SEND Local Offer - BASIS – ARC (Brunel)

BASIS – ARC (Brunel)

Unit 16
Headlands Trading Estate
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN2 7JQ

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4 to 19 years

BASIS – ARC (Aspire, Restore, Celebrate) provides support for any child or young person with social, communication and interaction difficulties, as well as those that may need extra support with emotional regulation. The service is inclusive and works with children from a range of backgrounds, including those with Tier 2 support needs. Support can be delivered on site at Headlands or at the school of the child or young person. If it is deemed appropriate, the support can also be delivered in a different area to help the child or young person achieve the outcomes that were agreed upon.

ARC works with children and young people who may face challenges in mainstream provision, including those at risk of exclusion. The aim of the service is to support schools in meeting the needs of the child or young person. The service focuses on the individual’s strengths to help raise their aspirations and to encourage them to reach their full potential.

Some areas of holistic development that ARC work with include:

• management of anxiety
• support with transitions or re-integration to mainstream provision
• support for an EHCP (Educational Health Care Plan) outcome
• support for those who get overwhelmed in busy environments
• emotional Literacy support
• support with social and communication skills
• specialist support of early communication skills

Since April 2023, Brunel Education has delivered Short Breaks (taking over from Uplands Educational Trust, who had delivered the service from September 2020 to March 2023) as a service commissioned by Swindon Borough Council to provide after school, weekend and holiday leisure sessions for children and young people. Short Breaks is a premise-based scheme to support children and young people living in Swindon aged 5-18 with additional needs, including but not limited to:

• children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
• disabled children
• children accessing Swindon Borough Council’s Aiming High service

The provision is delivered in a variety of ways dependent on the child/young person and their needs. The service also provides transport to those who require support with attending. Children are supported within sessions on a staffing ratio that is appropriate for their needs and is consistent with supporting funding arrangements children receive in their schools.

After school sessions are run: Monday to Thursday evenings during term time, weekend sessions and school holidays. Whilst at Short Breaks children and young people have access to a range of engaging activities. This includes:

• sports
• life skills
• arts, craft and designsensory activities
• drama, dance and music
• singing and story activities

Children also have access to a safe, enclosed outdoor space with a range of play equipment and to an indoor soft play area. Opportunities are taken to support and develop children’s communication and interaction skills, independence and life skills.

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