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#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 […]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.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 […]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 […]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 […]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 […]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 […]Read more on Information regarding Brunswick Cars ceasing to trade
Paving the Way support the families on their waiting list
The Paving the Way team have extended support for their families through the summer holidays. Team members held a Parenting Surgery in which families could attend and ask advice while they await to be allocated. Session provided support and guidance for: Understanding the service and the procedure once allocated a caseworker Signposting to summer holiday activities Strategies on creating a […]Read more on Paving the Way support the families on their waiting list
SEND Service recognise the need for clear advice, support and partnership with families
Our SEND Service recognise the need for clear advice, support and partnership when a family think their child may have additional needs and work hard to provide this. We would like to share an example of feedback we have received from a parent who the SEND Service have been working with through the ENCNA process, […]Read more on SEND Service recognise the need for clear advice, support and partnership with families