Berkshire Sensory Consortium Service

Berkshire Sensory Consortium Service - working with children and young people diagnosed with hearing loss, vision or multi-sensory impairment. The Berkshire Sensory Consortium Service works with children and young people attending school and residents in the Berkshire Unitary Authorities who have educational needs arising from a diagnosed hearing loss or, vision or multi-sensory impairment. Specialist teachers, paediatric habilitation specialists, educational audiologists and specialist teaching assistants provide a key worker service for pre-school children, pre-school groups, parent workshops and provide advice, teaching and training for pupils, parents and schools. They loan specialist equipment to schools for children resident and attending schools in the Berkshire local authorities who are on their caseload. They loan specialist equipment for children and young people attending schools but not resident in the Berkshire local authorities who are on their caseload and whose needs are not met via the Education, Health and Care Plans/Statements or high needs funding from their resident local authority. Berkshire Sensory Consortium Service is hosted by Achieving for Children on behalf of Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) as part of the Berkshire Joint Arrangement between RBWM, Slough, Bracknell Forest, Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire Local Authorities.