The PACC Preparing for Adulthood (PFA) Navigators are available to help SEND families understand what options are available for young people with SEND on their Preparation for Adulthood journey - where to access provisions and support.

This includes providing information and guidance about:

• Post 16 education options (including Supported Internships)
• Managing finances and benefits
• Working towards employment and volunteering opportunities
• Mental Capacity and 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 PFA Navigators will:

Create Peer Support Opportunities:

• They will be delivering a Healthy Parent Carer Course for PFA parent carers.
• Developing mechanisms for parent carers supporting young people between the ages of 14 and 25 years to connect with each other (both virtually and face to face).
• Sharing parent carers stories of PFA to develop a sense of community, belonging and hope.

Support 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
• Creating a training offer
• Providing a listening ear and gathering feedback
• Developing effective working relationships with local PFA services and SEND practitioners

To contact the PACC PFA Navigators: Email abi@paccshropshire.org.uk or denise@paccshropshire.org.uk
The PFA Helpline: (01743) 622055 (Monday to Friday 9:30-2:30 Term-Time) Please note this is for PFA enquiries only.

The PACC PFA Navigators Project started in Sept 2022 and is currently funded for three years, via the Learning Disability and / or Autism Programme, delivered by the Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System.