{"id":357950,"date":"2026-07-03T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-stark-reality-facing-families-unable-to-get-the-send-support-they-require\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T16:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:00:35","slug":"the-stark-reality-facing-families-unable-to-get-the-send-support-they-require","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-stark-reality-facing-families-unable-to-get-the-send-support-they-require\/","title":{"rendered":"The stark reality facing families unable to get the SEND support they require"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/yS3SwMKkmkA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The stark reality facing families unable to get the SEND support they require\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yS3SwMKkmkA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Senior council managers encouraged colleagues to make it difficult for families to access special needs support and laughed about denying help to children with SEND, a council caseworker has told ITV News.<\/p>\n<p>The whistleblower, whose identity we are protecting, works as a special educational needs case worker at a council.<\/p>\n<p>She revealed superiors would \u201cjoke about the ways they can deny support to children and how they want to deny more children access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She described how she and other case workers were encouraged to make it harder for families to make their case.<\/p>\n<p>This included leaving telephone numbers off emails, not replying fully to queries, and not having face-to-face meetings.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior council managers encouraged colleagues to make it difficult for families to access special needs support and laughed about denying help to children with SEND, a council caseworker has told ITV News. 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