Guidance for professionals contributing to an EHC needs assessment.
What the Professional Portal is
The Professional Portal is for professionals such as:
- educational settings
- health and other independent organisations or individuals
It lets you submit the EHC needs assessment contribution form securely to the SEND Team.
We'll send you the EHC needs assessment contribution forms for all new EHC needs assessments received from 27 July 2022.
When we've received your contribution, it will be saved on the young person's case management system. The SEND team will be able to view it in read only.
Access the portal
Log in to the Professional Portal.
General guidance on using the Professional Portal
The principles of using the portal are the same for everyone.
Read the guidance document and watch the videos to help you use the portal:
Specific guidance for teams, organisations, and individuals
Each team or professional type has a specific process for receiving and completing contributions on the Professional Portal.
Read the guidance for:
- pdf SENDCos and educational settings (1016 KB)
- pdf Occupational Therapy and physiotherapy professionals (1.88 MB)
- pdf speech and language therapy professionals (1.80 MB)
- pdf community paediatricians (1.75 MB)
- pdf CAMHS (1.46 MB)
- pdf Specialist Health Advisors SEND (1.39 MB)
- pdf habilitation professionals (1.28 MB)
How to get support
If you need help completing the process on the Professional Portal, email ehm.helpdesk@bristol.gov.uk
To help us understand the issue, include:
- your name
- your phone number or email
- the name of your organisation or establishment
- full description of the issue, preferably with the day and time you experienced it
- screenshots, if possible
We can also help if:
- your work email address has changed
- you've moved to another organisation
- you've changed roles within your organisation and need access to a different or additional group
- you're leaving your role and no longer need access to the portal
- you want us to remove someone from your organisation's group
The helpdesk can't help with questions about filling in the contribution forms.
Microsoft Teams drop ins
From Wednesday 21 December 2022, we're holding Teams drop ins to help you use the Professional Portal.
These will run on Wednesdays and Thursdays until the end of February 2023.
You can log into the Teams call to ask for help, if you're having trouble logging in or completing after watching the videos and reading the guidance.
Wednesday 3pm to 4pm
Join on your computer or mobile app
Join by entering a meeting ID
Meeting ID: 366 352 204 672
Passcode: R6QMB
Join with a video conferencing device
teams@ac.dial.vc
Video Conference ID: 128 361 965 1
Call in (audio only)
+44 20 7660 8517,,204001153# United Kingdom, London
Phone Conference ID: 204 001 153#
Thursdays 9.30am to 10.30am
Join on your computer or mobile app
Join by entering a meeting ID
Meeting ID: 389 109 543 97
Passcode: UcKsHt
Join with a video conferencing device
teams@ac.dial.vc
Video Conference ID: 128 766 695 9
Call in (audio only)
+44 20 7660 8517,,931309325# United Kingdom, London
Phone Conference ID: 931 309 325#
