About the Specialist Setting Support Team
General information about the Specialist Setting Support Team.
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Who we are
The Specialist Setting Support Team (SSST) is amulti-service, support team providing integrated support for Specialist Provisions in Mainstream Schools (SPiMS).
Working with existing services, and drawing on best practice from established settings, we will work to ensure that staff in new provisions are effectively supported in meeting the challenge of delivering high quality provision and educational experiences for children and young people.
Our Team
The team includes specialists, across all Key Stages, from across the wider pupil support services and experienced staff from Special Schools and Specialist Provisions in Mainstream Schools including:
- Behaviour Specialists
- Language and Communication Specialists
- Autism Specialists
- Specialist staff of children with Cognition and Learning needs
- Nurture Specialists
- Staff with School Leadership experience
- Severe Learning Difficulties Specialists
- Staff with Policy Development experience
- Staff with Special School experience
- Staff with Moderate Learning Difficulties experience
What we do
The Specialist Setting Support Team supports staff in Specialist Provisions in Mainstream Schools to improve outcomes for children and young people.
Support is provided at pre and post set up level for new settings. This includes link, universal, targeted and specialist support for schools, parents and children and young people.
We offer a wide range of professional learning and development programmes for all settings. The team also provide advice, support and consultation as well as whole class, small group and modelling/demonstration sessions for new settings.
Specialist short term individual support and/or consultation may also be offered to new settings for those pupils with persistent needs who have not responded positively to other strategies.