We are also putting information from PDFs on webpages. Screen-readers cannot read PDFs, and […]

PostPosted: 13 Aug 2021Posted in Headlines

Cognus Education Safeguarding Team’s DSL training offer to schools during the summer term

From 1st April – 23rd July 2021, the Education Safeguarding Team delivered an extensive training package to schools in Sutton. ‘Thank you for the training yesterday. It was very insightful and informative – we certainly learnt a lot and it is great to be a part of such a supportive network!’ (Primary DSL, June 2021) During the […]

PostPosted: 11 Aug 2021Posted in Headlines

Information regarding Brunswick Cars ceasing to trade

Dear All At the beginning of this week (9th August 2021) we received notification from one of our largest operators, Brunswick Cars, that following the retirement of the proprietor they have decided to cease operating from the 31st August 2021. This was totally unexpected, beyond our control and also in breach of their contractual obligations. However, please […]