PACC Preparation for Adulthood Navigators
PFA Navigator
The PACC Preparation for Adulthood (PFA) Navigator service is a free service available as part of PACC’s Community Navigator Offer to help SEND families in Shropshire understand the options available for young people with SEND on their preparation for adulthood journey.
The Service offers personalised signposting and information provision covering:
- 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
More information can be found on PACC Shropshire website.