Purpose

The Independent Travel Training (ITT) posts
were re-evaluated to better reflect the nature of the role which
includes lone working and the delivery of bespoke training packages
to provide children and young people with Special Educational Needs
and Disabilities (SEND) the skills and confidence required to make
an independent journey from home to school or college. The increase
from a grade 3 to grade 5 will also support recruitment and
retention to the roles.
The Travel Assistance Service budget is projected to be overspent
by £316k for Q1. £236k of the overspend is due to the
cost of contracted transport. By creating 2 additional travel
trainer posts, on average, an additional ten students will be
travel trained per year and this will
contribute towards reducing the increasing cost by reducing
reliance on taxi and other forms of contracted transport and assist
in the reduction of costs within the wider Travel Assistance
Service.
There is an increasing need for the service as indicated through
the SEND placement panel referrals.

Content

To increase the number of Travel Trainers from
3 to 5 (for a 3-year period) and increase all Travel Trainer posts
from Grade 3 to Grade 5.
To increase the current staff from a Grade 3 to a Grade 5 will cost
an additional £1,700.00 pa. The cost of 2 additional Travel
Trainers will be approximately £24,800.00 pa. for 3 years.
Travel Trainers will be employed on a 20 hour per week, term time
contract.