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The Specialist Learning Support Service (SpLSS) is a health‑led service, jointly funded by health and education, that supports children and young people with complex and long‑term health needs to safely access education.
The service provides specialist health support within education settings, ensuring that children and young people can attend school or learning placements where their health needs require skilled intervention, clinical oversight and ongoing review.
The service operates in line with Integrated Care Board (ICB) commissioning arrangements and within robust clinical governance frameworks, consistent with Care Quality Commission (CQC) expectations for safe, effective and person‑centred care.
The Specialist Learning Support Service supports children and young people aged 2½ to 19 across East and West Suffolk, within the NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board, who
This includes, but is not limited to, children and young people who are reliant on medical technology such as non‑invasive ventilation, tracheostomy care or oxygen therapy.
Many, though not all, children and young people supported by the service have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
The Specialist Learning Support Service provides Specialist Learning Support Assistants (SpLSA’s) who work under the delegation, training and supervision of registered children’s nurses.
Support includes:
The service works in partnership with education settings, families and health professionals to ensure support is coordinated, proportionate and responsive to changing needs.
Involvement with the Specialist Learning Support Service is needs‑led and regularly reviewed on a quarterly basis.
Support is adjusted in response to changes in health, development and educational context, with a focus on:
Parents and carers are actively involved in planning and reviewing their child’s support, and their feedback contributes to ongoing service evaluation and improvement.
The service contributes to annual reviews, child in need meetings and other relevant multidisciplinary discussions, as appropriate.
Referrals to the Specialist Learning Support Service are made by health or education professionals, where a child or young person has:
All referrals are considered to ensure that the service is the most appropriate health provision for the child or young person’s needs.
To make a referral to the service complete this referral form: