Co-production in Barnsley 

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This information has been co-produced with the Barnsley SEND community Consortium and the SEND Participation Team. 

If you have any comments, compliments or queries please contact the SEND Participation team at Sendworkingtogether@barnsley.gov.uk 

📅 In May 2023 Barnsley Council published a co-production survey to find out how parents and carers of children and young people with SEND in Barnsley want to work together with the local authority and partners to shape decisions made about SEND services.

📃 A total of 249 people responded with 218 of those responses from parents and carers. If you want to read the survey highlight report you can find it here. 

👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 59.43% of parents and carers taking part in the survey told us that they wanted a group made up of parent carer group representatives to be brought together to create a co-production plan. Because of this 22 people came together to discuss what a Parent Carer Consortium might look like for Barnsley, they represented 7 different parent carer groups and services from across education, health and care. You can see the outcome of those discussions here. 

🤝 As a result of that workshop 6 Parent Carer groups decided they wanted to continue to work together, long term, with Barnsley Council (BMBC) and the NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) to ensure that parent and carer voice is represented in strategic meetings related to SEND across Barnsley. They have come together to form a Consortium where all groups are equally recognised.

📝 94.01% of parents and carers taking part in the co-production survey told us that they think that an agreed plan for co-production would help us all understand what co-production is and how we work together. Alongside colleagues from BMBC and the ICB the Parent Carer consortium have created this plan. 

• 64.95% of people who filled in the co-production survey told us that they wanted a specific Facebook page for co-production in SEND. This has been created and you can like and follow the SEND Co-Production Barnsley page here. The page will only share opportunities related to co-production and having your say.

• The Barnsley SEND Local Offer will continue to share opportunities for co-production and having your say, alongside all other SEND related opportunities and information, through the Barnsley SEND Local Offer Facebook page which you can like and follow here.

• You can find visit the Get Involved and Have Your Say section here, on the Local Offer website.

• 71.50% of people who filled in the co-production survey told us that they wanted to find information out through schools and early years settings. The Participation Team are now regularly attending parent events in 41.5% of schools across Barnsley and the number is growing every month. Speak to your SENCO to find out if they are in your school or setting.

• 70.56% of people who filled in the co-production survey told us they wanted to find information out about co-production opportunities and updates through a dedicated email list that people can sign up to. You can do this by speaking to a member of the Participation Team at an event in school or the community or by contacting the team directly on SENDWorkingTogether@barnsley.gov.uk or calling the SEND Participation Assistant on 07733314775 to arrange getting a registration form.