Assessment Pacakges Terms & Conditions

Parental consent for the SLT to work with the child, process their data and share reports with school and/or the local authority must be sought and confirmed by the school/commissioning body, before the SLT can start working with the child.

Before any commission is accepted, the commissioning body must provide the SLT with a PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER and information regarding who to send the invoice to, and their contact details including a name and phone number.  The work is only accepted after this information is provided to the SLT, and parental consent has been confirmed.

Once parental consent has been sought and the commission is agreed, the SLT will enrol the child onto her caseload (case will be open for the duration of the assessment package only, unless other SLT input has also been commissioned), and will contact the child’s family to gather necessary information.

A designated member of staff from the school, e.g. SENCO, is to be the liaison with the SLT.  Once appointment date/s and time/s are arranged with the SLT, it is the school’s responsibility to liaise with the family to ensure the child is at school for the assessment. 

It is the school’s responsibility to have the space for the assessment session ready before the session starts, e.g. finding a room that is situated in a quieter part of the school, ensuring the space is clear of objects that are not part of the session and anything that may distract the child/children, that table and chairs are set up, and that other staff and pupils have been briefed to refrain from entering the space for the duration of the session.  If the child is accompanied by a member of staff for the session, that the member of staff is not distracted or called away to other duties for the duration of the session.

Depending on the child’s ability to productively engage in the assessment activities, the assessment may take more than 1 session.  Should this occur, the SLT will make arrangement with school for further session/s at no extra charge.  Once the appointment date/s and time/s are confirmed, the school will liaise with the child’s family to ensure the child is in school for the session/s to complete the assessment.

Once all the assessment activities are completed, a report will be prepared.  The SLT aims to complete the draft report within 2-4 weeks of completion of all assessment activities, and will be sent to parents for verification only after receipt of full payment for the assessment package.  The finalised report will be released once the family have verified the draft and any necessary amendments are made.  Parental consent must be sought for the report to be shared with school and/or Education before it is shared with them, regardless of who has commissioned this package.  Parents will receive a copy of the report as a matter of course.

Any cancellation or re-scheduling of session on the part of the school (parent if the child is home-schooled) must be made with a minimum of 48 hours’ notice.  Any session cancelled with less than 48 hours’ notice incur a cancellation charge at full rate for 1 hour, i.e. £120.

If there are extenuating circumstances, e.g. sudden illness or emergency, allowance may be made but this is entirely at the SLT’s discretion, and must not be considered a given.  In any case, school must still contact the SLT at the first opportunity BEFORE the session, or there will be a charge for the cancellation.

If the SLT has to cancel a session due to unexpected circumstances, e.g. illness, the SLT will endeavour to contact the school at the first opportunity and reschedule the session.  There will be no extra charge for re-scheduling the session.

In case a session has to be cancelled, be it by school or by the SLT, the school will take responsibility for contacting the family of the child to inform them of the cancellation.

The commissioning organisation (e.g. school or local authority) will be invoiced 1 week before the first assessment session with the child.  Full payment must be settled within 2 weeks after completion of all assessment activities, before the report will be released.  Delays in settling payments may incur additional charge.  The SLT reserves the right to seek settlement of any unpaid fees through the Small Claims Court.

All payments are by bank transfer.  Only payments in full amount gross i.e. before tax, are accepted.  If there is any issue with payment, the commissioning organisation must contact the SLT to discuss and agree alternative option/s for payment without delay.  Payment deadline must still be met, or there will be additional charge incurred.

Any SLT input other than the assessment requested, e.g. meetings, therapy, programmes, training, will be invoiced for separately.  Full payment (gross) must be settled within 2 weeks of the date of the invoice.