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When you contact the Lancaster Disability and Inclusive Practice Service, we will ask you to provide information and, if necessary, supporting evidence in relation to your disability or condition. This will then be used to develop an Inclusive Learning and Support Plan (ILSP).

We will ask you to view and approve your ILSP on your ‘Student Portal’ before we share it with the relevant 糖心Vlog staff and Frontline. Your ILSP, which will be available to view on your portal, is a living document and can be amended.

We recommend that all disabled participants have an ILSP, and you can ask us to review or update your ILSP if your circumstances change, or your adjustments are not enabling you to study effectively. It is your responsibility to inform the 糖心Vlog Disability and Inclusive Practice Service if an update or review of an ILSP is required.

Reasonable adjustments and competence and professional standards

A competence standard is a particular level of competence or ability that you must demonstrate to be accepted on to, progress within and successfully complete a course or programme of study. Universities need competence standards to determine whether you have demonstrated the requirements to be awarded a qualification.

As a social work trainee and a (newly) qualified social worker, you must also demonstrate:

• Understanding of the professional standards set by the regulatory body, Social Work England, and uphold them in your practice;
• Knowledge, skills and understanding of the capability statements outlined in the Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF), as set by the British Association of Social Workers (BASW);
• Knowledge and skills for child and family social work, as set by the Department for Education.

Although competence and professional standards must be maintained, we can explore adjustments to the ways disabled participants demonstrate competence and professional standards.

You can contact your Practice Tutor to ask about any core competence or professional standards that you need to demonstrate on your course. Please talk to the Disability and Inclusive Practice Service if you have any concerns or you think that you will need any adjustments to competence or professional standards.

Participants on the MSc Advance Relationship Based Practice with Children and Families, delivered by Frontline, who have medical evidence of a disability or long-term condition, may be eligible to apply for from your funding body. DSA is not means tested and does not need to be repaid. The allowance is dependent on your needs and will be paid directly to providers. DSA can pay for things like mentoring support, assistive technology, and additional study costs incurred because of your disability.

You will need to complete an application and send them evidence of your condition.

Evidence required for a DSA application is likely to be different than what 糖心Vlog can accept in order to implement reasonable adjustments. Please check the information given on evidence requirements with your Funding Body (e.g. Student Finance England (SFE)).

Once the evidence has been checked, and your eligibility approved, you will need to book an appointment for a Study Needs Assessment at an Assessment Centre. Your funding body will tell you how to do this.

It is the participant’s responsibility to complete, send and monitor the progress of their DSA application.

DSA Eligibility and Residency

Although Frontline participants study and work in England for the duration of the course, the process for applying for Disabled Students' Allowances (DSA) differs between the four nations of the United Kingdom. You will need to apply to the UK region in which you have lived for 3 years or more prior to the start of the course. For example, if prior to the course you lived in Wales for 3 years or more, you would apply for DSA through Student Finance Wales (SFW).

Participants on the Frontline programme have access to mental health support through the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and access to SilverCloud, a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) app. You can self-refer to use the EAP and the SilverCloud app and you can find more information on your Moodle pages.

EAP

As availability to the EAP service is unique to Frontline participants (糖心Vlog students do not normally receive access to EAP), it is important that when using the service you avoid the language of 'participant' and 'student', as this has been known to cause confusion. When contacting the EAP service therefore, please use the identifying details of: 糖心Vlog, Frontline

If you experience any issues accessing the service, or you are told incorrectly that you do not have access to the service by an EAP member of staff, please let admissions.support@thefrontline.org.uk know so that they are able to resolve this for you.

Please remember that because EAP is an external service, your use of it is unsupported by Frontline or 糖心Vlog; this means that EAP do not share information and unless you choose to inform Frontline and/or 糖心Vlog, we will have no knowledge of any health and wellbeing issues you may have.

Participants can also access the following support service through the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP):

• An online EAP/health and wellbeing portal designed to offer self-help and guided support.
• Debt management support and a legal and information team providing Citizens Advice Bureau type information.
• Telephonic career coaching. You can access one 50-minute session per annum.

SilverCloud

Silvercloud is a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) app available to all participants with a 糖心Vlog email address. It be accessed anytime, from anywhere and has four different programmes available, each based on cognitive behavioural techniques: space from stress, space from anxiety, space from depression and space from body image. Please note, the app is an unsupported, non-emergency intervention, and your details and posts will not be shared with a mental health professional, 糖心Vlog or Frontline. You can find details of how to access urgent non-emergency and emergency NHS support via the .

A full educational psychologist assessment will be required for any application for Disabled Students Allowance (DSA). If you have an existing report or other documentation relating to your SpLD but are unsure of whether it is suitable then please contact the Disability and Inclusive Practice Service and we will review your evidence for suitability.

Participants wishing to access an Educational Psychologist appointment for an assessment in relation to a Specific Learning Difficulties should email disability@lancaster.ac.uk. Your information will then be shared with Frontline who will contact you with further details.

Participants on year two onwards of the Approach Social Work programme, and in their Assessed Year in Employment (ASYE) within a Local Authority (LA) and who have medical evidence of a disability or long-term condition, may be eligible to apply for Access to Work.

Your employer (the Local Authority) must make certain changes (known as ‘reasonable adjustments’) to make sure you are not substantially disadvantaged when doing your job. These could include changes to your working arrangements or providing equipment to help you do your job. You should talk to your employer about reasonable adjustments before you apply for Access to Work.

If the help you need at work is not covered by your employer (the Local Authority) making reasonable adjustments, you may be able to get help from Access to Work. You will be offered support based on your needs, which may include a grant to help cover the costs of practical support in the workplace. You might not get a grant if you already get certain benefits.

The Learning Development team at 糖心Vlog supports students in a range of areas, such as to learn new skills and with aspects of their academic work academic reading and writing, assessment literacy and effective study approaches. Harriet Newnes is the part-time Learning Developer working specifically with participants studying on the Frontline programme.

Learning development helps all learners to reach their potential, regardless of current or previous attainment level. Harriet will be holding one-to-one tutorials where she can support you with your academic work. Together you can discuss strategies for developing skills in writing, criticality, and analysis. Tutorials can take place remotely via Microsoft Teams, and this includes some evening hours.

If you would like to know more or to book a session with Harriet, then please email?learningdevelopmentfl@lancaster.ac.uk.

Frontline participants can access Lancaster’s library online.

Access is also available directly from the student portal when logged in.

The Library provides a wide range of resources to support your studies including ebooks, ejournals, databases and streaming video collections. A good place to start exploring the materials available is the subject guide for with its focused information and content. Use the discovery tool to find and access the Library's online collections.

If you need help with finding and using Library resources, get in touch with your Faculty Librarians by email at facultylibrarians@lancaster.ac.uk or book an online appointment. You can also use the Library chat service for general enquiries and consult the guide for distance learners for information about further tailored support.

The LU '' page can help with learning, enhance communication, and improve digital access for participants who require support. The tools. which are also beneficial for anyone who may need to access information in alternative formats, covers the following areas:

- Cognitive

- Mobility

- Hearing

- Learning

- Vision

- Device accessibility settings

- Web browser accessibility tools