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Having Your Say

The Hampshire Parent Carer Network is run by parent carers of children with SEND 0-25. They are a mixture of volunteers and employees. 

Their purpose is to listen to parent carers and feed their views back to Hampshire County Council and the NHS.

They are given opportunities to co-produce or collaborate with Hampshire County Council and the NHS on a range of topics that matter to parent carers of children with SEND. 

Whenever we need to know what parent carers think about a service we provide or a change we want to make, we will contact the HPCN and ask them to feedback the views of parent carers. We may do this by meeting with parent carers online, in person or by using surveys.

They run monthly meet ups for parent carers called Get Togethers. These are currently run in Fleet, Basingstoke, Alresford, Eastleigh and online. This helps them engage with parent carers and listen to their views.

If there is not a meet up in your area and you are interested in running for the HPCN, please contact them at participation@hpcn.org.uk. 

The HPCN is free to join and be a member of. They are always looking for more parent carers to join them so as many different views as possible can be heard.

Join the HPCN and have your say.

As well as joining the HPCN, we also have some other ways that you can get involved and share your views with us.

At the bottom of our webpages you will find this:

If you click on either face you will be taken to a short form which allows you to contact us to feedback on the contents of this website. 

We want to hear from you!

  • Have we not included some information that you need?
  • Could you not find what what you were looking for?
  • Did we get some information wrong?

Whatever your feedback, good or bad we want to hear it to help make this website the most useful and accurate resource for parents, carers, young people and  professionals as we can.

More information on transparent feedback, co-production and annual reports for the Local Offer

At the bottom of our webpages you will find this:

If you click on either face you will be taken to a short form which allows you to contact us to feedback on the contents of this website. 

We want to hear from you!

  • Have we not included some information that you need?
  • Could you not find what what you were looking for?
  • Did we get some information wrong?

Whatever your feedback, good or bad we want to hear it to help make this website the most useful and accurate resource for parents, carers, young people and  professionals as we can.

More information on transparent feedback, co-production and annual reports for the Local Offer

​Hampshire County Council regularly launches Public consultations that provide opportunities for members of the public to share their thoughts on Council services

​Hampshire County Council regularly launches Public consultations that provide opportunities for members of the public to share their thoughts on Council services

If your child or young person has an EHCP, at each annual review young people and parents/carers have an opportunity to have a say about their individual circumstances, there are a range of person-centred planning resources that can support young people to ensure their views are included.

For more information on giving your views, watch this video.

 

If your child or young person has an EHCP, at each annual review young people and parents/carers have an opportunity to have a say about their individual circumstances, there are a range of person-centred planning resources that can support young people to ensure their views are included.

For more information on giving your views, watch this video.

 

Ofsted and CQC work together to look at the education, health and social care services for children with SEND in each local area. This is called an area SEND inspection. The views of children, young people and families are vital to these inspections and Ofsted will reach out via survey’s and might ask to meet some people when visiting your hospital, school or college.

 

Ofsted and CQC work together to look at the education, health and social care services for children with SEND in each local area. This is called an area SEND inspection. The views of children, young people and families are vital to these inspections and Ofsted will reach out via survey’s and might ask to meet some people when visiting your hospital, school or college.

 

In Hampshire County Council there are a range of opportunities for children, young people and families to get involved and have a say, some group that focus on SEND include: ​

  • KIDS and Council For Disabled Children’s Young People’s Participation (South) Making participation work – Kids The Department for Education has jointly commissioned Kids with the Council for Disabled Children to deliver a national participation programme with disabled children and young people, and those with Special Educational Needs.​
  • Hampshire SENDIASS: An impartial Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) that aims to make a positive and lasting difference for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disability (SEND) and their parents and carers. SENDIASS regularly feedback information and areas of concerns to the Council and our partners.​

In Hampshire County Council there are a range of opportunities for children, young people and families to get involved and have a say, some group that focus on SEND include: ​

  • KIDS and Council For Disabled Children’s Young People’s Participation (South) Making participation work – Kids The Department for Education has jointly commissioned Kids with the Council for Disabled Children to deliver a national participation programme with disabled children and young people, and those with Special Educational Needs.​
  • Hampshire SENDIASS: An impartial Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) that aims to make a positive and lasting difference for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disability (SEND) and their parents and carers. SENDIASS regularly feedback information and areas of concerns to the Council and our partners.​

Hampshire SEND Youth Forum: A forum for young people aged 14-25 who represent wider groups of young people with SEND, they work as a Steering Group, overseeing the strategy and action plan and ensuring the voices of other young people are considered in decision making. They have created a SEND Participation Strategy​.

  • SEND Groups and Youth Forums: There are a range of groups in schools, community settings and partner organisations for children and young people including those with SEND. These group engage with the forum ‘as and when’ to support wider participation and bring forward their views from different lived experiences, representing a wider group of young people. ​
  • Young People Sub Groups: The SEND Youth Forum will also stand up ‘Sub Groups’ that will bring together young people with specific interests or to move forward pieces of work. This should support young people to get involved in area that interest them.

Hampshire SEND Youth Forum: A forum for young people aged 14-25 who represent wider groups of young people with SEND, they work as a Steering Group, overseeing the strategy and action plan and ensuring the voices of other young people are considered in decision making. They have created a SEND Participation Strategy​.

  • SEND Groups and Youth Forums: There are a range of groups in schools, community settings and partner organisations for children and young people including those with SEND. These group engage with the forum ‘as and when’ to support wider participation and bring forward their views from different lived experiences, representing a wider group of young people. ​
  • Young People Sub Groups: The SEND Youth Forum will also stand up ‘Sub Groups’ that will bring together young people with specific interests or to move forward pieces of work. This should support young people to get involved in area that interest them.

Helping to shape adult social care

In Hampshire County Council Adult services we want to make sure that people who use services are at the heart of what we do as a department. This means there are a lot of things going on to involve people who use services and carers in designing services and making plans and strategies for the future. There are all sorts of things that you can get involved in; surveys, questionnaires; focus groups; projects; conferences and more.

 

 

You might like to join the Personalisation Expert Panel.  This is a service-user led group that meets with the departmental management team to guide the direction of the department.  

You can see all the ways you can get involved and sign up on out  Co-Production website.

Helping to shape adult social care

In Hampshire County Council Adult services we want to make sure that people who use services are at the heart of what we do as a department. This means there are a lot of things going on to involve people who use services and carers in designing services and making plans and strategies for the future. There are all sorts of things that you can get involved in; surveys, questionnaires; focus groups; projects; conferences and more.

 

 

You might like to join the Personalisation Expert Panel.  This is a service-user led group that meets with the departmental management team to guide the direction of the department.  

You can see all the ways you can get involved and sign up on out  Co-Production website.

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