Annual POET (Personal Evaluation & Outcome Tool) Survey
22nd March 2022
Dear Parent/carer
Children and young people who have additional support
We are asking for your help in finding out how the additional support that children and young people receive, and in some cases Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP), are working for children, young people, and families in Rotherham.
If your child has additional support needs and/or an EHC plan, we would like your views on process of having extra support and what it has achieved for your child.
In Control, with the help of children, young people, families, and practitioners from across the country, has devised questionnaires for people to complete about the process of getting and maintaining additional support that you child needs and receives.
We would be grateful if you could spare some of your time to complete the parent/carer survey.
You can complete the survey online by clicking HERE
Locally, we will use the results of this survey to monitor how we are doing and how we can make improvements. The information you give us will also be used in a national report to help improve the way things are done for others in England. You will not need to give any personal details and there will be no way of identifying individuals.
We are asking people to complete surveys between 2nd March 2022 to 25th May 2022. We will receive an individual benchmarking report for our local authority, subject to us providing sufficient returns. We will share the results and what we will be doing as a result of the findings. If you are interested in working with us to consider the results and identify any actions, please let us know and we will contact you again nearer the time.
There is also a survey for children and young people to complete. You can access the questionnaire by clicking HERE
It would be helpful if you could encourage your child to complete the questionnaire. Alternatively, they may be offered the opportunity to complete it at school, at activities or clubs or at a short break.
Practitioners from education, health and social care involved in supporting children and young people with additional support needs are also being asked to complete a questionnaire.
In Control continues to adjust and improve the survey questionnaire based on feedback about the forms so we would also be very interested in your views or comments you have about the format of the surveys. If you have any questions, feedback about the format of the surveys or wish to be involved in considering the findings next year please contact me. My contact details are at the top of this letter.
If you would like to know more about the work of In Control or see previous Children and Young People’s POET reports, you can visit their website at www.in-control.org.uk or contact them on 0121 474 5900.
We do hope that you will agree to help us in this very important piece of work and thank you in advance for your time.
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