It is important that parents and carers of children with SEND are involved with shaping SEND services in Barnsley. BMBC calls this participation or co-production.
Here are a few examples of how your participation helps:
👩👩👧👦 Telling BMBC what your family needs.
Parent carers know their children best, so they are best placed to tell BMBC what services families need.
🚍 Making services easier to use.
Parents and carers can help make sure services are easy for everyone to use, by suggesting better locations, and convenient hours, and talking about any other barriers that they face
🤝 Working Together.
By involving you in their decisions, there's a feeling of teamwork between the BMBC and the community. This makes it more likely that services will be successful and used by families.
✅ Checking things and getting better.
Parents and carers can help check how good services are and suggest ways to make them better. This helps in always improving the quality of the services offered.
💷 Using Resources Wisely
Parents' input helps BMBC decide where best to spend it's money and where to put staff in place to meet the most important needs of families.