All Berkshire Sensory Consortium Service (BSCS) Teachers of the Deaf/Vision and Multisensory Impairment hold the mandatory qualification for working with sensory impaired learners 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 SI
All pupils supported by the BSCS will be provided with a written pupil profile/report at least annually
All formal BSCS assessment reports are completed within the 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 a confirmed diagnosis of a hearing loss via the Newborn Hearing Screening programme, across the whole year
Contact with parent /carers is within two working days during term time for all pre-schoolers following a confirmed diagnosis of a vision impairment
An initial visit or assessment will be carried out within 4 working weeks of the referral date.
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 sensory impairment learners are offered a bespoke training package and signposting to other training events
All parents /carers of BSCS pre-school children with sensory impairment within Berkshire are offered access to our specialist pre-school group provision
Evaluation of the Service is undertaken annually using staff and user surveys, pupil outcomes, and an analysis of our stakeholder feedback
