All Berkshire Sensory Consortium Service (BSCS) Teachers of the Deaf/Vision and Multisensory Impairment hold the mandatory qualification for working with learners with a Sensory Impairment (SI) or will have completed the training within three years of joining the Service
All BSCS Habilitation staff are registered qualified Habilitation Specialists
All BSCS Qualified Educational Specialist Teaching Assistants (QUESTAs) hold an additional accredited qualification in Sensory Impairment
All pupils supported by BSCS will be provided with a written pupil profile/report at least annually
All formal BSCS assessment reports are completed within statutory time limits
Initial contact to all new school age referrals is made within five working days during school term time
Contact with parents/carers is within two working days for babies following identification of a hearing loss via the Newborn Hearing Screening programme, 52 weeks of the year
Contact with parent /carers is within five working days during term time for all pre-schoolers following a confirmed diagnosis of a hearing loss or vision/mulitsensory impairment
All new referrals are provided with a written formal report within eight working weeks following receipt of the new referral form
All Berkshire mainstream schools and Local Authority Special Schools with learners with a sensory impairment are offered a bespoke training package and signposting to other training events
All parents /carers of pre-school children supported by BSCS are offered access to our specialist pre-school groups
Evaluation of the Service is undertaken annually using staff and Service user surveys, pupil outcomes, and analysis of stakeholder feedback
