Understanding the role of technology in achieving IPSEA’s strategic objectives

Grant: £14,600
June 20, 2018

Updating case management and client relationship management systems to ensure the organisation is better placed to advise and support families to understand and use SEND law to help their children, and to ensure the organisation meets GDPR requirements.

Understanding the role of technology in achieving IPSEA’s strategic objectives

Grant: £10,000
November 13, 2017

This project will research and define the requirements for an IT solution to replace an existing database.

Using the findings of the previous evaluation and scoping project of IPSEA’s options for developing ICT systems, further investigate of the database requirements is now required. This is the first stage of a two-stage project, the second of which will be to identify and negotiate with potential suppliers and implement the proposed database solution.

This project will:

• Evaluate the capability of IPSEA’s existing database which is currently used as a case management and CRM system.
• Identify a solution to the limitations of the current database.
• Help IPSEA become compliant with the new GDPR laws.

IPSEA will use experts to assist with this project to make use of cutting edge information and communications technology and proven experience.

These experts will work with IPSEA’s staff, volunteers and beneficiaries to ensure they understand the needs of various groups of database users and service users, so that the proposed solution is fit for purpose. They will work with IPSEA to define the database functionality needed now and in the future before researching options and preparing a specification report.

Post 16 Pilot Project

Grant: £35,000
November 10, 2015

This is a pilot project to expand access to public legal education in order to;

• Increase public understanding of how SEN Law applies to young people and
• Enable young people (and those who support them) to use the new SEN Law to get the right educational support.

This pilot project will;

• Develop new resources designed specifically for young people with SEN
• Create a training programme for our volunteers so that they are equipped to inform, advise and support young people
• Pilot a service specifically for young people (using volunteers who have completed this training).

The Children and Families Act 2014, including the special educational needs (SEN) and Disability Code of Practice 2015, replaced the old SEN Law. The old Law dealt primarily with the entitlements of children. The new law is also about children but it also includes a new definition; that of a “young person”.

The new SEN Law benefits children and young people from the ages of 0 – 25. The new definition of “young person” covers those aged 16 to 25 years old.

Evaluation and Scoping Project

Grant: £33,000
November 10, 2015

A project to research and develop IT solutions that will expand access to public legal education in order to;

• Enable IPSEA to increase understanding of SEN Law
• Increase public capability of using SEN Law
• Facilitate getting what all children and young people with SEN are legally entitled to.

This project will;

• Evaluate the existing provision of IPSEA’s information and advice
• Consider alternatives and/or supplements to our existing provision
• Provide new ways for IPSEA to measure improvements in legal capacity.

IPSEA will use experts to help with this project in order to ensure that it is drawing on cutting edge information and communications technology and proven experience to future-proof our work. These experts will work with IPSEA’s staff, volunteers and beneficiaries in order to ensure that they are involved in these developments. They will also work to define the IT functionality that is needed now and in the future before researching options and then preparing a specification report.