Category: Steve Broach KC

About Matt, Hayley Mason-Seager, SEND Review, special needs, Steve Broach KC, Webinars

WEBINAR RECORDING: Will the SEND Improvement Plan fix provision for disabled children and young people?

On March 15 2023, Special Needs Jungle held a webinar exploring the Department for Education’s long-awaited SEND Improvement Plan, something it describes as a “Transformation in SEND” Is it though? …

Education Health and Care Plan, Guest Posts, SEND Accountability, SEND Education, special needs, Steve Broach KC

Failure to specify and quantify SEND reports – what options do families have?

with Emily Chalke, caseworker at Duncan Lewis Solicitors During the special educational needs assessment that can lead to an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan, expert advice and information must …

special needs, Steve Broach KC

Changes to children’s social care – implications for disabled children’s short breaks

The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 make wide-ranging changes to, amongst other things, the role of social workers and local authorities in reviewing provision for children in care, inspecting children’s …

Autism, Columnists, special needs, Steve Broach KC, Using SEND Law

Why the Coronavirus lockdown adjustment for people with disabilities and mental health conditions was the right thing to do

and Alice Irving, barrister, research assistant to Steve Broach. The current public health crisis has affected us all. But for disabled people and those with mental health conditions, or those …

Columnists, Coronavirus and SEND Law, Direct Payments, special needs, Steve Broach KC

Care in a time of coronavirus (ii): Using health direct payments to pay family members for care

Some children and adults receiving direct payments for complex health needs will be avoiding all non-essential face-to-face contact during the Coronavirus pandemic, including minimising the number of carers coming in and out of their home. One potential solution to these challenges is for ‘direct payments’ to be used to allow family members to be paid to provide care.

Coronavirus, Guest Posts, Steve Broach KC

Steve Broach, Public Law Barrister on the Coronavirus Bill’s implications for disabled children

Tania’s note: Further to our post earlier today about Coronavirus and disabled children, the Government has today published its emergency Coronavirus Bill. The bill has sweeping measures aimed at enabling …