Learn about the Nottinghamshire SEND Local Offer, including how you can use it to find services and support in your local area.
On this page
- About Nottinghamshire's SEND Local Offer
- How can the SEND Local Offer help me?
- How can I access the SEND Local offer?
- How can I search for information on the SEND Local Offer?
- How can I provide feedback on the SEND Local Offer?
- How can I find out more about the SEND Local Offer and SEND reforms?
About Nottinghamshire's SEND Local Offer
In September 2014, the government made a lot of changes to the way that children and young people aged 0 to 25, with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, or SEND for short, are supported. This included making local authorities produce a 'Local Offer'.
How can the SEND Local Offer help me?
The SEND Local Offer contains lots of useful information all in one website. It can help you find services available across Nottinghamshire for children and young people with SEND and their families in a number of areas.
- Education - find nurseries, playgroups, schools and colleges as well as support services like educational psychologists, early years and early intervention services.
- Health - find GPs, school nurses, therapists and mental health support.
- Social care - find short breaks and children’s disability services.
- Voluntary and private sector - find charities and disability groups.
The SEND Local Offer is also a really useful source for information, advice and guidance on topics such as:
- Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans
- support for special educational needs in schools
- preparing for adulthood.
The Young Peoples Zone
If you’re under the age of 25, have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and live anywhere in Nottinghamshire, we have a Young People's Zone designed just for you.
You can find information on:
- education
- health
- relationships
- interests
- housing
- money
- work
Visit the Young People’s Zone here (Ask Us Nottinghamshire)
How can I access the SEND Local offer?
You can access the SEND Local Offer in a few ways.
- Search online for 'Notts SEND Local Offer' or go to our homepage directly
- Go to any library in Nottinghamshire to access the SEND Local Offer on a public computer. Find your local library by calling 01623 677 200 or emailing ask@inspireculture.org.uk.
- For those without easy access to the internet or who need support to find information about the SEND Local Offer, contact one of the council's Customer Services Centre advisors to help.
How can I search for information on the SEND Local Offer?
You can search for information and services in a few ways.
Using the tiles
There are seven tile buttons on the SEND home page:
- SEND Journey Map
- Education
- Short Breaks
- Preparing for adulthood
- Things to do
- Health and social care
- Getting around
There is also a link through to the Young people's zone and Find childcare.
Each tile is topic based and leads through to an information page or directly to a category area on the directory. Once on the directory you can view a range of services, that you can then filter.
Filters
You can narrow down search results by using the filters. There are a number of different filters, which can be ticked either individually or in combination. These include filtering by:
- age band
- location
- supporting
There is also the option to add your postcode to search by distance
Directory search bar
Another option is, you can use the free text 'search' bar on the directory to find services, using keywords or titles. For example, if you are looking for 'swimming clubs' you can type this in to the search bar. You can then select the individual records of those services for further information on what they offer.
Your Notts Directory search bar
You can also search the whole Your Notts Directory website, using the free text search box, at the top of any site page. In the top right hand corner click on the magnifying glass to reveal the search box. As shown below:
You can now choose to either search for directory services or information pages.
How can I provide feedback on the SEND Local Offer?
The SEND Local Offer is intended for you and we want our service to be shaped by you. There are a few ways that you can provide feedback on your experience with the SEND Local Offer, including on SEND provider services that you have accessed.
Learn about how to give us feedback on SEND Local Offer: Comments, compliments and complaints
You said, we did
We will continue to develop our website in response to the feedback we receive from both the public and professionals.
Find details on the latest developments on the You Said, We Did (SEND) page
SEND Local Offer Co-production
For information on how we work together with parents, carers, children and young people to produce our information and services, go to the Co-production section.
How can I find out more about the SEND Local Offer and SEND reforms?
Council for Disabled Children
The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) have produced a 4-minute video about what the local offer is: