SEND - Local offer

What does the Social Inclusion Facilitator do?

• To encourage children and young people with visual impairment and/or complex needs to participate in a range of activities in the community, including extra curricular school activities.
• To facilitate the social inclusion of children and young people with visual impairment and/or complex needs by supporting their personal, social and emotional wellbeing and development.
• To offer mentoring sessions for individual children and young people in order to support their personal social and emotional development.

Who will benefit from social inclusion and how?

• Children and young people with a visual impairment and/or complex needs.
• Meeting other children and young people to develop friendships.
• Develop self-advocacy skills.
• Opportunities to take part in a wide range of activities and events.
• The opportunity to meet peers with similar disabilities (visual impairment and/or complex needs).
• Parents and siblings - opportunities to enjoy activities as a family and with other families too.