PACC Preparation for Adulthood Navigators

The PACC Preparation for Adulthood (PFA) Navigator service is available as part of PACC’s Community Support Offer to help SEND families understand the options available for young people with SEND on their preparation for adulthood journey.

This includes providing information and guidance about:

• Post-16 education options
• Managing finances and benefits
• Working towards employment and volunteering opportunities
• Mental capacity and a parent carer’s role in decision making
• Social care and PFA - opportunities to experience time away from family environment and support
• The importance of friendships and peer relationships; being part of the community
• Staying healthy - annual health checks, screening, activity levels and healthy eating
• Support planning and thinking ahead
• Support and self-care for parent carers
• Who can help when things become difficult?

The service offers:

• Peer support opportunities
• Support for parent carers to be able to think ahead and actively participate in decision making relating to their young person’s next steps through:

• Information provision
• A non-judgemental, listening ear, with a parent carer with lived and work experience of the SEND system in Shropshire
• Developing effective working relationships with local PFA services and SEND practitioners

To arrange an initial call with a navigator email abi@paccshropshire.org.uk 

The PACC PFA Navigators Project was funded for three years via the learning disability and/or autism programme delivered by the Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System. This contract ends in September 2025, but will continue to be delivered as part of PACC’s Community Support Offer.