We are keen to support a student’s return to Treloar’s following a period of absence either for surgery; an admission to hospital and/or period of time unwell lasting one week or more or an extended absence that includes a potential change in need. As part of this process, we will need to complete a reassessment of student needs before the student returns to Treloar’s. This is to ensure that they can return to school/college safely, that care plans can be updated and that all equipment is in place to support a safe return. All staff will need to be briefed aware of any change in need. The reassessment may indicate a change in staffing requirements and in turn funding from your Local Authority.
The Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) will assess for changes to daily routines or care plan, medication, equipment, moving and handling. Where surgery or hospital admission is planned in advance we will try to schedule in this reassessment as part of the forward planning. Where health issues or the need for surgical intervention arise suddenly, the reassessment and return to school/college needs to be planned as a team between school/college, home and other professionals who may have been involved.
Your child’s/young person’s Student Progress Coordinator (SPC) should be the first point of contact for you to discuss and plan their return to school/college. The SPC will liaise and coordinate the communication between home and the multi-disciplinary team in school/college to support and enable their safe return to Treloar’s.
The student will be assessed by a registered nurse and relevant therapists and/or residential staff. Depending on the situation, the assessment may take place over the phone, virtually, onsite or a combination of all. For onsite assessments, a parent will need to attend and stay for the assessment. The assessing MDT will need as much information as possible, please bring any medical/hospital discharge letters and written documentation of changes to on-going treatment such as medication. Please be aware that return to school/college is not guaranteed after reassessment, and you should be prepared to take your child/young person home if it is decided that their needs cannot be met safely on site at that time. Any further questions around this can be discussed with your child’s/young person’s SPC.